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4 simple tips for an animal-friendly garden!

  • 16 April 2026

Spring has begun, and that means the garden will soon be buzzing with activity. Birds will be looking for a place to nest, bees will be…

Bee-friendly plants! Ten favourite flowers for bees and other insects!

  • 1 April 2026

More and more people are putting up bee hotels in their gardens or on their balconies. A brilliant idea, of course, but without flowers, bees won't benefit much from them...

The Bee Arch: How to Provide Flowers for Bees All Year Round

  • 1 April 2026

Plant a few bee-friendly plants in your garden, that's a great start. But did you know that bees need food from early spring until late autumn...

Visiting the hedgehog sanctuary!

  • 6 March 2026

In winter, it is a regular feature in the news: the hedgehog shelter is full. Volunteers sound the alarm, as more hedgehogs come in than...

Leaving dog poo lying around is illegal, but also bad for nature

  • 14 February 2026

Leaving dog poo lying around is illegal, as most dog owners know by now. But there is another reason why picking it up is not an unnecessary rule....

Feeding birds: why you should always get bird food from a net

  • 26 January 2026

Well-meaning, of course, such nets of bird food to help the birds in the garden. But those nets can be dangerous. Birds can get tangled in them...

Not a Christmas card, but a donation to the trailhead

  • 26 November 2025

At thegreenlist.nl, we're doing things a little differently this year. Instead of sending Christmas cards, we are tipping an idea that makes us very happy ourselves: the...

Why a palm oil boycott makes no sense (and is impossible)

  • 4 November 2025

Palm oil is in an awful lot of everyday products: from chocolate and lipstick to shampoo, toothpaste and frozen pizzas. In fact, we can't live without it. And if you look closely...

Visiting Vrijopnaam: a truly green energy supplier!

  • 28 October 2025

You've probably seen a solar farm from the highway before, but one solar farm is not the other. Saskia takes a look at a small-scale...

Three reasons why exactly we should use palm oil

  • 29 May 2025

Palm oil? That stuff that rainforest is cut down for and many people prefer to walk around the supermarket with a wide bow? Yes, exactly. And...

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