![How trees cool homes in a warming climate Trees and greens spaces are essential for urban sustainability and liveability.](https://www.organicgardener.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/137 Trees by Kirsten Bresciani-500x500.jpg)
How trees cool homes in a warming climate
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Trees green urban landscapes, help cool homes and add beauty, writes Angie Roach. The best bit? We can plant them ourselves.
![Plant your garden for the planet Penny Woodward in her garden.](https://www.organicgardener.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Penny Woodward by Dan Coates-500x500.jpg)
Plant your garden for the planet
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Penny Woodward, who has written for OG for over 15 years and been the horticultural editor for seven, knows gardeners can make a difference.
![What is a pet-nat wine? Wine is finished off in a bottle at Delinquente Wine.](https://www.organicgardener.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Delinquente Wine Company pet-nat wine-500x500.jpg)
What is a pet-nat wine?
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Max Allen explores the raw, rustic and in vogue pet-nat wines and the winemakers bringing them to life.
![Cultivating our future farmers Many young farmers are now turning to the land to create positive change.](https://www.organicgardener.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Young farmers_ Andy Zakeli-500x500.jpg)
Cultivating our future farmers
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Positive change is happening in agriculture, and organisations such as Young Farmers Connect are there to help, writes Tara Luca.
![Grow your own aloe As aloe vera grows it produces offsets around the base that can be planted as new plants.](https://www.organicgardener.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Aloe vera iStock_small-500x500.jpg)
Grow your own aloe
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Penny Woodward looks at the many practical uses of soothing aloe vera and how to grow and harvest this succulent.
![Solutions to reduce textile waste More and more businesses are trying to change what happens with the clothing they make.](https://www.organicgardener.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/iStock_clothes recycling-500x500.jpg)
Solutions to reduce textile waste
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Don't throw those old clothes away, put them to use in your garden, writes Penny Woodward.
![True cost of growing your own food Growing your own veg is definitely worthwhile.](https://www.organicgardener.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Vegie Garden by Paul West-500x500.jpg)
True cost of growing your own food
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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.
![How to get started with ethical investing There's a growing awareness about responsible and ethical investing.](https://www.organicgardener.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/iStock-1326822043-500x500.png)
How to get started with ethical investing
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Do you want to invest your money ethically? Simon Webster shares how to get started.
![Saving seeds for our future Robin checking 'Beauregard' snow pea crop.](https://www.organicgardener.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Transition Farm_Peter Carlyon-500x500.jpg)
Saving seeds for our future
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Penny Woodward talks with Peter Carlyon and Robin Koster-Carlyon about how they changed their organic farm into a thriving seed-growing enterprise.
![Start with the soil Creating more life in the soil is key to helping the planet.](https://www.organicgardener.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Emmy King_Honey Atkinson-500x500.jpg)
Start with the soil
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Paul Hawken says regenerative agriculture is one of the keys to turning around global warming. Here, he explains its origins, fundamentals and future role.
![Herculean hemp Hemp has many environmental benefits.](https://www.organicgardener.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Hemp by Istock-500x500.jpg)
Herculean hemp
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Hemp is the Hercules of the plant world – a remarkable drought-resistant crop that offers environmental benefits for future farming, writes Reese Halter.
![Community owned food co-ops Blue Mountains Food Co-op in Katoomba.](https://www.organicgardener.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Blue Mountains Food Co-op by Maja Baska-500x500.jpg)
Community owned food co-ops
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Looking for an ethical alternative to grocery giants? Jacqueline Forster takes a look at one food co-op and what it offers.