Trees and greens spaces are essential for urban sustainability and liveability.
Organic life

How trees cool homes in a warming climate

Trees green urban landscapes, help cool homes and add beauty, writes Angie Roach. The best bit? We can plant them ourselves.

Penny Woodward in her garden.
Our planet

Plant your garden for the planet

Penny Woodward, who has written for OG for over 15 years and been the horticultural editor for seven, knows gardeners can make a difference.

Wine is finished off in a bottle at Delinquente Wine.
Organic homes

What is a pet-nat wine?

Max Allen explores the raw, rustic and in vogue pet-nat wines and the winemakers bringing them to life.

Many young farmers are now turning to the land to create positive change.
Organic life

Cultivating our future farmers

Positive change is happening in agriculture, and organisations such as Young Farmers Connect are there to help, writes Tara Luca.

As aloe vera grows it produces offsets around the base that can be planted as new plants.
Organic homes

Grow your own aloe

Penny Woodward looks at the many practical uses of soothing aloe vera and how to grow and harvest this succulent.

More and more businesses are trying to change what happens with the clothing they make.
Organic homes

Solutions to reduce textile waste

Don't throw those old clothes away, put them to use in your garden, writes Penny Woodward.

Growing your own veg is definitely worthwhile.
Organic homes

True cost of growing your own food

Back in Issue 99 of OG, Paul West wrote this article under the title 'Getting Pragmatic', looking at the true costs of growing your own food. In 2022, we are all interested in the answer to this question.

There's a growing awareness about responsible and ethical investing.
Organic life

How to get started with ethical investing

Do you want to invest your money ethically? Simon Webster shares how to get started.

Robin checking 'Beauregard' snow pea crop.
Inspirational gardeners

Saving seeds for our future

Penny Woodward talks with Peter Carlyon and Robin Koster-Carlyon about how they changed their organic farm into a thriving seed-growing enterprise.

Creating more life in the soil is key to helping the planet.
Our planet

Start with the soil

Paul Hawken says regenerative agriculture is one of the keys to turning around global warming. Here, he explains its origins, fundamentals and future role.

Hemp has many environmental benefits.
Organic homes

Herculean hemp

Hemp is the Hercules of the plant world – a remarkable drought-resistant crop that offers environmental benefits for future farming, writes Reese Halter.

Blue Mountains Food Co-op in Katoomba.
Community

Community owned food co-ops

Looking for an ethical alternative to grocery giants? Jacqueline Forster takes a look at one food co-op and what it offers.