A Sustainable Life: Garden birds are struggling – four ways to help
In an article published on The Conversation, BECKY THOMAS, a senior teaching fellow in ecology at Royal Holloway University of London, looks at how each of us can play a role in encouraging the return of birdlife…
Wow!: From garbage to garden, Nairobi resident helps dumping ground bloom
AYENAT MERSIE, of Reuters, reports on an initiative to green a small part of a Nairobi neighbourhood…
Postcards: Senegalese plant circular gardens in Green Wall defence against desert
CHRISTOPHE VAN DER PERRE and COOPER INVEEN, of Reuters, report on the creation of ‘Tolou Keur’ gardens to slow desertifcation…
A Sustainable Life: To help insects, make them welcome in your garden – here’s how
As the northern hemisphere transitions into spring, BRIAN LOVETT, a postdoctoral researcher at West Virginia University, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation, at how to invite insects into your garden…
A Sustainable Life: How to make your house and garden more tranquil – tips from an acoustics expert
In an article first published on The Conversation, acoustics expert GREG WATTS looks at what you can do to make your house and garden more peaceful…
A Sustainable Life: How to be eco-friendly during coronavirus lockdown
In an article to mark Earth Day, MICHAEL TAYLOR, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, provides some tips on how to live sustainably during the coronavirus pandemic…
Singapore makes room for allotment gardens as urban farming takes root
SingaporeThomson Reuters Foundation Rain or shine, every day for the past year, Kanti Kagrana walks a short distance from his son’s flat to Singapore’s HortPark, a national park where he grows chillies, eggplant and spinach in his allotment garden. Kagrana, a 60-something native of India, is among a growing community of urban farmers in Singapore, […]