A handbuilt wind turbine, generating power to run the permaculture tent's lighting and sound. The multiblade design ensures good startup in low winds, and can be furled back to prevent damage in high winds.

James in the tipi field; superb structures which can be made surprisingly warm when a fire is built in the middle.

A portable solar cooker. This focuses sunlight over a large area onto a point source, such as a cooking pot, concentrating sufficient heat to allow cooking from sunlight

Side view of the solar cooker, mounted on a tilting axis to allow tracking of the sun and maintain optimum focus for quick cooking.

The Campaigns field with a wide range of organisations represented. On the far side is one of the large marquees used for talks and performances.

The campsite - this was the so-called "quiet area"!

Michael Meacher, former Environment Minister and Tony Juniper, Director of Friends of the Earth at "Any Green Questions?" discussing a range of topics including climate change and Peak Oil.

Simon Fairlie from The Land Is Ours, explaining how the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act forced us all off the land and into towns and cities, driving up the cost of housing and massively increasing car use, while making the countryside unaffordable for those of us who would like to make a living from it.

Seize The Day, an excellent band with some inspiring songs. Their gigs are always packed out and are popular on the festival circuit.

The solar powered sound stage - no diesel or petrol generators in sight!

A Douglas Fir framed house: a beautiful structure which could be infilled with straw-bale walls and thermafleece insulation. Cost? About £8,500. Why are conventional houses so expensive? Answer: ridiculous land prices driven by the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act (see Simon Fairlie picture above).