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Keeping your baby's bottom soft and dry shouldn't mean exposing it to a potentially harmful and environmentally costly substance

The renowned primatologist and conservationist on the need for scientific empathy, the impact of economic development, and why children give her hope for the future

Consumers turned their back on organic but continued to buy fairtrade in 2009, according to the latest sales figures

Increasing threats to mangrove species are a symptom of the widespread destruction and exploitation of forest habitats, say campaigners

The article, 'Have we got it right on meat and greenhouse gas emissions?' misses an important point made at the Oxford Real Farming Conference, which is that properly managed pasture is a net carbon sink

Current conservation list criticised for being biased towards vertebrates and neglecting most plants, fungi and invertebrates

City workers and allotment farmers needed to reverse dwindling farm workforce

It was a loophole that most of us thought had been sewn up. But new research shows that companies are continuing to cash in on the 'super' greenhouse gas HFC-23

Its principals may seem strange but biodynamic winegrowers are in a league of their own when it comes to caring for soil, plant and planet. Plus, 10 wines to try in 2010

Analysis showing lower greenhouse gas emissions associated with intensive livestock production could pose a challenge to our views on best farming practice

A pioneering community-based hydroelectric energy project in the Brecon Beacons is a blueprint for how green energy can provide more than just low-carbon power...

NGO groups targeting marginal seats to pressure candidates into raising the profile of climate change in their election campaigns

Large-scale study highlights agricultural chemicals as a possible risk factor behind rising rates of melanoma in the US

A scientist who 'doesn't do dippy nonsense', hedgehog expert Hugh Warwick was moved by one spiny specimen into a new-found appreciation for the natural world

Pioneering environmentalist Bill McKibben hopes to take his readers by the collars and shake them in his new climate change wake-up call, Eaarth