Loaded with panels on their roofs, four boats now circulate across 12 Achuar communities near the border with Peru. Kara Solar, a nonprofit organization that promotes solar energy in this region, gave local residents the boats, which they are in charge of building, fixing and running. The group, which is funded by outside donations, wants to add 10 more boats over the next two years. (Saturday March 2nd, 2024 — Washington Post - Washington DC USA)

While preserving the world’s forests is widely considered essential to combating climate change, scientists in South Africa have determined that invasive tree species are sucking up so much groundwater that the area is better off eliminating the trees. (Wednesday February 28th, 2024 — Washington Post - Washington DC USA)

Tribal leadership asked Spears if she could grow healthier food to feed Red Lake during the shutdown, and to quicken the timeline for becoming a food sovereign nation. (Wednesday February 28th, 2024 — womenspress.com - Minneapolis, Minnesota USA)

But as the development of industrial agriculture expanded and the damage it was doing to people and the environment became clearer, a choir of dissenting voices emerged, calling for food models with a lower environmental and social impact. The solutions they proposed were different, but one thing they agreed on from the outset was the importance of training in changing the model. And so it was that Austrian Rudolf Steiner laid the foundations of biodynamic agriculture, the first organic farming movement, with his ‘Agricultural Course’, which was first presented in 1924 and was later turned into a book. (Monday February 26th, 2024 — Equal Times - Europe)

Alien-looking lobsters, sponges, urchins, sea stars and sea lilies are among the creatures deep-sea explorers found off the coast of Chile (Saturday February 24th, 2024 — Washington Post - Washington DC USA)

The albatross have huge wingspans, [up to 2m (6.6ft) across], Hunter says. "To take off, they have to get a running start. They need an open area that's sufficiently wide and long. The tortoises are what allowed those landing strips to be present. And when the tortoises were gone, the vegetation really closed in." (Saturday February 24th, 2024 — BBC online - UK)

From Australia to Ontario, cities are taking up unnecessary stretches of concrete and asphalt, allowing nature to take hold in their place. (Friday February 23rd, 2024 — BBC online - UK)

With an increase in extreme weather, Jamaicans have found a reliable, local food source in nutrient-dense and versatile breadfruit. (Wednesday February 21st, 2024 — BBC online - UK)

Humpbacks and other baleen whales have evolved a specialised "voice box" that enables them to sing underwater. (Wednesday February 21st, 2024 — BBC online - UK)

The so-called vertical farm can grow salad three times as fast as traditional outdoor agriculture thanks to its controlled, consistent climate. Lettuce, basil and other herbs are grown under special lights, in a warm humid atmosphere. (Monday February 19th, 2024 — BBC online - UK)

Once grown almost solely by enslaved people, the fish pepper was nearly lost forever until a chance find in a freezer revived the plant and it's now more popular than ever. (Saturday February 17th, 2024 — BBC online - UK)

Anaerobic digesters create biogas by removing methane from livestock waste. The gas can then be used for electricity, heat or vehicle fuel. Supporters say the process limits methane from reaching the atmosphere. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Energy For America Program helps fund these projects on farms in Wisconsin and elsewhere. (Friday February 16th, 2024 — Public News Service - Wisconsin USA)

Shining Spiral is identified by the IASWECE and is Gujarat's first Waldorf School, a school emphasising in cultivating children's emotional life and imagination (Wednesday February 14th, 2024 — krishijagran.com - New Delhi, India)

At Biofach this year the Biodynamic Federation Demeter International celebrates 100 years of biodynamic farming. This is an opportunity to reflect on the beginnings of the movement, on the contribution of biodynamic farming towards sustainable food systems, and on what lies ahead. (Tuesday February 13th, 2024 — Bio Eco Actual)

CERN has revealed plans for the Future Circular Collider, which will dwarf the Large Hadron Collider in size and power and hunt for the missing 95% of our universe. (Thursday February 8th, 2024 — Space.com)

Camphill School Aberdeen is to receive an award of £250,976 for the adventure playground for children and young people with complex support needs, as agreed at the Finance and Resources Committee. (Tuesday February 6th, 2024 — Aberdeen City Council - Scotland, UK)

Following recent policy reforms and recommendations in the European Union, strongly supported by our organic allies in the EU, we need raise our expectations and our demands in the US and North America. We need to set a goal of 25% of food and farming being organic by 2030, or as soon as possible. (Monday February 5th, 2024 — OrganicConsumers.com - Finland, Minnesota USA)

For centuries, craftspeople have been revered and valued, and craftwork has been acknowledged as an essential part of human development. So when did ‘craft’ become a dirty word that’s only just being reclaimed? Katie Jarvis speaks to Charlotte Abrahams and Katy Bevan (Friday February 2nd, 2024 — Great British Life)

Garden Day! A trip to the Pasadena Waldorf High School garden for main lesson was full of discovery and joy for Grade 1 students. What a treat to have snacks with their buddies from Grade 12 when work was done! (Wednesday January 31st, 2024 — Pasadena Now)

In 2018, Bhatnagar, a University of Louisville medical school professor, decided that he wanted to “do something” about air pollution in Louisville, which has repeatedly earned failing grades for air quality from the American Lung Association. His contribution, he decided, would be to find the connection between trees and better heart health using the gold standard for evidence: clinical trials. (Monday January 29th, 2024 — Washington Post - Washington DC USA)