Sprinklr brings a green revolution to the city and it starts on your balcony! Support Sprinklr with their crowdfunding campaign and help them with their green mission. In return you'll get a seasonal box with…

All hands in the air! De Ceuvel in Amsterdam is turning one this Saturday, 20 June 2015. As the summer kicks off, De Ceuvel celebrates its one-year anniversary with a programme around clean technologies, sustainability,…

After visiting a cactus shop in Copenhagen and whining a bit because we don't have one in Amsterdam, good news came to us: urban gardening store Wildernis just opened at Bilderdijkstraat 165. Just a few feet away from…

A buttplug for your cactus?! Well, almost… Eindhoven based design agency PSX Consultancy came up with a concept that helps plants to reproduce themselves. They give small pleasure to the planted! You can discover all…

It’s the end of August which means we can harvest beetroot, broccoli and cabbages. From October we can add parsnips, leek and kale to our home grown menu. How do we know all of this? We downloaded Good to be…

I'm over the moon because the Strawberry Earth Fair website is live! On 11 and 12 October 2014 we're transforming the Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam into a forest paradise. Come and explore the latest in sustainable fashion,…

Tick, tack; you only have 3 days left to sign up for my new gift at Curated! Curated is a subscription service where you receive a gift every three months by a curator of choice. I select sustainable items that are, in…

Bril-liant! The Daily Needs Modular Chicken Coop & Garden provides all components you need to assemble housing for chickens and small pets, beds for vegetables, a composting bin, and tool shed in a configuration of…

All you plant lovers out there, unite! This weekend tiny two story shop Hear Hear and Our Strange Nature host Pots & Paper #3!

Residents of Amsterdam neighbourhood De Baarsjes (the area with least amount of green space per square meter) have come up with a fresh idea: a 'pop-up' park.We all know about 'pop-up stores', in which empty spaces are…

This brilliant concept has just made my day! Bright Farms LLC designs, finances and operates rooftop hydroponic greenhouses at supermarket retailers. Hydro-what?? That was my first thought too :-) Their aim is to…

She's a farmer, gardener and designer all in one. In my book, that makes Annelies Kuiper pretty cool :-) I like her website too.For more in depth background on creating a green roof and the benefits of it, you could…

Spring is here again and it's time to get planting. If you're in need of some inspiration, check out this seed packaging designed by Royal College of Art graduates Adam Paterson and Santi Tonsukha. Each pack is made…

Fancy a bite? Of a building that is... Then take a look at Greenhouse - a sustainable pop-up cafe currently based at Campbell's Cove in Sydney Harbour.Dutch architect Joost Bakker has designed the cafe to be 100%…

Welcome to the Urban Squeeze: no space, no plants, no chance. The Squeeze means we green-fingered city types have to find creative ways to cram a garden into an apartment. Thankfully, plenty of designers have come to…

Lord knows we all love a good-looking product package. People salivate over the iPad box even before they can get a greasy paw on the screen. But packaging, no matter how creative, is still packaging. And that usually…

The International Documentary Festival in Amsterdam is underway and yesterday I moderated a Q&A with the film director of 'Queen of the Sun: What are the bees telling us?'. The documentary explores what the global…