Food Waste Action Week 2023
This week, from March 6th to the 12th, is sponsored by the charity WRAP, known for their slogan: Love Food Hate Waste. This year’s theme is Win. Don’t Bin. What are you going to do? In 2022, supported by 80 … Continued
Viaduct to garden in Manchester
The National Trust is working on a disused viaduct to make it into a garden for visitors, complete with a path from one end to the other. The vision is to transform Castlefield Viaduct into a free-to-access park and meeting … Continued
The Miyawaki Method – Mini-Forests
This film “outlines forest expert Dr. Akira Miyawaki’s disaster prevention plan to create authentic, self-sustaining tide embankment forests that will survive even stronger tsunamis and protect lives. Through interviews with Dr. Miyawaki and simple animations, the video demonstrates the problems … Continued
Gardens around the world
Monty Don’s series on gardens around the world begins with a fascinating episode on chinampas, the ‘floating gardens’ of Mexico City which go back to the Aztecs, and features the ‘organoponicos‘ (kitchen gardens) and ‘huertas‘ that enabled Cuba to survive … Continued
‘Walking forest’ in Leeuwarden
Since May, volunteers have been transporting the native trees planted in wooden containers along a 3.5km stretch through the centre of the northern Dutch city of Leeuwarden, giving people an opportunity to experience an alternative, greener future. “We are a … Continued
Why millions in India are still without tap water
In some of India’s harshest landscapes, people are still struggling to get their daily supply of water.
Turning waste into wealth
Practical Action’s work in Faridpur: it starts with making waste workers safe, healthy and respected, working in communes; changing attitudes across the city; making compost and vermiculture compost (from worms); and processing PET plastic to produce bags of recyclable plastic … Continued
Stop Poison Poultry
The Soil Association tells us that “not one of the ten leading UK supermarkets monitor toxic pesticides in their soya supply chain.” This means that supermarket chickens sold this year may import over a million tonnes of toxic soya as … Continued
Human hair and its uses
Yes, it can be composted. But did you know that it can be made into a useful mat to soak up oil spills?
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