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Why the climate will soon be starring in your favourite TV show

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48 Hours with
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Ocean photographer of the year

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The motley (star-studded) crew that paved the way for Norway’s EV revolution

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Turning trees into water:
Scenes from a Peruvian planting festival

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Climate activist Nyombi Morris on what keeps him fighting

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“Taking meat off the menu gave me freedom”

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Close-up portrait of Thor Pedersen lying in the grass, shielding his eyes from the sun with his hand.

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He visited every country without flying. “I wanted to do something nobody had done”

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For the love of the ocean

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Symbiosis

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She’s tackling cow burps – with seaweed

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5 ways to travel greener

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Kim Stanley Robinson on the power of climate fiction

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Companions

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Closed for maintenance: How the Faroe Islands started doing tourism on their own terms

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Here comes the sun

A woodcut illustration of a farmer pouring sewage from a bucket on to his crop field. In the background are high-rise tower blocks.

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The power of your poop

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“We’re making nature our third band member”

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Photos we love

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Interweaving land and lives

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Fans of The Little Mermaid are getting together to fight for Ariel’s home

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Positive tipping points could save the climate – this man is showing us how

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The language of trees

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Sacred river, modern world: Portrait of the Ganges

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The engineer turning waste into bricks

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Return of the tailor

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Fantastic fungi

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“We stop to look at the pretty dress, but we don’t consider the stories behind it”

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Cultivating happiness: The artist finding joy in gardening

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The end isn’t nigh.
Why we should be optimistic about the future

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The model turning her back on fashion

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Picture this…
Sony World Photography Awards

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Together forever:
The clothes we
love to live in

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Heirs of
the earth

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Adventures in my wardrobe

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You got the look

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Can football kick off
a climate revolution?

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Once ravaged by war,
Iraq’s date palms are
swaying once more

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In search of awe

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Mexico’s fragile
butterfly forest

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Is the key to fixing the climate in our heads?

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Egypt’s original eco resort, proud to have stayed small and simple

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The ‘solar punks’ turning their London street into a community power station

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5’s best photography of 2022

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22 things we learned
in 2022

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The architect building houses from seaweed and shells

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“Telling your story is the most powerful thing you can do”

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The great gift shift

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The Moment:
The cheese lover reimagining vegan cheese

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For the young activists who made it to COP27, climate justice is personal

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Our oceans,
wild and free

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The Moment:
“Let’s make pesticide-free garden plants the norm”

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Insects and the city:
Breeding bugs to fix the food chain

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The show must go green

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What we took from the Earth

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Just Stop Oil:
do radical protests turn the public away from a cause?

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Out of this world:
Jellyfish up close

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Birdgirl: Finding
solace in the skies

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The art giving life to the ocean

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Deep down, we’re
all farmers

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No place like home

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Guardians of
the deep

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The strange beauty of trash

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Feel alone in your eco-anxiety? Don’t.

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5 great
green reads

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What if trees were
people too?

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Meet the commercial airline pilot turned climate activist

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The river spirit who won’t be ignored

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A funny thing happened on the way to the climate forum…

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Nest to impress:
The bird architects
of the Kalahari

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Bee the change: One scientist’s mission to make us love insects

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“We all start this way”:
Life’s beginning, through a microscope

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“We’re hacking popular culture to inspire a new generation of climate activists”

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“For every item of clothing we sell, we donate a pair of underwear to someone who needs it”

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Help, my neighbours
are greener than me

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10 challenges to get you travelling more sustainably

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This year’s Venice Biennale is asking humanity what future it wants

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The power of narrative

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5 sustainable cities
leading the way

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“I want to see the frontlines of climate change on the front pages”

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Why optimism isn’t as crazy as it sounds

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Soon this will all be forest

antigreenwashers hero wide

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Meet the
anti-greenwashers

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Keeping the wild wild:
The human stories behind sustainable safaris

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“It’s not about me.
It’s about we”

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The activist who wondered why the green movement was so white

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Singing with nightingales: A musical collaboration like no other

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The hidden world of Mexico’s manatees

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Actions, not words: 10 companies on why they got B Corp certified

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Organic, fairtrade
and vegan:
Giving beauty products a makeover

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The designer turning rocks, seaweed and mushrooms into amazing objects

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Now screening: Your daily dose of nature

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Can we make tap water cool again?

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The apps that want to make impact investors of us all

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Girl power: The climate fix that’s more effective than renewables

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Shit happens. So farmers are turning it into fuel

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Jane Goodall:
“Change starts within”

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The sky has no corners: My journey to a new understanding of nature

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The Sahara refugees running their own recycling workshop

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Cool, smart and circular

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Would you want to be buried in a fungus coffin?

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Poetry for the planet:
Words that move us

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The sea as you’ve
never seen it

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Watch: The women at the forefront of conservation

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Turning to nature:
The art helping us go circular

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5 female forces for the planet

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Making the world go round: Five books on circularity

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How big a dent can carbon offsets make in the climate impact of travel?

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Takeaway, not throwaway: The coffee cup you borrow and bring back

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Hello world:
When humans and nature come together

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Why communities are the heart of sustainable travel

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The Australian winemaker going carbon neutral

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The man who knows the way from anywhere to everywhere by train

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20 years at sea:
The Swiss family sailing the globe in search of solutions

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Plastic for rice: How Bali kept going when travel stopped

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Two cyclists, one bike, 21 countries: Across Asia by tandem

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10 eco resorts worthy of the name

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Impossible Foods’ founder: “Our ‘chicken’ tastes more like chicken than chicken”

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Sunlight and seawater: Growing food in the desert

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My week as a first-time vegan

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The ocean explorer who wants us to reconnect with nature

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Wild food: The joy of foraging

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Less meat, all the flavour

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Can this ready meal brand make plant-based eating mainstream?

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My journey into the wild

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The farm of the future

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5’s best photography of the year

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21 things we learned in 2021

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The Nordic chefs serving up ‘responsible deliciousness’

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The planet-friendly food innovations that just bagged a $2 million prize

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Jobs first, jewellery second. The accessories brand that’s really a social impact project

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Could eating less meat save you money?

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The sustainable textile pioneer making products with purpose

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When the sky comes alive

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10 ways to give sustainably this holiday season

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The people who stopped buying

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How UK towns are turning car-free travel into a game

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Fantastic beasts brought to life by the wind

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The ecovillage where volunteers relearn the skills the world forgot

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“Listen to indigenous voices” says climate film award winner

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The man helping you donate your skills for equal opportunities

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Young climate activists have far more power than they realise

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The wildlife poachers who became wildlife protectors

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What I hope for from the COP26 climate talks

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A free film festival is bringing the untold stories of climate change to your screen

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Ethical coffee, fair trade chocolate… Now it’s vanilla’s turn

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Upcycling the used plastic that clogs Nigeria’s waterways

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Fixing Fashion: the online community making mending cool

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Sustainable travel:
Your next great adventure

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Becoming a B Corp: Meet the businesses resolving to be a force for good

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No leaf left behind: Delicious zero waste recipes

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The man who seduced the world with whale song

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Profit, meet purpose: The new way businesses are measuring success

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The Moment: How two filmmakers set out on a journey of hope in the Australian outback

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The fashion brand that publishes what it pays people

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Now it’s the kids’ turn to teach. Lesson one: Saving the climate

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These comic strips are here to save the planet

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The cool companies making it easier to go green

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The Australian farmer fighting for climate action

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Can a new kind of festival inspire us to live greener lives?

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Knowing how companies are treating people and planet ‘is a human right’

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This year’s global climate talks must not ignore girls’ education, says former Australian PM

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Cooking up a solution for food that goes unused

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Climate repair: three things we must do now to stabilise the planet

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The fashion insider fixing a broken industry – with algae

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The food waste activist proving the power of many

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What to read next: 5 books to make your life greener

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The man with the bottle to take on the ocean plastic problem

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Climate change:
A problem we know
how to solve

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The flight-free travel company that sells journeys, not just destinations

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How green are your groceries? Eco labels will soon let you know

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The impact investor making sure social businesses don’t forget the ‘business’ part

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Chocolate – a new way to make sure your favourite bar is an ethical treat

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Astronaut’s eye view: Can a virtual trip to space jolt us into caring for our planet?

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Don’t like how fashion businesses are run?
Start your own

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‘The Deliveroo of clothing repairs’: New app gives garments a second chance

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Your next favourite accessory, signed by the person who stitched it

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Join the amateur scientists helping experts track wildlife, waves and weather patterns

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10 sustainable podcasts that will inspire you to change the world

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Contributing to a cause has never been easier

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The rebel investors out to make a difference – not just a profit

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Has ‘corporate purpose’ lost its way?

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‘Airbnb for gardens’: the platform connecting growers with green spaces

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The startup turning brewers’ waste into eco-plastic

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How ‘Netflix for nature’ is changing the way we watch

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Slower, kinder, more meaningful – the entrepreneurs doing things differently

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5 ways to get sustainability on to the agenda at work

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Meet the self-taught plastic recyclers on a mission to clean up the world’s mess

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The brand new fabric made from your old jeans

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My impossible week without plastic

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Where we end and nature begins

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6 ways trees benefit all of us

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5 Toolkit:
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The app that helps you shop ethically –
and what I learned using it

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5 Toolkit:
Know your plastic

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The teen activist who got plastic banned on Bali

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Our health and happiness depend on a thriving planet. Here’s why

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Air + sunshine = food. Really?

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The lost wildlife making a comeback

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The deforestation solution that not enough people are talking about

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Giving up plastic completely is hard. But cutting down is easy

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10 things you can do to make the world wilder

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Sustainability heroes – photographed by you

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This store is a plastic-free zone

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The woman refashioning waste into stunning accessories

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Should marine species own the high seas?

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The future of food

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The tiny forests regreening our cities

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spreading the word about plastic

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The plastic predicament

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In the fight against deforestation, even the smallest actions matter

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One woman’s mission to empower Ethiopia’s youth through tech

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Why this place is special:
Faia Brava, Portugal

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The spy tech that listens out for illegal logging

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Nature, through the eyes of one extraordinary teen

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Why this place is special:
Mount Velebit, Croatia

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The designer fighting to end single-use – once and for all

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When the bison
came back

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5 Toolkit for …
creating a buzz on your balcony

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Why this place is special:
Swedish Lapland

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Discovering Europe’s wildest corners

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Why this place is special:
The mountains of Italy

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The startup that’s changing how the world sees coffee

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The man behind the bottle that reduces ocean plastic

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It’s 2021.
It’s time to rewild

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Bright lights,
rising tides

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Noise pollution: Taking human sounds out of our oceans and restoring balance

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ocean inspiration

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What the sea means to me

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Into the blue

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The endurance runner combining races with beach cleanups

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10 green innovations that came from the blue

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The hunt for sustainable startups that see opportunity in the deep

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Conscious capitalism: Why its time has come

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Will nature go mainstream in 2021?

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The entrepreneur turning lost fishing nets into bikinis

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How starfish inspired a unique ocean collaboration

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Perpetual plastic

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Healing our waters, healing ourselves through a sustainable economy

Ideas and innovation

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The stunning potential of seaweed

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The community determined to make waves with seaweed

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Meet Cornwall’s seaweed foragers

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The artist seduced by seaweed

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To save the ocean we need less talk, more action

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The innovator bringing solar fridges to Nigeria’s markets

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Do carrots have to be pretty?

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Food waste: Vegetables aren’t all identical

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5’s best quotes of 2020

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5’s best photography of 2020

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One chef’s mission to create great food – without waste

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The business of
fighting food waste

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The ancient tradition that’s making a comeback

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Waste not

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“Nothing makes
me happier”

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All the food we don’t eat

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How I captured my winning photo

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“We need to stop companies from spoiling us”

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Perfectly delicious!

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Food waste: Throwing the planet in the bin

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The magnitude of all things

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The end of trash

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Going green in the Maldives

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5’s photo contest: Finalists revealed

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When it comes to living sustainably, the perfect is the enemy of the good

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“We must empower people”

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Leadership lessons from the ancients

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When classes finish, learning goes on

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Everyday changemakers – photographed by you

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Greenwashing: Avocados aren’t sustainable and other lessons from a day of going green

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Moral decline: The myth that won’t go away

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Our culture is our power

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Photographers leading the way

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Let’s find out how well Facebook knows us

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The artists imagining themselves as president

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Morals and money in the tech world: Does Zuckerberg really know who your next lover is?

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Let’s reinvent sex education

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Beyond the school gates

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How 10 billion people could live well by 2050 – using as much energy as we did 60 years ago

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The case for teaching kids philosophy

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The New School: teaching kids about consent, coding and climate

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How to prepare kids for jobs that don’t exist yet

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What they don’t teach us

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Teaching in extreme circumstances

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The ultimate learning machine

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What is education?

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Curating coincidence

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Need a laugh? Look no further!

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When satire gets serious

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The power to predict the rains

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Meming our way through 2020

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How humour can change your relationship

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Who needs a punchline?

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Feminists: Don’t fear your failings

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Stand up and laugh

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Isn’t that funny?

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The future:
as seen from the past

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In the hunt for profit, don’t forget people

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The Palestinian inventor taking self-driving cars to uncharted territory

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Off the grid:
Meet the people leaving modern life behind

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Designing a world without landmines

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Teaching computers how to feel

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An astronomical achievement

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More than human

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My earliest memory of racism - part three

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My earliest memory of racism - part two

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Plastic Ocean

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The urban gardeners of Berlin

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Seeds of resistance

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What if human waste isn’t waste at all?

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Never underestimate the intelligence of trees

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Paris’s greenest ever mayor just got greener

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People share their earliest memories of racism - part one

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A modern hunter-gatherer

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The road less traveled to fusion energy

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Anthropocene

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The joy of listening

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Saving the waves

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The great crisis clash

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Deep South by Paul Theroux

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After the protests #3: Imagining a world without cops

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After the protests #2: So you want to be an ally?

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“Without exception, people's real desire is to be heard”

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It’s about time

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Interview with a civil rights legend

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Drawing on hope

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After the protests #1: From slave patrols to police brutality - a history of race and the American police

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Dolls of all colours

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Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line – by Deepa Anappara

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Investing to make an impact: “This isn’t about numbers and statistics, people’s lives are changed”

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Feeling uncreative? Try just being bored

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Flower men

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After Corona: Maybe it’s time we rethink our relationship with productivity

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Being Alive

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She wants to ignite a diet revolution: “In Greenland we eat from nature”

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Hope springs eternal

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“Doubt in a leader is a sign of strength”

Article

The first 5 Dinners

5 new reads

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Why the climate will soon be starring in your favourite TV show

Video

48 Hours with
Nelson ZêPequéno

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Must-sea:
Ocean photographer of the year

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The motley (star-studded) crew that paved the way for Norway’s EV revolution

Audio available

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Turning trees into water:
Scenes from a Peruvian planting festival

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