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Eco-Innovation

Spanish school kids are ‘jumping out of bed’ to join this bike bus

Barcelona’s ‘bicibus’ isn’t just a route to school for more than 700 people - it’s also a lesson in sustainable transport.

Home

This Australian home is powered with repurposed laptop batteries

In an attempt to be more sustainable, an Australian couple turned to powering their home with old batteries and their car with a wrecked Tesla.

Food and Drink

Chitin-free crickets provide tasty boost for Thai burger joint

Crickets are extremely popular to eat in Thailand but some parts of the insects can be problematic as they get stuck in between teeth. An enterprising fast-food restaurant may have the answer.

Culture Series

Meet the DJs who ditched city life to become organic farmers

Carmina is from the big city where she worked in international trade. But one day she decided to give it all up for the rural life: running an organic farm.

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Living

Meet the Japanese woman who hasn’t paid for electricity in 10 years

Chikako Fujii has lived off-grid in Tokyo for the past 10 years.

Mobility

Cycling nation: The secret to the Netherlands’ biking success

The Netherlands is famous for its cyclists, but how has the country managed to encourage so many people into the saddle?

Ocean Calls

Is it OK to eat fish if you love the ocean?

In partnership with The European Commission

Do you know where the fish you're eating has come from? This question and more are answered in the latest episode of the Ocean Calls podcast.

Green News

This city in Finland is giving residents a ‘planetary’ prescription

Five participants in the city of Lahti were put on a two-month ‘planetary health plan’ to see if making greener choices could be good for their wellbeing.

Nature

I went scything and got bitten by the ‘blading bug’ - here’s why

Move over 'no-mow May' - could September scything be the next best eco trend for improving biodiversity and wellbeing?

Culture Series

Inside the farm where the food is organic and decisions are collective

Hofkollektiv Bienenwerder is organized without a hierarchical structure, the motto on their website reads: "No Masters, No Servants"

Home

Could humans be calling this inflatable house home on the Red Planet?

The two artists behind the project have spent seven years building a house that’s more about living on Mars rather than just surviving.

Culture Series

Natural born winemakers: Brothers transform their family vineyard

Wines made with 'minimal intervention' have taken the viticultural world by storm in recent years. Here's how it's done in Germany.

Culture Series

'It's not a job, it's a disease': meet Italy's rebel cheesemaker

Just 10 producers continue to make the 'Storico Ribelle' cheese in this traditional way.

Living

A vegan diet makes you more productive at work, says new report

A report claims plant-based foods are better at keeping our brains in shape.

Living

What is the most eco-friendly Christmas tree you can buy?

Whether fake or real, it's important to think about the whole life cycle when picking your Christmas tree this year.

Living

Chinese millennials quit their ‘empty’ city jobs to become farmers

Millions of young Chinese people are increasingly uninspired by modern society's long work hours and meagre pay, urban congestion and high living costs, so they have fled to start a new life.

Living

How to have an eco-friendly period every month

What can you do to greenify your menstrual cycle?

Living

How to be more self-sufficient in the age of the climate crisis

Worried about your impact on the planet? Hayley Baddiley from Denby Pottery shares her tips on how to live more self sufficiently

Nature

Why COVID is making people quit their jobs to go and work on a farm

This year is the 50th anniversary of WWOOFING - which stands for World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms.

Series

Meet the Italian who turned his backyard into a thriving urban garden

Alessandro Vitale transformed a small concrete space into a garden capable of feeding his household for months.