(Beyond Pesticides, August 30, 2007) Vetiver grass, a species native to India, may provide protection against two plagues facing recovery in New Orleans: termite infestations and floods, according to ...

This season, the rains are exceptionally heavy and with it has come loss of human and animal life. Unfortunately, like the weatherman has indicated, the problem is not likely to be over anytime soon; ...

Vetiver is a tropical grass ( Chrysopogon zizanioides) that is native to India – its common name is derived from Tamil. Today, however, 80 per cent of the vetiver oil used commercially comes from ...

Vetiver, a grass imported from India, has begun to sprout up all around Costa Rica. From stabilizing slopes in private yards, to preventing erosion in major public works projects, to helping clean ...

Our alluring grass is Vetiver zinzanoides that is native to the Asian subcontinent, although other varieties also appear in Southeast Asia and Southern Africa. The word vetiver is French but ...

A raw, earthy, masculine scent that has stood the test of time. It's the "reference" vetiver, the one they all look back to, a creation so awesome—and I don't mean that in some metaphorical way; spray ...

This story was originally published on Climate Tracker as a part of its Citizen Climate Journalism Fellowship, in partnership with The Cropper Foundation. An edited version is republished here with ...

A view of the hilly countryside of Paramin, an area in Trinidad and Tobago where locals have turned to vetiver to help stabilise the soil (Credit: Damir Ali) The Caribbean is bracing itself for an ...

If there’s a more perfect natural raw material for a masculine scent than vetiver, I’ve never smelled it. But, wait—what the hell is vetiver, you might ask? Well, let’s geek out for a second. In the ...