Mother Tree
This film explains the sophisticated, underground, fungal network trees use to communicate and even share nutrients. Thanks to the Parallel Community for the link.
Hidden Green – a new community garden in Warwickshire
From Garden Organic “A new community garden project involving housing residents and an alliance of Warwickshire companies and organisations has been unveiled. ‘The Hidden Green’, a thriving growing space in Bishops Itchington, near Leamington, was officially opened this month to … Continued
Climate change – a new online course free!
“Climate Change: Challenges and Solutions. A FREE online course from the University of Exeter Our very first MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) begins on 13th January 2014 on the Open University’s FutureLearn platform, and lasts for eight weeks. The free … Continued
Recycling, Cairo style
From The Guardian The Zabaleen are a Christian community who migrated from Upper Egypt to the outskirts of Cairo in the 1940s. Extremely poor, they earned a living as the city’s ragpickers before turning to recycling in the early 1980’s. … Continued
Save Our Seeds
A draconian new EU regulation would see gardeners and farmers prevented from exchanging seeds and growing heritage varieties.