Environment
Eco Settlement Sets a Sustainable Standard
09 Jun 2010
Construction of a groundbreaking low-impact village in Pembrokeshire is now underway, following unprecedented success with planning permission
New Sustainable Horticulture Course
09 Jun 2010
This year, 17 students became the very first graduates of a new Certificate in Sustainable Horticulture. A pioneering food-growing course will give students qualifications fit for the 21st century
Creating a Forest Garden
09 Jun 2010
Creating a Forest Garden: Working with Nature to Grow Edible Crops is a wonderful resource book by Martin Crawford for those who would like to work with nature in this way.
Grow, Cook, Share
09 Jun 2010
South Shropshire is helping local people to eat more fruit and vegetables, by integrating schools, communities and home-based gardeners with cookery training and a distribution scheme
Share in the Good Life
03 Mar 2010
The Ecological Land Co-operative aims to enable more people to turn the dream of getting back to nature, living on a rural smallholding and working the land in a sustainable and ecological way, into a reality.
Bolivia Calls for Earth Rights
South America / Sustainable Development
02 Mar 2010
President Evo Morales Ayma of Bolivia is calling for a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth.
A Market for Food Futures
08 Sep 2009
Community Supported Agriculture, creates a relationship of mutual support between a farmer or grower and the people who eat their produce.
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.