Traditional orchards are ancient though often neglected sources of food, culture and well-being for people, as well as havens for wildlife. Conservation organisation Orchard Origins explains their value and benefits.
A look at the 10 most important news stories of 2019 from the point of view of sustainability: to prepare for 2020, the first year of the “climate decade”.
The International Rebellion took place in 60 cities around the world between 7 and 20 October 2019. Extinction Rebellion activists tell their stories from London, at the heart of the radical, nonviolent environmental movement.
The UK welcomes LifeGate PlasticLess, the innovative project against plastic pollution that has already swept over Italy. Portishead receives its first “rubbish bin of the sea” thanks to Whirlpool.
Extinction Rebellion, founded in May 2018, is an extremely organised and multifaceted non-violent movement that uses maths as an instrument to plan protests.
The UK is the first nation to have officially declared a state of climate emergency. Dozens of local governments all over the world have already done so, and many others will follow the wave. We look at what this means, and where it’s been declared.
The UK could lose its reputation as a wet country, as climate change and population growth could lead to water shortages within 25 years. Drastic changes to consumption patterns and supply systems are needed.
Snowflakes can be deceiving. Banksy transformed them from a marker of winter festivities into a symbol of the plague of air pollution in his mural Season’s greetings in Port Talbot, Wales.
The United Kingdom will create a Northern Forest by planting 50 million trees over 25 years, with the aim of safeguarding biodiversity and tackling climate change.
The Conservative Party led by Theresa May has won the most seats in the House of Commons, the lower house of Parliament, but has lost its majority. The results of the UK elections are as follows: the Conservative Party has won 318 seats with 42.4 per cent of votes against 262 seats of the Labour Party led by Jeremy Corbyn,
