Did you know the microbes in your compost pile is still active in the dead of winter? They will be if you take certain steps ...

Think twice before you toss or recycle those empty paper bags from the grocery store. There's an easy way to boost plant ...

Coffee is an important part of my morning routine. Every day, I wake up and put an unbleached cone-shaped bamboo coffee filter into a pour-over contraption, add my coffee, and do the pour myself.

Fill about a sixth of the depth of your raised garden bed with twigs and small branches (under two inches in diameter) that will fill some of the space yet break down and contribute healthy nutrients ...

Move the vulnerable plants to slightly more shaded areas and replace them with plants known to shrug off drought without watering. Echinops, eryngium, hylotelephium (Sedum), lavender, nepeta and ...

Drake University puts in a lot of work to be a sustainable campus, earning recognition from Tree Campus Higher Education for ...

Householders now have a second chance to obtain a free home composter - after first-phase supplies ran out within two hours ...

Winter can be hard on roses, and preparing them for cold weather should begin in late summer. Overwinter your rose indoors or ...

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Last weekend, a special performance unfolded in Central San Rafael. The location was unusual: it's where collection bins full ...

This means that when you buy a compostable bag in India, there's an 85% chance it will end up in a regular garbage dump or ...

Dr Ruby Makhija set out to solve waste issues. Eight years later, her Delhi colony hasn’t sent a single bag to landfill.