What does 2017 hold for our environment?
What does 2017 hold for our environment? The dawn of a New Year always brings with it new promises. Yet, what does 2017 hold for our environment? How would climate change impact agriculture and farming, water management, and food consumption? What are the key trends and issues that will dominate global discussions? We’ve pulled together […]
Coir geotextiles stabilised slope monitoring
Coir Products are a natural and biodegradable solution that are extensively employed to combat a variety of environmental challenges. Coir geo-textiles offer a number of benefits over synthetic geo-textiles. In addition to being 100% bio-degradable and environmentally friendly, they: Adding organic material to soil Promotes vegetative growth Tough, durable, versatile and resilient High tear-strength resistance […]
World Population Day
Climate change is seriously threatening not just humans but also the existence of every species, the earth’s biodiversity and well-being. Climate change is the result of many activities and practices but most of them has one common factor involved, which is exponential growth of population. Population growth In 2018, the world population stands at 7.6 billion. […]
Erosion control products made using coir as raw material
Erosion is a very common issue today with soil and rocks being worn off the surface of the earth. The process happens when natural elements like water, wind or ice, move rocks and soils/sediments from one location to another. In fact, erosion is a natural process that has been accelerated through harmful human activity, such […]
CoirGreen®; an ethical company
At a time of rapid expansion and growth globally, it is of critical importance that businesses set the precedent for the industrial world by being ethical in their practices. As we have grown in technology, we have impacted nature adversely, leading to global issues such as climate change. What is an ethical company? In a […]
CoirGreen® commits to more sustainable practices in 2019
From extreme weather conditions to worsening pollution, 2018 saw thousands of lives and livelihoods affected in the midst of serious environmental threats. In the US, the massive wildfires in California were among the deadliest the country had seen, while also leaving many families displaced. At the same time, the wildfires accelerated climate change, releasing tons […]
Coir products as a growing medium
If you want to grow without using soil, you now have the opportunity of using coir as a growing medium to do so. There are many soilless substrates that you can choose from and some of the more popular varieties are perlite, peat moss and clay pebbles. However, over the past few years coir has […]
Using coir geotextiles for erosion control
Coir is 100% biodegradable, organic and is made of fibre. The consistency of coir is coarse, strong and rigid by nature. The components that make up coir include cellulose and lignin for the most part. Coir fibre is resistant to natural elements as well as fungal and bacterial decomposition. This essentially means that the rate of decomposition of […]
Using coir growbags for growing vegetables
A growbag is generally made of pressed coir or peat. Sometimes, pressed coir husk chips or a mixture of peat and chips are used in the production of coir bags. You can find growbags that may contain 100% pressed coir or mixes of peat and husk chips that range anywhere from 80% – 50%. The […]
World wetlands day
World wetlands day The World Wetlands Day is celebrated each year around the world on the 02nd of February. It marks the anniversary of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, also known as the Ramsar Convention, which took place in Ramsar, Iran on the 02nd February 1971. The day was celebrated for the first time […]