Quote of the Month

October 2008

‘Wouldn’t it be great if there was a ’50 Mile Meal’ on every menu in Kinsale?’

Ciaran Fitzgerald, Managing Directror, the Blue Haven.


September 2008

‘Teaching people who know nothing about growing food how to do so and then creating places for them to grow some could be the single most important task facing us...if human civilisation devolves into a set of primarily agrarian societies, the knowledge we have gained so far about plant breeding, soil chemistry and fertility, natural pest control and myriad other things that would be useful in a post-fossil fuel agricultural regime will be critical to human survival and happiness.’

Kurt Cobb, science writer and founding member of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil, 5th July.


June 2008

‘I think we are entering a new world oil order. I think we should leave oil before it leaves us. That should be our motto. So we should prepare for that day - through research and development on alternatives to oil, on which living standards we want to keep and what alternative ways we can find.’

Fatih Birol, Chief Economist International Energy Agency (IEA)


April '08

‘The Transition Handbook will come to be seen as one of the seminal books which emerged at the end of the Oil Age and which offered a gentle helping hand in the transition to a more local, more human and ultimately more nourishing future.’

Patrick Holden, Director of the Soil Association UK.


October '07

‘The sustainable communities (Transition Towns) movement is still in its infancy, taking tiny steps and wobbling as it goes but it’s growing bigger and stronger by the month. This is one baby that we’d be wise to nurture and keep a hopeful eye on. One day it might be looking after us.’

Jane Powers, Irish Times.


September '07

‘In my view, the Transition movement is one of the most important developments of the new millennium. It not only addresses climate change and fossil fuel depletion imperatives, but also captures the spirit of a move away from Government and corporate dependency towards individual empowerment.’

Patrick Holden, Director, Soil Association, UK.