Video from Feidhlim’s talk at the recent Skerries Eco Night – Turning the Tide Together – what can we do; Sept 28th 2024. Slides to this event are below:
Author: Feidhlim Harty
What is the Most Eco-friendly Sanitation System?
So let’s assume that we want clean water leaving our home or business. That’s pretty much a given.Within that context we need a sewage or sanitation system that works well, but we also want to gofurther. The two main steps beyond conventional sewage options are zero energy inputs andadditional benefits for the environment in terms…
Exploring Solutions in Knocklyon: for the Dodder River Catchment
Here’s a copy of a presentation given recently in Knocklyon, Dublin with the report underneath:
Being the Beaver
Féidhlim Harty explores the potential for (re)introductions of beavers into the Irish landscape – and offers some workarounds for doing their work while we wait. Published in Horticulture Connected on June 6, 2024 (link below). Without wanting to overstate the obvious: beavers are amazing landscape engineers. For those new to the subject, these small, vegetarian,…
Willows are a Win-Win
First published in Horticulture Connected on August 24, 2023 Mopping up sewage pollution, sequestering carbon and promoting biodiversity – willow wastewater systems are the solution we need for one-off houses in the countryside. WORDS: Féidhlim Harty. We seem to be on a whole suite of collision courses, including housing, climate, biodiversity and water pollution. Many…
Do’s and don’ts of ponds – youtube
Critical raw materials: Irish waste advisory group update
Report for Feasta on April 27, 2023 The most recent meeting of the Waste Advisory Group to the Dept of Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) examined forthcoming waste legislation; a presentation on the proposed Critical Raw Materials Act; and an outline of the Green Public Procurement Strategy and Action Plan. My attention was particularly drawn by the…
Ponds for farms and communities, step by step – video with Green Foundation Ireland
Posted on 24 Apr 2023 by Green Foundation Ireland, in this talk Feidhlim Harty gives an overview of pond design and construction to help landowners and local communities create new ponds. Ponds provide valuable habitat for wildlife as well as beautiful areas to walk near and watch nature. We explore siting, sizing, shape, edge slope,…
Healthy Habitats to address climate breakdown
Published by Feasta on February 23rd, 2022 (https://www.feasta.org/2022/02/23/healthy-habitats/) & updated February 2023. Underlying the discussions about carbon levels and energy efficiency is another, arguably much more important issue that tends to take second place in both policy and activism. The issue is that of healthy habitats. It is healthy soil that provides the ability to grow…
Interview on Heart to Hearth: Chats about Irish Vernacular Buildings
Click here to hear the podcast December 26th, 2022 | 44:35 Episode Summary In this episode, we chat with Feidhlim Harty. Feidhlim is an environmental consultant based in County Clare. In today’s chat, we look at some sustainable solutions for treating waste water from rural domestic buildings, and chat about Feidhlim’s own experiences renovating a…