Palestinian beekeepers make Jerusalem sweeter
Well in the Bronx, honeybee keepers have tasted notes of pollution. In Jerusalem will the sweet bees offer a taste of holiness?
Gardening
How Tim Murawski Uses Sustainable Landscaping Around his Lakeside Home
For MedTech executive Tim Murawski, sustainability extends to the landscaping he uses around his family’s home.
How to grow roots in the air
Want to learn how to grow roots in the air? This research team figured out how the plant does it.
Tips For Growing Cannabis With Sustainable Practices
However, there’s one industry often overlooked in this regard - the cannabis industry. Being eco-friendly while growing green is a tough effort, however ironic it may sound. Marijuana plants are usually grown inside and require specific lighting, water, and nutrition conditions which unfortunately result in a considerable carbon footprint.
Creating a Zen garden through these easy tips and tricks
Most people associate Zen with having peace of mind, a relaxing place to retreat to. However, it refers to a specific type of garden: a Japanese rock garden to be precise.
Gardening and Mindfulness
How does mindfulness help with gardening? It turns out that mindfulness is not reserved for meditation, yoga, or breathing exercises. To understand how gardening can help mindfulness, we should delve into what mindfulness is and what it isn’t.
Jewish eco group Hazon launches sustainability kit
Starting at $79 for six kits, you and your family can start using products that can limit your carbon footprint.
How your home garden helps the bees
Home gardens are by far the biggest source of food for pollinating insects, including bees and wasps, in cities and towns, according to new research.
Bayer-Monsanto Agrees to $10B Settlement With Victims Poisoned by Roundup Weedkiller
Farmers, consumers, home gardeners are exposed to cancer-causing Roundup.
Tunisia’s lagoon farms and hanging gardens recognized as world heritage sites
Ramli agricultural systems in the lagoons of Ghar El Melh and hanging gardens of Djebba El Olia provide vital ecosystem services and traditional knowledge preservation.
Building a chicken coop? Go over this checklist
Since COVID-19 or corona struck there has been a race in countries like the US (where people have backyards) to raise chickens. One American university says don't do it.
Download the Victory Garden Handbook, circa 1943
Download the Victory Garden Handbook, circa 1943
Go mushroom, go mushroom! Fungi catching more climate change carbon?
Mushrooms are vulnerable to climate change, but it seems that fungi are working to store more carbon than usual as our planet heats up.
Tips for giving the ultimate kind of charity
Hydroponics farming is a good solution for growing food in countries where water is scarce. A USAID program gives training to local farmers so they can grow their own food and livelihood. This couple are from Jordan.
Ancient farm in Spain gets UN recognition
The UN recognizes the importance of ancient Spanish farming techniques. With climates similar to the Levant and influenced by North Africa, there is so much the Middle East can learn from Spain.