David Ulrich tells GRACE RODGERS how his Buddhist practice has led him to new understandings of his craft after losing the use of his dominant eye in an accident
From school dinners to farmers' markets and GM crops, SATISH KUMAR explains why our relationship with food is so important and what he thinks makes food really wholesome.
Neonicotinoid chemicals used as chemicals came under European Union restrictions five years ago - but our cities' bees are still being bombarded, writes BRENDAN MONTAGUE
Woodcarver Matt Somerville believes harvesting honey should be more natural so he has devised a new kind of hive aimed at benefitting the health and sustainability of bee colonies. MIRIAM DARLINGTON met him.
The public backlash against single use plastics is not the only consideration for businesses. Client Earth, the environmental lawyers, have just published Risk unwrapped: Plastic pollution as material business risk.
Friends of the Earth Scotland conducted an analysis of Scotland’s road pollution, and found 10 streets continued to breach European limits, writes MAT HOPE for DESMOG.UK
The Balkans are determined to stay in the coal era - even while most countries in Europe are making plans for a future without coal, argues MARINA KELAVA.
Scientists across the globe are working to resurrect all kinds of extinct animals, from the Siberian permafrost to balmy California. Here you can read an edited extract of The Re-Origin of Species by TORILL KORNFELDT
Since 2015, palm oil company Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) has destroyed at least several hundred hectares of forests that are the vital habitat for chimpanzees and other endemic species, and are the primary source of livelihoods for communities in rural Sinoe County, Liberia, writes PATRICK DAVIS
Lobbyists spent more than $2 billion trying to influence climate legislation in the US Congress between 2000 and 2016, according to a study by Drexel University sociologist Robert Brulle published today in the journal Climatic Change. ITAI VARDY reports for DESMOG UK
The rainforest contains eight World Heritage Sites and is critical to fighting climate change. But recent moves by the DRC government have conservationists worried. JOE SANDLER CLARKE reports for UNEARTED
Vegans and vegetarians are leading protests in Iceland against whaling. They are calling on the government to end the practice, which sees highly intelligent and social animals captured and slaughtered. LOWANA VEAL reports
An open letter to the newly merged ethical certification standards, UTZ and Rainforest Alliance, urging them to maintain and improve on their certification criteria as they develop their new standard, from MACKENZIE DENYER, CLARE CARLILE and BRENDAN MONTAGUE
New research shows that solar farms can significantly improve local biodiversity, with benefits to wildlife and potentially even surrounding crops. NextEnergy Capital is supporting innovative solar developments that enhance biodiversity in the local area and engage the community, writes ROSS GRIER
