Tag: plants

A Self-Sufficient System
World + People
Nature

A Self-Sufficient System

Permaculture – an approach that adopts successful self-sufficient systems from nature – might hold the key to producing healthy food in a time of ecological crisis.
Łukasz Nowacki
The Wisdom of Flowers
World + People
Nature

The Wisdom of Flowers

Spring is the perfect time to be inspired by nature – flowers can be a great source of knowledge for us humans.
Maria Górz
Growth in Isolation
Art + Stories, World + People
Fiction, Nature

Growth in Isolation

In the autumn, Sophie Perry moved to an environmentally-certified orchard in Michigan. There, she grew her own mushrooms, leading to positivity amid the pandemic.
Anna Drzewiecki
Jungle, Our Healer
Soul + Body
Wellbeing

Jungle, Our Healer

In the Indigenous communities of Panama and Suriname, botanical decoctions are effective in treating a number of health ailments.
Maria Hawranek
An Archivist of Nature
Art + Stories
Art, Fiction

An Archivist of Nature

Anna Atkins was the author of the first photographic album in history, yet her achievement was largely unknown until the 1970s.
Maciej Świetlik
Work With Your Green Fingers
Soul + Body
Good Food

Work With Your Green Fingers

Our writer is back at Aleksandra and Mieczysław Babalski’s organic farm in the north of Poland, where Farmer Mietek explains to her the best work ethic.
Berenika Steinberg
Eat Daisies!
Soul + Body
Good Food

Eat Daisies!

Flowers don’t only belong as crystallized cake decorations – there’s a whole host of wild plants whose flowers you can use for all sorts of jams, sugars and syrups.
Monika Kucia
Under the Cover of the Moon
Art + Stories
Experiences

Under the Cover of the Moon

Our writer breathes in the fresh spring air at Aleksandra and Mieczysław Babalski’s organic farm in the north of Poland, as she discovers what happens when new life begins to blossom in the soil.
Berenika Steinberg
Following the Example of Nature
World + People
Science

Following the Example of Nature

Sometimes, nature is simply ahead of us humans. We present six scientific developments that take their cue from plants and animals.
Paweł Kafarski
Fields of Good Energy
Art + Stories
Experiences

Fields of Good Energy

Our writer makes a winter trip to Aleksandra and Mieczysław Babalski’s organic farm in the north of Poland to discover what happens when the soil is frozen over.
Berenika Steinberg