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Blog | Sep 13, 2017

A more diverse and wild world

“Not caring about the biodiversity is like not caring that you are sawing off the branch of the tree you are standing on” – Paul Ehrlich Biological diversity – or biodiversity – is a term used to describe the variety of life on Earth. It refers to the wide variety of ecosystems and living organisms: animals, plants, their habitats and their genes. This diversity of species work together to create functional and habitable ecosystems. Read more
Blog | Aug 4, 2017

Biomimicry: designing according to nature’s principles

Biomimicry is the field of design that is informed and inspired by the innovative and elegantly simple ways in which life functions. Velcro, for instance, is based on the hooks and loops found on the burrs of the burdock plant. Read more
Blog | Jul 4, 2017

Plastic Free July: reducing our plastic waste

Unfortunately the longevity of plastics, one of the reasons it has become so widely used, is also the reason why it has become such an environmental catastrophe... Read more
Events, Green Revolution | May 19, 2017

The good life

Live simply so that others may simply live – Ghandi Read more
Blog | Apr 7, 2017

Zero Waste Living

Nothing in the natural world is wasted. Instead the output from one system goes on to feed another system... Read more
Blog | Feb 9, 2017

Food: the stuff of life and one of its greatest pleasures

The foods we eat say a lot about a culture. These days Westerners are quite disconnected from the process of acquiring food, be it growing, hunting or gathering, and even for some people preparing a meal... Read more
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