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The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Safe and Sustainable Home: Cabin on plain before mountains

Creating a Safe and Sustainable Home: The Ultimate Guide

September 20, 2023August 23, 2023

This in-depth guide explores creating a sustainable home, one that that is not only safe for you and your family, but is also kind to our planet.

Categories Sustainable Living Tags Environment, Gardening, Lifestyle, Organic food, Plastic, Sustainability, Waste
Urban Gardening: Salad lettuce cultivation at the Growing Communities' urban plot, in Springfield Park, Clapton, North London

Urban Gardening: A Comprehensive Guide

July 28, 2023

Whether you’re setting aside your tiny balcony, or you are applying for a spot in the nearest allotment, it’s possible to pick up the urban gardening bug.

Categories Garden Tags Climate, Ecology, Environment, Gardening, Lifestyle, Organic farming, Organic food, Sustainability
Why and How to Save Seeds: a plate full of seeds saved from the garden

Why We Should Save Seeds of Heirloom Edible Varieties

July 24, 2023June 4, 2022

If you want to grow healthier fruits and vegetables, aid our rich agricultural heritage, and help maintain genetic diversity, what can you do? Save Seeds!

Categories Ecology Tags Agriculture, Ecology, Gardening, Organic food
Permaculture Food Forest: Ripening blueberries

How To Create A Permaculture Food Forest: Essential Guide

July 24, 2023April 28, 2022

Other than creating a balanced ecosystem, a permaculture food forest serves its main purpose as a planned and strategic food source and place of serene beauty.

Categories Ecology Tags Agriculture, Environment, Lifestyle, Organic, Organic farming, Organic food
Supermarket deli

Make Your Food Shop More Sustainable by Asking These 5 Simple Questions

July 24, 2023October 31, 2020

Our food shop is so intrinsically connected to how we treat the environment, though it often doesn’t cross our minds as we do this weekly chore.

Categories Sustainable Living Tags Ecology, Food security, Heather Grant, Lifestyle, Organic food, Organic standards, Pesticides, Plastic, Zero-waste
livestock on a green field

Urban Composting: A Complete Guide

July 24, 2023July 20, 2020

Urban Composting: Food waste is a global issue, but one which several cities are taking steps to address, in a movement that is now beginning to spread.

Categories Waste Tags Gardening, Lifestyle, Organic farming, Organic food, Waste, Zero-waste
Mixed veg beds to promote growth in your garden

Natural Ways to Promote Growth in Your Garden

July 24, 2023July 18, 2020

A successful garden requires careful planning and good defences against pests, weeds, and weather. Here are a few tips to help increase your green productivity.

Categories Garden Tags Dawn Cowles, Gardening, Lifestyle, Organic food, Sustainability
Full wooden compost bays in a row

How to Make Compost at Home: A Gardening Guide

July 24, 2023March 28, 2020

The benefits of making compost are many: from becoming a more sustainable household by recycling kitchen and paper scraps, to building soil health by adding essential nutrients.

Categories Garden Tags Amanda Williams, Eat local, Gardening, Organic food
Mural on a wall that reads Huerta El Maqui

Community Urban Gardens in Santiago, Chile

July 24, 2023March 3, 2020

Recently, the value of community gardens has become multifaceted and unique, from providing fresh food for neighbors to rejuvenating and sustaining the environment.

Categories Ecology Tags Agriculture, Eat local, Gardening, Organic, Organic food, Reforestation
Edinburgh skyline

A Sustainable Guide to Edinburgh

July 24, 2023February 16, 2020

Scotland’s capital city has romantic appeal, defined by its gothic architecture and a skyline littered with spires that have inspired reams of poetry.

Categories Travel Tags Art, Europe, Lifestyle, Organic food, Sustainability, Travel
ladybug

Top 10 Reasons to Grow Your Own Organic Food

July 24, 2023January 28, 2020

Growing your own organic food has many benefits: It’ll bring you pleasure, help you stay healthy, and be a way of introducing sustainability to your family, friends and future generations.

Categories Garden Tags Eat local, Gardening, Organic, Organic farming, Organic food
Green balconies

Turn Your Balcony into an Edible Garden

July 24, 2023January 16, 2020

The possibilities for innovative growing are endless. With perseverance, you could soon be reaping the benefits of a healthy, edible balcony garden.

Categories Garden Tags Eat local, Gardening, Organic food
Legumes in jars

Reducing Snack Packaging

July 24, 2023December 3, 2019

The best way we can address the issue of plastic waste is to add our voices to the clamor pushing for systemic change. But what can we also do at home?

Categories Sustainable Living Tags Christina De La Rocha, Organic food, Plastic, Recipes, Waste
Wind turbines

Your Carbon Footprint: 10 Things You Can Do to Decrease It

July 24, 2023October 29, 2019

While we wait for governments, car companies, and power providers to create the infrastructure to allow us all to aim at living zero net carbon lives.

Categories Sustainable Living Tags Christina De La Rocha, Climate, Health, Organic food, Politics, Renewables
A bug's eye view of an organic wheat farm.

What is Organic Food? And What Does Organic Mean Anyway?

July 24, 2023June 28, 2019

What does organic food mean? We explore the agricultural usage of the term ‘organic’, and the difference between conventional and organic farming.

Categories Facts & Figures Tags Christina De La Rocha, Ecology, Organic farming, Organic food, Organic standards, Waste

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