Around 300,000 tonnes of peat is being extracted every year from unauthorised sites in the south and nearly all of it ...

Herbal tea leaves make excellent compost pile additions. They decompose quickly and add nitrogen (the key component for ...

A Mumbai woman has lived zero-waste for 5 years without using a dustbin. Her journey offers simple, practical tips for ...

The hospitality industry generates a quarter of all food waste. This Irish hotel proves it doesn’t have to. View on euronews ...

What was once waste is now a resource thanks to a clever collaboration between classrooms, care homes, cafes and countryside.

You can also consider plants which act as pest deterrents. Lavender is great at deterring aphids and flea beetles. The strong ...

Tired of city life, a couple moved from Mumbai to a quiet hill in Mahabaleshwar. On abandoned land, they began again — ...

Experts have said the surging summer temperatures and the driest spring in a century have caused wasp population to increase across the country ...

Holocene House is like being in nature,” says Clinton Cole, principal of CplusC Architects + Builders. “Canopied in plants, ...

Keeping flower-beds well-mulched is one tip. They said: “Mulching is one of the most effective ways to retain moisture in the ...

With sunshine blazing and rainfall in short supply, gardens across Northern Ireland are soaking up the heat — and so are our ...

Roses can be a beautiful addition to a garden, but the flowers require a certain level of care to ensure they grow to their full potential - and it can all be achieved with a simple kitchen scrap ...