Men of Ireland: Will you sit down to pee for the good of the planet?It was only a matter of time before this column took a deep dive into toiletsSun May 08 2022 - 06:00
Why you should not cut your grass this weekendNature will thank you, if nobody else does. It’s the easiest thing you can do for the environmentThu Apr 28 2022 - 06:00
How to make your own cooking gas from food wasteSpend It Better: On Earth Day, meet the Cork family producing their own biogas using a biodigesterFri Apr 22 2022 - 09:20
Plastic is coming back from the deep to bite us. Try these products insteadSpend It Better: Implements from the natural world are nicer to use as we feel a connection to themSun Apr 17 2022 - 06:00
We should all be obsessing over the magic of soilSpend It Better: Good soil captures carbon, grows healthy, tasty food and contains microbes that can’t be reproduced in a labMon Apr 11 2022 - 06:00
As consumers, what can we do to protect the ocean?Spend It Better: Fair Seas is a new campaign advocating for our seas and shoresSat Apr 02 2022 - 01:01
Hopefully Ireland is beginning to better understand the benefits of native treesSpend It Better: As fertiliser costs spiral, it’s time to think about a new approach to treesSun Mar 27 2022 - 06:00
The ferry costs the same as a flight – and costs the planet a lot lessMy generation remembers ferry travel with a shudder. But the experience has changedSun Mar 20 2022 - 06:00
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 05 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 05 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 08 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 04 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 06 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
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
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
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 09 2021 - 06:00
Rain gardens: A beautiful solution to urban water problemsSpend It Better: These simple devices reduce waterway pollution and provide habitatSat Oct 02 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 Sept 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 Sept 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 Sept 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 Sept 05 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 08 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 01 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 04 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 06 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
