Ruth Edet

Onions

How to Grow Onions in the South: A Guide for Home Gardeners

If you live in the South and you’ve ever thought about growing your own onions, you’re in the right place.  Onions are one of the most useful vegetables you can grow. They show up in almost every meal, they store well, and when grown in the right way, they thrive in Southern climates. But growing […]

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How to Grow Waterleaf: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide

If you’ve ever wondered how to grow waterleaf in your garden or even in a few containers at home, you’re in the right place.  Waterleaf (Talinum triangulare) is one of those underrated super greens that people often overlook. Yet, it’s one of the easiest, most rewarding, and sustainable vegetables you can grow.  Packed with vitamins,

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Pineapple plant

How to Grow Pineapple: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide

Pineapples are one of the most rewarding fruits you can grow at home. Imagine plucking a sweet, golden pineapple from your own garden or even from a pot on your balcony — it’s totally possible!  The best part is that growing pineapple is surprisingly easy once you understand the process.  In this guide, I’ll walk

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Environmental protection

What is Deep Ecology? A Complete Guide

If you’ve ever felt that something is deeply wrong with how humans treat nature, you’re not alone.  From climate change to deforestation to the mass extinction of species, it’s clear that our current relationship with the planet is broken.  Most of us are taught to see nature as a resource to be used, rather than

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Compost

The Art of Lazy Composting – A Simple Path to Sustainability

Let’s be honest: composting sounds great in theory. You save food scraps, turn them into rich soil, and help the planet.  But the reality for most of us is that it feels like another chore we don’t have time or energy for. Who wants to spend weekends turning piles of rotting food or monitoring the

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Air pollution

How to Lessen Pollutants in the Air: A Complete Guide

Take a deep breath right now. Feels good, right? But what you just inhaled may not be as clean as you think.  Air pollution is invisible most of the time, yet it quietly affects your lungs, your heart, and even your brain.  The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 7 million people die every year

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An earth lightbulb

The Psychology of Environmental Denial: Why We Ignore the Planet’s Warnings

We live in a strange moment. Almost everyone has heard about climate change, plastic pollution, and species extinction, yet millions still deny or downplay the problem.  Some people shrug and say, “It won’t affect me,” while others cling to the hope that technology or governments will fix everything. This gap between what we know and

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The Truth About Bushmeat and Biodiversity

When most people hear the word bushmeat, the first images that come to mind are exotic animals being hunted in remote forests. Some may think of illegal markets or headlines about diseases like Ebola.  But the truth about bushmeat goes much deeper. It’s about survival, culture, economics, and, at the heart of it all, biodiversity.

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