The sun is shining, days are getting longer and nature is blooming. Between February and March is the best time to start preparing your garden for spring. The flowerbeds require preparation and seedlings need to be brought up. But when choosing plants, what should you…

Eat slowly, appreciate food again, and pay attention to an environmentally and socially responsible way of dealing with it. Last week we already introduced you to the Slow Food philosophy: good-fair-conscious. Our Green Pearls® partners around the world strive for a good, fair and conscious…

What is behind the term Slow Food? The organization with the same name was founded by Carlo Petrini and some of his friends in BRA, Piedmont, as an enantiomer to “FAST Food”. Carlo Petrini defined three basic concepts for a “New Gastronomy”: good, clean and…

Chocolate: so delicious and yet so controversial. Almost three quarters of the world’s raw cocoa comes from West Africa. And the cultivation conditions there are often the exact opposite of sustainable.

Vegan vs. meat – what is your opinion?  When it comes to diet and nutrition, discussions can quickly become heated. Everyone has different needs and opinions. Rarely, however, does it escalate as quickly as with the topic of vegan vs. meat. Is sustainable meat consumption…