About
Ground-Sol provides environmental and sustainable living strategies for everyone.
This site is home to our eco-blog and our main business website.
We offer a service, designing and building sustainable waste water treatment units, such as reedbeds and composting toilets.
Also, our first venture, Bucket and Spade has found its place in our educational service, where we specialise in environmental education for school children and adults.
The blog is concentrating on sustainable building, green living and environmental education. You can find posts on the home page and in different categories.
Whether you are a professional or just interested how to make your life a bit greener, please subscribe to our blog and keep up to date with events in and around Cork, learn new things and get inspired…
Feel free to dig in and get your hands dirty!
Beach Nature Trail
We will celebrate World Oceans Day on Saturday, 4th of June with a Beach Nature Trail on Inchydoney Beach, Clonakilty, Co. Cork. The trail starts at 2 pm until 4.30 pm and is for all children from 4 to 12 years and their parents. We will meet at the Lifeguard House. Please bring buckets, spades, … Read more
Eggy Tips
We recently got chickens, as many people in West Cork go down the same route, and it is not only economical, but also sustainable to keep you own and have fresh, free range, healthy eggs. After the first few weeks however, after the excitement about scrambled, boiled and fried eggs has subsided, what on earth … Read more
Living Willow Fences
Willow is one of the easiest things to plant, if the time of the year is right and the soil moist enough. Because it has the ability to root easily if in contact with water or soil, it is just a matter of cutting and planting straight away. Willow is a brilliant natural building material … Read more
National Tree Week 2011
In two weeks National Tree Week will kick off again with many events all around the country. Early spring is a good time to be talking about trees, because now is the time to plant bare rooted plants. Whether it is trees, hedging or soft fruit, it´s important to get them in before the weather … Read more
The Need for Reed
More and more often the Planning Department is giving potential builders the incentive to add a secondary and tertiary treatment system to their primary septic tank. This can possibly be a reedbed system or constructed wetland (CW). A reedbed or CW is doing the same thing than a natural wetland, and that is cleaning the water, which runs through it. Read more
Energy Saving Tips For the New Year
With the New year and a fresh start with all our resolutions, it is also an opportunity to save energy and a bit of our environment. Read more
