The natural world doesn’t do waste. We shouldn’t have to eitherWomen ‘wastepreneurs’ are finding clever ways to create a healthy food ecosystemSat Mar 5 2022 - 06:00
Want to save money on home energy? Go to the libraryBorrow a Home Energy Saving Kit to diagnose where utility bill money is leaking awaySat Feb 26 2022 - 06:00
Urban vertical gardens are not as green as they lookSpend it Better: Forget costly landscaped walls and preserve natural habitats insteadSat Feb 19 2022 - 06:00
Fuel for the fire: Why we shouldn’t believe the greenwashing hypeSpend it Better: Let’s fund biodiversity education without oily black fingerprints all over itSat Feb 12 2022 - 06:00
Cheaper, eco-friendly laundry with one easy changeSpend it Better: Eco Egg eliminates the need for washing powder or fabric conditionerSat Feb 5 2022 - 06:00
Spend it Better: The simple kitchen tool that will change the way you cookFor less that €20 you’ll use less fuel, waste less energy and there’s less washing upSat Jan 29 2022 - 06:00
A swift way to reverse species declineSpend it Better: How we can all help protect these beautiful birdsSat Jan 22 2022 - 06:00
Spend it Better: The natural world heals quickly when we stop harming itWildacres in Co Wicklow shows how damage can be reversed in a relatively short timeSat Jan 15 2022 - 06:00
Spend it Better: A dozen (joyful) steps to take in 2022A new year is like a new page, the perfect place to start doing things to benefit our planetSat Jan 8 2022 - 06:00
Mindfulness: Give yourself a green gift this ChristmasSpend It Better: In the face of climate catastrophe we need to look after ourselvesSat Dec 18 2021 - 06:00
Ways to avoid waste with your Christmas food shopSpend It Better: Evocco and FoodCloud are new enterprises hoping to reduce food waste at homeSat Dec 11 2021 - 06:00
Forest bathing: A Japanese concept you can experience in DublinSpend It Better: The aim? Just sit and let the surroundings provide sounds, smells and sightsSat Dec 4 2021 - 06:00
Have yourself a sustainable little Christmas in 2021Spend It Better: Thinking of a gift? Here are some that say, ‘I care about you and a habitable planet’Sat Nov 27 2021 - 06:00
Say hello to your new best friend for winterSpend It Better: Ease off on the central heating with a hot water bottleSat Nov 20 2021 - 06:00
Man’s flexitarian friend: Putting our dog on a veggie dietSpend It Better: Dogs and cats could account for a quarter of farming’s emissionsSat Nov 13 2021 - 06:00
Like parkrun? Then you’ll love these free outdoor exercise classesSpend It Better: ‘Green exercise’ is better for your body and the planetSat Nov 6 2021 - 06:00
Spend It Better: A delicious revolution is happening on our doorstepsDublin urban farm is growing mushrooms in coffee grounds, collected from coffee shopsSat Oct 30 2021 - 06:00
Electric SUVs use more energy than electric carsSpend It Better: Rise of all-conquering SUV is story of runaway corporate greed by car companiesSat Oct 23 2021 - 06:00
Climate conversations: ‘The buck stops, with us, the grown-ups, right now’Inter-generational conversations on the climate crisis with Eamon Ryan, Dr Tara Shine, Dara McAnulty and othersSat Oct 23 2021 - 06:00
Fast fashion has come for Ireland, but we can resist its temptationsSpend It Better: Irish labels and tailors are breathing life into our own clothesSun Oct 17 2021 - 00:00
Dublin Zoo’s Wild Lights out of sync with need for circular economySpend It Better: This season’s beautiful lanterns become next season’s junk pileSat Oct 9 2021 - 06:00
Rain gardens: A beautiful solution to urban water problemsSpend It Better: These simple devices reduce waterway pollution and provide habitatSat Oct 2 2021 - 06:00
How do you like them apples from 18,000km away when they’re in season here?Spend It Better: Kiwi apples in Irish shops is a troubling sign of a wayward systemSun Sep 26 2021 - 06:00
Spend It Better: How to shave aerosols out of your lifeIrish shavers use about 20 million pressurised aerosol cans a yearSun Sep 19 2021 - 06:00
Spend It Better: A clean air project for DublinProject seeking 1,000 citizen scientists aims to measure air pollution in the capitalSun Sep 12 2021 - 06:00
Forget a new kitchen: Retrofitting your home is a better investmentSpend it Better: Insulation, insulation, insulation is the new mantra in housingSun Sep 5 2021 - 06:00
Spend It Better: For each don’t there is a do when you shift to positive behaviourLooking at what you can do to fight climate change is easier than focusing on what you can’tSun Aug 29 2021 - 06:00
Peat compost is a con. Ditch it for the real stuff and enrich your lifeSpend it Better: Unlike real compost, peat moss contains no nutrientsSun Aug 22 2021 - 06:00
Catherine Cleary: Summer books and podcasts for the environmentally awareIf you’re on a camping trip or just shuddering at the thought of one here are some good ways to entertain yourselfSun Aug 15 2021 - 06:00
Spend it Better: A new life for old washing machinesGer Whyte went exploring the Silvermines mountains and came back with 13 washing machines, all of them dumped off remote roadsSun Aug 8 2021 - 06:00
Spend it better: Two wheels are good but three e-wheels are even betterA real democratic leveller for urban transport is the e-cargo bikeSun Aug 1 2021 - 06:00
Spend it Better: How to move away from a junk food diet for plants and ourselvesTrees can be the answer and Ireland has a pioneering study of livestock agroforestrySun Jul 25 2021 - 06:00
Spend it Better: Environmentally friendly can be the more beautiful option in designRise of eco-building could yet make Dermot Bannon’s glass box extensions look datedSun Jul 18 2021 - 06:00
Bite me, Apple. I’m over you now with my new phoneSpend It Better: A repairable phone is now an optionSun Jul 11 2021 - 06:00
Spend it Better: We should have libraries for more things than booksInstead of everyone buying tools to mostly lie redundant, why not just borrow as we go?Sun Jul 4 2021 - 06:00
Catherine Cleary: My favourite way of composting food at homeSpend It Better: This system makes food waste look as if someone tapped on an Instagram filterSun Jun 27 2021 - 06:00
Spend it Better: How to treat plastic like the precious resource it isPlastic is the basis of a lot of our domestic liquid holders – and that’s where we can use it betterSun Jun 20 2021 - 06:00
How I waged war on a briar patch without a drop of spray. And wonSpend it Better: Regenerative farming can help on a small and a mass scaleSun Jun 13 2021 - 06:00
Spend it Better: Dive into the water-saving properties of submarine showersOur solar panels heat almost all our water on sunny days. They connect us to the seasonsSun Jun 6 2021 - 06:00
Spend It Better: What should we do with harvested peat?Why, as one arm of the State is getting out of peat, is another still planting tulips in it?Sat May 29 2021 - 06:00
Walk this way: The reasons to travel by footSpend It Better: This summer make time to walk a route you typically dashSat May 22 2021 - 06:00
Spend It Better: World Bee Day is less a celebration than an appeal for helpGlossy fields of grass might look like lush rich countryside. To our bees they’re a food desertSat May 15 2021 - 06:00
Forget wildflower bombs: ‘No Mow May’ is the way to help Ireland’s beesSpend It Better: The All-Ireland Pollinator Plan advises doing nothing to our lawns this monthSat May 8 2021 - 06:00
Spend It Better: Wake up to a better way to dispose of mattressesStaff at Bounce Back dismantle mattresses by hand and recycle individual componentsSat May 1 2021 - 06:00
Green trainers: Running shoes with a lighter eco-footprint90% of trainers end up in incineration or landfill where components can last 1,000 yearsSat Apr 24 2021 - 06:00
Spend It Better: Get your charity shop fix with online platform ThriftifyRónán O’Dálaigh has created a virtual space where the shops have the convenience of Amazon but no horrorsSat Apr 17 2021 - 06:00
Fallen in love with sea swimming? Here’s how to give something backSpend it Better: A water butt to harvest rainwater can help keep our seas cleanSat Apr 10 2021 - 06:00
Spend it Better: Creating a better world as we emerge from the pandemicIn her new weekly column, Catherine Cleary looks at how we can use our spending power to look after the world, and each otherSat Apr 3 2021 - 06:00
Young people and activism: ‘You can’t stand by and hope everything’s going to be okay’Young Irish activists are fighting for change, inspired by fellow campaigners like Amika GeorgeSat Jan 23 2021 - 06:00
Sick of plastic packaging? There’s a shop for thatIn the war against plastic, small battles can be won at the food and produce shelvesSat Nov 28 2020 - 06:00