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Planetary Boundaries In 'Big World, Small Planet', Johan Rockstrom and Mattias Klum have encapsulated the shift from the comfortable Holocene age to the volatile Anthropocene age in a wonderful handbook for all those concerned about the future of humanity.  I urge [...]

What does your plant need? Plants are somewhat like dogs, they ask for very little and they reward you with endless enjoyment. Plants only need the smallest amount of attention if you give them the right amounts of water, light and [...]

Would you rather have an artist or an architect design your home? Having grown up in a family of artists and architects and lacking the required skills, I consoled myself with becoming a huge fan of Frank Lloyd Wright and Richard [...]

Did you know that there is an incredibly close correlation between the rise of obesity around the globe and human stress levels over the past 60+ years? Stress is also closely linked to increased social media pressures. And if you did [...]

In New Zealand, plants have evolved over millions of years to grow in tiny pockets of soil and many of our native plants simply grow in the trees. By replicating the natural environment and providing pockets of soil, Hanging Gardens provides [...]

Many people ask us how vertical gardens perform over time and this is a good question to ask! In the UK, ancient hedgerows support some 10,000 species of wildlife. These corridors of vegetation require little maintenance. With vertical gardens, we should [...]

In this blistering heat, I thought about water and how China is buying up large quantities of resources around the globe, to the extent that the very definition of sovereignty is changing. These resources include vast amounts of forests, farmlands, oil [...]

We only have 1 planet ! Some 30 years ago, the Club of Rome investigated how we are utilising the Earth's resources and they identified a number of planetary boundaries that we should not exceed. Regardless of the science, we have [...]