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Making the transition look easy -Surfdale Orchard on Waiheke Island starts the transition to a food forest http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC3VJTW9q7o keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about biological farming, Children and Families, Food, Forestry
Honeybees are in trouble – a stressful lifestyle and an unhealthy diet are being compounded by mite attacks – but we needn’t panic about pollination. Australia has many native bee (and other pollinator) species that could be taking care of business, if we only took better care of them. What do ... keep reading
Written by Manu Saunders/Chas Sturt Uni in February, about Agriculture & Food, biological farming, Chemicals, Environment & Wildlife, Food, Science, Sustainability
Bhutan plans to become the first country in the world to grow all of its crops using only organic agricultural practices. It plans to ban the sale of pesticides and herbicides and rely instead on its own animals and farm waste to produce fertilisers. The small Himalayan nation of 1 ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in February, about Action, Protest, & Activism, biological farming, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Fuel, Green energy, Politics & Government
Bob Corker, from the Koanga Institute will give a talk about Community Land Trusts in Lyttelton on Wednesday night , 1st February.Starts at 6pm and expecting to finish at 8pm- its at the Naval Point Club in Lyttelton Kotare Village is a developing Permaculture Village in Northern Hawkes Bay, currently ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in January 2012, about Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, biological farming, Children and Families, Christchurch, Design, Lifestyle & Behavior, Sustainability
Some of the nastiest smelling creatures on Earth have skin that produces the greatest known variety of anti-bacterial substances that hold promise for becoming new weapons in the battle against antibiotic-resistant infections, scientists are reporting. Their research on amphibians so smelly (like rotten fish, for instance) that scientists term them ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in December 2011, about biological farming, Chemicals, Design, Environment & Wildlife, Health (5 comments)
Energy Parks Australia Pty is partnering with Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation to develop the infrastructure for energy parks to produce Next Generation biofuels from multi biomass sources. The first site has been identified on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, while others are being researched for suitability.Aquaflow chair Barrie Leay says ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in November 2011, about Biofuels & Alternative Energy, biological farming, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Sustainability, Technology
Hardly a week goes by without our discovering some new urban gardening innovation, and this one is no exception. The spotting this time? CitySoil — a new, lightweight soil designed specifically for use in rooftop gardens.CitySoil, a newly launched product from a Canadian startup by the same name, is an ... keep reading
Written by Springwise in October 2011, about Architecture, biological farming, Children and Families, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Lifestyle & Behavior, Soil, Sustainability (1 comment)
The Netherlands has started funding for a ‘Park Supermarket,’ which is intended to have a working prototype in 2012. This huge project spans 74 acres across the Dutch countryside, and it is divided into sections depending on the type of food being grown or farmed, whether it is meat, dairy ... keep reading
Written by Anna Brillon in October 2011, about Agriculture & Food, biological farming, Children and Families, Christchurch, Commuting, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Earthquake, Food, Health, Infrastructure, Innovation, Retail (3 comments)
Colony Collapse disorder was first reported on Celsias, more than four years ago and since then things havent improved. Because the condition causes not only massive depletion of bees, but the flow on effects have such serious implications for the food supply, we thought the observations in On Earth by ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in August 2011, about Agriculture & Food, biological farming, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environmental Disasters, Food, Industry & Business
Colony collapse disorder (CCD), which means mass death of the world’s most important pollinator, the honey bee, has already destroyed up to 6% of all honey-bee colonies in the United States and Europe.In New Zealand The National Beekeepers’ Association (NBA) estimates that honey bees are worth $5.1 ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in August 2011, about Agriculture & Food, biological farming, Business & Biodiversity, Carbon Sequestration, Environment & Wildlife, Sustainability
While the use of spray and fertilisers has often been heralded as the silver bullet in obtaining the greatest production yield for mainstream agriculture, its harmful side effects are causing farmers to look elsewhere. One of the big issues with chemical fertilisers is that their use leads to increased leaching ... keep reading
Written by Celsias Team in April 2011, about biological farming, Farming, Soil (1 comment)
If you want to curb your carbon emissions and address issues of food and water quality, you need only look the ground below you, and perhaps head along to the upcoming national conference on biological farming, to be held in Rotorua in October. Biological farming is a holistic approach used ... keep reading
Written by Celsias Team in February 2011, about Agriculture & Food, biological farming, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Population, Soil (3 comments)
A recent event sponsored by the British High Commission on climate change and low-carbon business drew out into the open a serious issue. As many are aware, should the temperature rise as much as 4 degrees Celsius (or about 7 degrees Fahrenheit) due to climate change, some serious problems for ... keep reading
Written by Chris Tobias in November 2009, about Accreditation, Action, Protest, & Activism, Advertising, Advertising and regulatory advice, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Anti-counterfeiting, Appointments, Architecture, Art & Culture, Aviation, awards, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, biological farming
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