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Healthy people in a healthy environment
Good health and well-being require a clean and harmonious environment where physical, psycho - logical, social and aesthetic factors are all given their due importance. These factors are affected by actions and choices which can secure considerable health benefits. The environment is thus not only important for its own sake, but as a resource for better living conditions and well-being.- What we’ve agreed: the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Millennium Development Goals
- Green savings
- What young people want
- Water – the key to life
- The air we breathe
- Safer, quieter towns and cities of the future – reclaiming the streets
- Active, healthy lifestyles
- Making energy sustainable
- On the safe side
- Listen to our voices – the Bandung Declaration
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Soil Archive
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The wonder of Earth’s worms
Posted on November 13, 2011 | No CommentsKnown for his famous work On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin’s name may be most synonymous with gallant seafarers, giant tortoises or the beaks of finches. However, in 1881,...
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A guide to composting: Leaf litter
Posted on November 11, 2011 | No CommentsLeaf litter is the simplest method yet: if you can collect deciduous leaves in the autumn and have some space in your garden, it’s easy to make good compost called... -
A guide to composting: Vermiculture
Posted on November 9, 2011 | No CommentsIf you mainly have food scraps – vegetable scraps, egg shells, meat scraps and so on, wormeries are a good bet. Worms eat the food and process it, along with... -
A guide to composting: Hot composting
Posted on November 7, 2011 | No CommentsIf you’ve got more time to spend tending your heap, hot composting will get you results faster. The bacteria need air and water along with the food, so you’ll need... -
A guide to composting: Cool composting
Posted on November 5, 2011 | No CommentsFor cool composting, simply pile and mix your organic materials into a heap or in a bin, and carry on adding more material to the top. When you run out... -
A guide to composting
Posted on November 3, 2011 | No CommentsA guide to composting (With thanks to the Cambridge University Botanic Garden) Making compost is a way of recycling organic waste into a nutrient-rich mixture that can be used to... -
Enriching soils, enriching lives
Posted on November 1, 2011 | No CommentsSoil is a particularly important issue in mountainous areas – as topsoil can easily be washed away by rain. On common land, the challenge is to conserve soil so that... -
Earth: the living layer 3
Posted on October 30, 2011 | No CommentsSoil degradation In regions where there is plenty of moisture and organic matter – such as prairies – a few centimetres of soil can form in 50 years; in cold... -
Earth: the living layer 2
Posted on October 28, 2011 | No CommentsSoil suitability Soils vary in their fertility and ability to hold water and nutrients in the right amounts for agriculture. According to the FAO, only 11 per cent of the... -
Earth: the living layer 1
Posted on October 26, 2011 | No CommentsMost of the land surface of the planet is covered in a layer of soil – ranging from only a few centimetres to several metres thick. It is made up...
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