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10 Eco-Friendly Gift IdeasÂ
Looking for the perfect ethical and eco-friendly gift? Check out these 10 sustainable gift ideas.
12 Items To Pack In Your Bug Out Bag
As fire season rapidly approaches, now’s the time to prioritise preparedness for the long hot summer we’re set to endure. Packing a bug out bag is essential.
Hand Pollinating For Seed Saving: Cucurbits
By hand pollinating your cucurbit flowers you can ensure the seeds you save from the resulting fruit will always be true to type. The Cucurbitaceae family,…
Bioguano: How To Care For Your Soil & The Planet
With the ability to clean toxins from your soil, improve soil structure and promote healthy plant growth we find out more about this powerful organic fertiliser…
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Hand Pollinating For Seed Saving: Cucurbits
By hand pollinating your cucurbit flowers you can ensure the seeds you save from the resulting fruit will always be true to…
Bioguano: How To Care For Your Soil & The Planet
With the ability to clean toxins from your soil, improve soil structure and promote healthy plant growth we find out more about…
3 Natural Ways To Deter Pests In Your Garden
Just as much as we love good homegrown vegies, so do many pests species. We bring you three ways to naturally deter…
6 Superfoods to Improve Your Soil Health
Healthy soil is the foundation every garden needs. These six superfoods will help improve your soil health.
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Old-Fashioned Rhubarb Loaf Recipe
Splendidly sweet yet super healthy rhubarb is the perfect ingredient for baking. We bring you a delicious recipe for old-fashioned rhubarb loaf.
How To Harvest & Prepare Sea Urchins
Looking every bit a strange creature from the deep, sea urchins are a seafood delicacy.
Sheep Sorrel & Potato Soup Recipe
Due to their high levels of oxalic acid, sheep sorrel leaves have a refreshing lemony ‘zing’ to them, making them a perfect addition to this potato soup recipe.
Escargots Recipe (aka Gardener’s Revenge!)
Normally cursed by gardeners and overlooked as a food source, these small unassuming culinary morsels can be enjoyed and even celebrated.
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From Disused Tennis Court to a Productive Vegie Garden
We explore a productive vegie garden that once played host to family tennis tournaments. For Jaclyn Crupi and her partner Andrew Stewardson, transforming a disused tennis court into a productive vegie garden was about finding a design that balanced history, happiness and health. In 2019, Jaclyn and Andrew acquired half an acre on the Mornington…
How To Make a DIY Wicking Bed: Video
Save time and reduce your water usage with an easy-to-build DIY wicking bed – a self-watering raised garden bed perfect for growing vegies.
5 Ways To Keep Your Composting Toilet Odour-Free
We bring you five easy ways to ensure your compost toilet is kept odour-free!
Permaculture Home Design: Sauveterre Permaculture
We discover a beautiful permaculture home design dubbed “Sauveterre Permaculture” on the far South Coast of New South Wales.
Thrive
10 Eco-Friendly Gift IdeasÂ
Looking for the perfect ethical and eco-friendly gift? Check out these 10 sustainable gift ideas.
12 Items To Pack In Your Bug Out Bag
As fire season rapidly approaches, now’s the time to prioritise preparedness for the long hot summer we’re set to endure. Packing a bug out bag is essential.
What Is Zero Waste?
New to the zero waste movement? We explain exactly what is zero waste and how living a zero waste lifestyle can help reduce your impact on the planet.
Buying An Electric Bike: What You Need To Know
Thinking of investing in an electric bike? Here’s everything you need to know before taking the plunge. Greenhouse gas emissions from transport have recorded the highest rate of growth of any sector in the last 30 years. The key to changing the projected trajectory, which forecasts continued growth through to 2030, is about finding cleaner…
Nurture
5 Rituals To Celebrate Spring
It’s a special time of year – the ushering in of the new spring season – so we think it’s worth celebrating with some unique rituals!
Grow Your Own Herbal First Aid Kit
We bring you the herbs and plants you will need to grow to create your own herbal first aid kit.
Fermented Foods: 12 Recipes To Try
Fermenting fresh produce is a great way to combat food waste, save money, while also reaping the many health benefits of fermented foods.
Going Zero Waste With Kids
Zero waste living certainly gets a little trickier when kids are in the picture. Erin Rhoads shares her tips on how you can go zero waste with kids with ease.Â
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8 Ways to Repurpose Your Old Socks
Give your old socks a new lease on life with these eight ways to upcycle your old, holey or odd socks.
How To Make Zero Waste Natural Bath Bombs
Make your own beautiful zero waste natural bath bombs with our simple recipe.
How To Make a Knitted Cowl
Looking to keep your neck nice and toasty on those frosty mornings in the garden? We show you how to make a knitted cowl.
Learn How To Fix Holey Socks
Socks are one of the most common clothing items to require mending. Learn how to fix holey socks and save yourself money and the environment with these techniques.
Design
What Is Biophilic Design?
We reveal the benefits of bringing the natural world into our built environments with biophilic design.
Permaculture Home Design: Sauveterre Permaculture
We discover a beautiful permaculture home design dubbed “Sauveterre Permaculture” on the far South Coast of New South Wales.
Biogas Digester: Turning Waste Into Energy
By Stuart Muir Wilson October 1, 2021 Find out how you could turn your household waste into renewable energy with a biogas digester. There is a simple way to make your own renewable energy at home and use it for cooking, heating and lighting. It’s called biogas, and the concept is – add your kitchen…
Pip Podcast #35: Hannah Moloney
Welcome to another Pip Podcast! This week we speak with perennial favourite, Hannah Moloney, director of Good Life Permaculture.
Self-Reliance
12 Items To Pack In Your Bug Out Bag
As fire season rapidly approaches, now’s the time to prioritise preparedness for the long hot summer we’re set to endure. Packing a bug out bag is essential.
Sheep Sorrel & Potato Soup Recipe
Due to their high levels of oxalic acid, sheep sorrel leaves have a refreshing lemony ‘zing’ to them, making them a perfect addition to this potato soup recipe.
Homemade Dishwasher Tablets Recipe
These homemade dishwasher tablets will not only save you money, they’ll also save your health and the planet!
Grow Your Own Herbal First Aid Kit
We bring you the herbs and plants you will need to grow to create your own herbal first aid kit.
Podcasts
Pip Podcast #41: Alison Pouliot
In this Pip Podcast, we chat to ecologist, author and environmental photographer Alison Pouliot about the diverse world of fungi and its importance in our ecological networks.
Pip Podcast #40: Jane Hilliard
As overconsumption continues to drive the climate crisis, Tasmanian building designer, Jane Hilliard, is quietly trumpeting the idea that less is actually more.
Pip Podcast #39: Rod Angelo
In Pid Podcast #39, we talk to Rod Angelo (aka The Happy Farmer), about making his business viable by turning waste streams into inputs that would otherwise have cost money.
Pip Podcast #38: Helena Norberg-Hodge
Editor Robyn Rosenfeldt speaks with Helena Norberg-Hodge about the localisation movement, and why we need to be creating stronger local food systems and stronger connections within our community.
Videos
How To Harvest & Prepare Sea Urchins
Looking every bit a strange creature from the deep, sea urchins are a seafood delicacy.
Simple Skills for Self-Sufficiency: The Complete Video Series
Would you like to learn how to live a more self-sufficient and sustainable lifestyle? Pip’s Simple Skills for Self-Sufficiency 14-part Video Series will teach you all the skills you need.
How To Compost Food Scraps: Video Series
Unsure which compost system is right for your needs? We talk you through five of the best ways to compost food scraps at home.
How To Make a Bucket Loo: Video Series
Would you be brave enough to use a bucket loo?! Save precious water by setting up a composting toilet.
