It’s a familiarly melancholy story – another year, another predicted energy price hike. This year, current trends in companies raising their prices have led to an estimated average annual dual fuel bill of almost £1,400. And if that weren’t bad enough, the UK’s energy regulator Ofgem has predicted a ‘looming [...]

Earth Day has come and gone but that’s not an excuse to stop taking steps to improve our environment. Respecting our planet and making it a better place to live is something that you can teach your children all year round. Just taking everyday household items like emptied food containers [...]

If you are a keen gardener you will appreciate methods that can help your garden thrive and not increase your water bill. Water is a must for any living thing but that doesn’t mean that we are all entitled to use it as and when we please. The early introduction [...]

Benefits of Sustainability Education Today it is important for educational organizations to recognize the value of providing students courses that cover sustainability education. This is an opportunity to give the next generation all the skills and knowledge necessary to handle the social and environmental changes that will occur in the [...]

You must be one of the smart people who already decided to get an aquaponic system and set it up in order to have wonderful meals each and every day for you and your family as well. If you are one of those people then first you need to understand [...]

It’s fitting that Barbados has become one of the most eco-friendly islands in the Caribbean. It does after all take its name from a type of tree (the Los Barbados or Bearded Fig) and attracts many visitors solely due to its stunning wildlife and nature. However, sustainability in Barbados is [...]

April showers bring May flowers and you know what flowers bring—bees. I came across a nifty DIY bee hive tutorial on the Homesteading Self Sufficiency Survival page, and soon found myself deep into an internet investigation of all kinds of do-it-yourself homes and hideaways for attracting critters to your yard [...]

Everybody wants to save the planet. You’ve been working hard to reduce your energy consumption. You’ve probably even switched all of your lamps over to LED light bulbs. But you can’t shake that nagging feeling that you could do more. What else can you do? Downsize Instead of a large house [...]

These five living furniture projects take garden furniture to a whole new level. Not just pieces that occupy a garden, these creations include living plants. Pooktre Chair by Peter Cook Imagine relaxing in a chair that is also a tree rooted in the ground. That’s what Peter Cook did with [...]

Fashion is an important aspect of human culture, but clothing manufactures and changing styles can be tough on the planet. In many cases, clothing that is no longer considered “fashionable” is discarded and ends up in land fills. Also, the process of manufacturing new clothing, depending on the methods and [...]