Spend It Better

Foresters and farmers to work together to plant and establish new native woodlands

Community-based social enterprises offer an affordable alternative to multi-national shops and websites where most of us spend much of our money

New website connects new generation of makers with consumers

Better facilities are promised, but in the meantime, the folding bike is a good solution

Protein supplements are a huge driver of Ireland’s dairy intensification

On Earth Day, meet the Cork family producing their own biogas using a biodigester

Implements from the natural world are nicer to use as we feel a connection to them

Spend It Better: Good soil captures carbon, grows healthy, tasty food and contains microbes that can’t be reproduced in a lab

Spend It Better: Fair Seas is a new campaign advocating for our seas and shores

Spend It Better: As fertiliser costs spiral, it’s time to think about a new approach to trees

My generation remembers ferry travel with a shudder. But the experience has changed

Women ‘wastepreneurs’ are finding clever ways to create a healthy food ecosystem

Borrow a Home Energy Saving Kit to diagnose where utility bill money is leaking away

Spend it Better: Forget costly landscaped walls and preserve natural habitats instead

Spend it Better: Let’s fund biodiversity education without oily black fingerprints all over it

Spend it Better: Eco Egg eliminates the need for washing powder or fabric conditioner