How to compost? What can you compost? Good question! While composting can be an effective, environmentally friendly way of dealing with some waste products, it’s important to know what you can and cannot put in your compost pile. Put in the wrong items and you could end up with a useless pile of infested, decaying [...]
Food is something that we have come to take for granted. We don’t realize how lucky we are that at nearly anytime of any day we can go to the store and get almost anything that we want. We have come to accept this as our reality and expect it. What we don’t realize is [...]
The last few years have seen huge growth in the UK’s interest in sustainability and environmental issues. The amount of household waste that is recycled, for example, has increased by an average 36% in the past 15 years and throughout the country we are seeing interest grow in organic foods and a resurgence in the [...]
If you’re concerned with all the additives in the food that is available in a traditional grocery store, you’re probably looking for alternatives. One way to make sure you get fresh fruits and vegetables and other healthy foods is to shop at a farmer’s market. Another way is to shop at an organic grocery store. [...]
For those who love and appreciate a garden, we all know they represent a home for many different types of wonderful creatures and animals. However, certain garden designs are actually very unsustainable and damaging to the environment, regardless of how ”˜green’ they appear to be. Pumps for ponds and garden lighting, for example, often use [...]
How’s this for an idea? I just came across this in the Heifer’s World Ark and I wish I had thought of it, but I didn’t – it’s a public service campaign started in 1995 by the Garden Writers Association that aims to have gardeners everywhere plant an extra row of food to be donated [...]
Dear EarthTalk: What is “vertical farming” and how is it better for the environment? “Vertical farming” is a term coined by Columbia University professor of environmental health and microbiology Dickson Despommier to describe the concept of growing large amounts of food in urban high-rise building – or so-called “farmscrapers.” According to the vision first developed [...]
