Making your own laundry detergent is both much cheaper and much better for the environment. Here's what you'll need and a step-by-step guide.

Today we're going to show you how to prepare Brandenburg stewed cucumbers! The "Schmorgurke" is a coarser and knobbier cucumber that is found in Germany, but you can use any cucumber you have at your disposal. Traditionally, this dish is made with bacon and milk, but you can also use almond milk and vegan margarine and leave out the bacon. Guten appetit!

Eylin talks about the beauty of fall and the fun children can have with the leaves. The only thing she dislikes about the season is the number of leaf blowers around.

Believe or not, Germany is home to a fascinating range of wild animals. Learn more about the beavers, wolves, storks, lynxes, and wild bees who live there.

The weekly political satire show “extra 3” takes a look at what it really means to be an environmentalist. Do certain habits really make a difference, or do they just make someone feel better?

Produced by The World Wildlife Found WWF, this clip featuring music by German singer Clueso reminds us of the amount of plastic going into our oceans – something we must not forget in the course of our day-to-day lives.

People who move to or visit Germany are often confused by the very thorough recycling system that is in place. Eva explains what types of materials go in which color bins and all about deposits on glass and plastic bottles.

Gathering mushrooms in the forest is a beloved outdoor activity in Germany, but it's potentially very dangerous. In this video, Eva takes us to the Spreewald and explains how to do it safely.

You may know that recycling is a widespread practice in Germany, but how exactly does it work? Mechthild Stein tells us what type of garbage goes in which bin, and also explains how different types of garbage are dealt with in Heidelberg.

In Switzerland, a new superhero has entered the fray to fight pollution and protect the environment. It's Battery Man to the rescue!

Alpine Lakes is a nature documentary, which leads us into the fascinating world of deep mountain lakes. We conquer ice palaces of unsuspected beauty. In the freezers, in which elves, fairies and mountain trolls once did their mischief, we move, using a special breathing technique and with special cameras in search of nocturnal hunters, whose eyes are equipped with residual light amplifying receptors.

What's cuter than a baby polar bear? Two baby polar bears! The recent birth of twins at the Munich Zoo has caused a media sensation. Watch this report to see for yourself! Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

Yabla's very own Eva takes us on a nice stroll though an autumnal German park and fills us in on the best things about the German vocabulary for this time of year. Enjoy!

These are not a bunch of free-ranging hippies, on the contrary: the World Wide Fund for Nature organized the event in Grugapark in Essen with a very clear goal in mind – to publicize the need to protect our forests as wildlife habitat. What better excuse do 848 people need to hug a tree? Viel Spaß!

The arrival of colder weather and the changing colors of the trees are things we associate with the fall season. Enjoy this video, which introduces basic vocabulary related to this time of year.