Agriculture
Hives Save Lives
Africa / Agriculture, Innovation
15 Jun 2009
While searching for a viable grassroots approach to directly combat poverty in Africa, Richard Unwin, an international businessman, looked to honey bees for an answer.
The Tortoise Garden
11 Mar 2009
In the small Palestinian village of Beit Sahour, deep down, in one of the steep little valleys, you will find a group of British environmentalists, inspired by the principles of Permaculture.
Salad Days at Thanet Earth
10 Mar 2009
Thanet Earth is an exciting, revolutionary horticultural development. When finished it will be the largest eco-friendly glasshouse complex in Britain.
Bonuses for Green Farming.
31 Dec 2008
Natural England has announced that they have put £98m into the rural economy a full ten weeks ahead of schedule.
Ireland’s First Eco-village
24 Nov 2008
The Village, Ireland's largest eco-building project, is set on 67 acres in the lush green in County Tipperary. Two-thirds of the plots are already sold and the rest likely to be taken up soon.
Edible Cities are the Future
31 Aug 2008
A new report by Sustain: Edible Cities, looks at examples of urbanagriculture projects in US cities and identifies opportunities that others could be adopting.
Be Pro-Active for the Honey Bee
03 Jun 2008
Help save the UK Honey Bee click HERE to sign Stanley Sebastian's petition which finishes soon on the 11th June 2008.
Chocolate Makes Wheels Go Round
19 Mar 2008
Using 454 gallons of fuel made from four tonnes of waste chocolate, two young Britons Andy Pag and John Grimshaw, travelled 5,280 miles from Poole in England to Timbuktu in Mali.
Could Algae be the Answer for Biofuels?
The Grain of Wheat Centre
18 Dec 2007
Danielle Carr-Gomm shares her vision of the future for an exciting new eco-project in Bulgaria.
World Food Day
03 Oct 2007
World Food Day is celebrated each year on 16 October, the anniversary of the founding of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.
Seeds of Solidarity
13 Mar 2007
Sarah Wilkinson explores how a non-profit, grassroots organisation in the town of Orange, in the northeastern state of Massachusetts, is benefiting its community while also helping to regenerate its economy.
Plant for the Planet
07 Mar 2007
A billion trees planted by the end of the year ñ that is the aim of the 2007 Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign. With support coming in from around the world, pledges to plant a quarter of a billion have been received already.
One Planet Agriculture
07 Mar 2007
'The right sustainable farming methods could take us half way toward the carbon reduction we need to save the planet.' Soil Association's Chairman, Craig Sams, told the One Planet Agriculture conference, in Cardiff.
Gardening for Life
31 Jan 2007
Sharing its principles, methods and techniques with organic farming, biodynamic agriculture additionally acknowledges that the plant's growth is also affected by planetary influences like the waxing and waning of the moon.
Dynamic Biodynamic
07 Jun 2006
Biodynamic farming was the first modern, consciously organic method offarming, having been developed in the 1920s as a response to thedegradation of soil and plants that had already begun.
Biodiesel in Bishops Castle
25 Dec 2005
Motorists in Bishop's Castle, in South Shropshire, look likely to be among the first in the country able to fill up with locally produced biodiesel at their local garage.
Permaculture Comes of Age
29 Jun 2005
This year, the Permaculture Association of Britain will be celebrating its 21st birthday with an event intended to reach out to the wider environmental and social movements.
Celebrations as GM companies retreat
29 Jun 2005
Monsanto has stopped the commercial development of Genetically Modified (GM) wheat worldwide. The announcement was greeted with jubilation by environmentalists who were already celebrating the decision by BayerCrop Science to abandon its GM operation in the UK where it had planned to grow GM maize for animal feed. This means that, effectively, there is no prospect of GM crops...
A Carrot a Day
28 Feb 2005
Carrots have been revealed to be a weapon in the fight against cancer. Scientists say that tests showed how a natural pesticide found in the root vegetable, called Falcarinol, lowered the chances of developing cancer by a third. Dr Kirsten Brandt, who is senior lecturer with Newcastle University's School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, carried out the research...