Glenribbeen Lodge

Glenribbeen Eco Lodge: A Holistic Approach. 

At Glenribbeen Eco Lodge we believe in taking the "holistic approach" to our way of living and that includes how we grow our food and how we heat /light Glenribbeen Lodge. We believe in using all possible resources to reduce our carbon footprint in the world.

Glenribbeen B&B Accommodation Waterford is regularly referred to as an oasis of peace and tranquillity by guests. As well as accommodation in the B&B and self-catering apartment there is a thatched stone tower in the corner of the South garden by the fish pond that provides a quiet spot to contemplate or simply watch the garden and Glenribbeen wildlife. In the house we try to provide a holistic form of accommodation that helps sooth away the cares and woes of the rest of the world.
To that end we -

• Grow our own organic food when we can, using old water-filed jerry-cans to raise the temperature for near year-round growing.
• Use the stream to create electricity. (see note 1 below)
• We use timber and waste paper to heat the house.
• We collect waste vegetable oil to make bio-diesel and pre-heat the central heating system. (see note 2).
• We use a 30 tube solar-panel system to heat the domestic hot water.
• A simple (home-made) windmill provides heat and light in the winter months in the glasshouse.
• Rainwater is collected and used to wash clothes and provide water for the garden, filling the fish and terrapin ponds etc.
• Kitchen sink water is used for irrigation and car washings.
• We offer various sorts of sports equipment of a non-mechanised type for our guest's pleasure as are various garden games. (see note 3).
• Some great walks start right at our gateways guests are provided with maps and/or directions and encouraged "to build up an appetite".
• Echo-locator and instructions are provided for "Glenribbeen Bat-Watch"
• Only organic type soaps are used to keep the house clean and NO soap is used to wash clothes. "Eco-balls" are used.
• CFLs are used everywhere "long term" lighting is used.
• Outdoor lighting is provided by solar-lights. 
• Few if any pesticides are used and we provide year-round food and shelter to (small) birds an (red) squirrels.  
• Nematodes and other 'natural resources' (beer) keep pests at bay.
• The gardens are designed to attract and feed as many forms of wildlife as possible, with good cover for the smaller animals. Vermin is caught and released as SEP's.