Wolfe in Transition

Wolfe in Transition

Views and news from our life as it goes along - from rebuilding ruins in Portugal, adventures in Scotland through post-disaster recovery around the world where disasters and poverty are permanent overlords. These are some of our stories and quests for transition

Sunday, 15 July 2012

OMG the house is finished?? Hello life!

The house is finally finished, well more or less. Liveable at least. The vital signs are there: hot water and showers that work (a solar...

Monday, 14 May 2012

final plaster (rendering) with our lime putty

So, this weekend we embarked on the final external plaster of the straw bale bit of the house. We put a base coat on a year or so ago, mad...

Sunday, 1 April 2012

advanced use of solar energy

This has to be one of the most exciting developments in low cost, community based renewable energy systems around - and comes from decades ...

Tuesday, 13 March 2012

Solar lights - saving money, increasing safety. In an earlier post I talked about the rationale of including cheap solar lights in futu...

Friday, 2 March 2012

The real story of unlimited growth

This has to be the best short film - animation - about the state of the world today; it summarises decades of study and observation of th...

Sunday, 19 February 2012

Progress on our house this week - Feb 2012

Another busy week. Loads happened. Updates one at a time then folks. So, João our stonemason, finishes fixing up the outside walls, a we...

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