Deep Ecology for the 21st Century – the need for a new school of ethics
Having just read Deep Ecology for the 21st Century - edited by George Sessions, I thought I would share a couple of items that jumped out at me. "To achieve a viable human-earth community, a new legal system must take as [...]
Hanging Gardens – Helping the planet and the people
From our very beginning 8 years ago, Hanging Gardens has focused on how we can create sustainable and beautiful environments for the benefit of people and the planet. We hope we can inspire you to do things differently! Hanging Gardens started [...]
The benefits of a global pause
I know that there are a lot of people active in the green economy, who have been flat out for months. Six months, years or more. So I have to admit that today, I did not feel guilt walking my dogs [...]
Man’s most inefficient invention?
Voice recorded messages when calling a business should be banned. Who wants to hear sales blurb when you want to talk to someone who cares? Today I spend half an hour trying to find someone who cares about the fact that [...]
Growing Veges
This year, moving into the new and bigger garden provided the perfect time for me to grow my own edibles. The fruit trees were established some 6 years ago and now, crop after crop, the peaches, apricots, pears and apples provide [...]
Greening up our neighbourhood
According to the State of Global Air (SOGA) 2019 study, the life expectancy of children born today will be shortened by 20 months on average by breathing the toxic air that is widespread across the globe with the greatest toll in [...]
Legalise the future – an environmental scorecard
We now know with absolute certainty that our presence on this planet will kill us if we do not change the way we are living We also know with absolute certainty that there are thing we should be doing to improve [...]
How our banks are killing us
Call me naive, but I always thought the bank was my friend. In 2012 I started Hanging Gardens when I ran out of garden space. I looked around for a larger property and found a cross lease property three houses away [...]