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How Permaculture Installations Can Reshape Our Cities & Neighbourhoods

Since digging into permaculture design in 2013, I noticed mundane neglected voids, nooks and corners in my urban setting with a keen eye. You know, empty spaces next to pathways, sidewalks, by culverts, back alleys, roof terraces, behind bus stops, i...

What’s in our milk?

When I go grocery shopping, I see all kinds of milk products lining the shelves; UHT milk, evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, fresh milk, and even raw milk. This made me me wonder – what's actually in our milk? 1) Sweetened condensed mil...

Trench Composting

If you're a compost newbie like me, then trench composting could definitely be for you. Unlike traditional compost methods which use bins and/or overturning heaps, trench composting is as simple as throwing foods scraps into a hole and covering it...

2 useful Kitchen to Garden tips

I find it hard to throw out my kitchen scraps into the rubbish bin. Why? Because kitchen scraps are an awesome source of organic matter that can help us build nutrient rich compost for plants at home. Now if you are trying to grow food on a balcony, ...

This used to be a car park!

I remember my first meeting with Mr N. V Subbarow the Education Officer from the Consumers Association Penang (CAP). He helms the Natural Farming Education programme at CAP and I wanted to ask him if he would help me on my first community garden pr...

5 things I learnt from a community building workshop

September 2012 my husband got a job in Singapore and we both said “Okay let’s move to the island city!” I wrapped up my role as executive producer of Hear and Now in Malaysia and as a freelance communications consultant in KL before joining my ...

4 mistakes to avoid when composting on your balcony

After composting for four years now. At many points I took the "let's try it my way" approach – which meant I did not listen to dad or the experts. Some mistakes were bad. A pile of rotting organic matter enough to put anyone off composting. To...

Observe, Dream Then Design

I prepared for a week. My first field trip to Penang was going to be critical. Results from this trip would help us decide whether or not we could pull together a viable plan for a community composting and food garden programme at the E&O development...