Floating bogs are being used to help transform a once heavily polluted stretch of canal into a garden haven for wildlife.

Unless you’re a bona fide green thumb, you’ve likely never heard of coco coir before. Pronounced “coco coy-er,” it’s the fibrous husk that comprises the outer layer of a ripe coconut. Gardeners often ...

An old moss plant asked a new moss plant how he likes living in the bog. “I’m lichen it so far,” was the response. As a young gardener, I remember my mom buying large bales of peat moss, sold as ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – An installation of “coir logs” on the shore of Lake Austin is showing positive results. A recent visit to the pilot project revealed that erosion in the area has slowed significantly ...

Fortuna Cools recently announced the launch of the Nutshell Cooler, a collapsible cooler made using upcycled coconut fiber sourced from the Philippines and designed to outperform plastic. The company ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

An Indian-Malaysian group of scientists has conducted a review of several passive cooling techniques applied to PV modules and has found that two systems, based on coir pith and plants, provide the ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a significant intervention to revive Kerala’s struggling coir sector, the state government has announced the formation of a yarn bank to tackle the acute shortage of coir fibre.