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Mike Lieberman – the Urban Organic Gardener – tells Green Pepper readers how he grows in own food and composts his own food waste right in the heart of The Big Apple.

Green News Round-up #19

by Paul on Friday, 15 May 2009 · 0 comments

in News, Round-up

Each Friday we’ll bring you a round-up of the week’s green news from around the web. Please drop us a line if you know of a story we should include in the next round-up…

Save the humble bumblebee

by Paul on Wednesday, 18 February 2009 · 4 comments

in Action, Conservation, Wildlife

It’s hard to believe that such a small creature can be so important to our food supply but bees are major pollinators of crops and other plants. If bumblebees continue to decline many plants will set less seed, resulting in further decline and extinctions…

Richard Reynolds: guerrilla gardener

by Paul on Thursday, 29 January 2009 · 0 comments

in Land

If you were inspired by Tuesdays article – Guerilla gardening for greener cities – or maybe just curious, check out this short video featuring Richard Reynolds (founder of guerillagardening.org) on a mission to brighten a street in Hackney, London, with the support of the local community…

Guerrilla gardening for greener cities

by Paul on Tuesday, 27 January 2009 · 14 comments

in Action, Land

For those unfamiliar with the term, guerrilla gardening is a form of nonviolent direct action aimed at greening otherwise neglected or derelict land, particularly in urban areas, purely for pleasure or for the purpose of growing food…