Sustainability

Consumers are calling for greater sustainability across the board, and the agriculture industry is no exception.

More people than ever are switching to plant-based diets in a bid to protect the planet.

We need a holistic approach to material use.

Personal care products contribute some of the largest amounts of waste that end up in landfills.

Growing enough healthy and sustainable food has been moved to the forefront of the agriculture industry.

The concept of green economic growth has gained political acceptance. But a new study shows this policy choice has little or no scientific basis.

Sustainable fashion is the only option for the future. Consumers are ready for it - so why is the industry slowing down its efforts?

Revellers demand a reduction in festival waste as well as better recycling facilities.

The textile industry has had a reputation for massive waste and water usage for years, but a focus on moving away from fast fashion, the textile industry could become more sustainable.

The National School of Forestry is participating in Timber Festival to foster greater public awareness of how sustainable forest management defends our living planet.

More than 200 experts use Europe Day to call for systemic changes to deal with the climate crisis, species extinction and inequality

Local football clubs are increasingly threatened by extreme weather and flooding. What are they doing to reduce their carbon footprint and tackle climate change?

The Green New Deal focusses on heavy investment in green technology – but the elephant in the room is consumption.

African leaders could hold the key to protecting the world’s wildlife and wild places.

More than 250 projects from 68 different countries applied for the 2019 Lush Spring Prize.

Ecosystem destruction is an inherent consequence of free market capitalism.

Clean products not only are beneficial for the environment and our health, but businesses also reap the benefits of more trust from consumers.

The agriculture bill must be amended to strengthen its environmental aims, farmers and campaigners from the Nature Friendly Farming Network (NFFN) said this week.

Italy's populist government recently called for migrant search and rescue boats to be pulled back. MARC BRIGHTMAN argues the country's social and economical problems are best addressed together as issues of sustainability

We need to break down the perceived barrier between farming and the environment to restore the health of our soil and water - and of the human and non-human life they sustain. ELIZABETH WAINWRIGHT, a contributing editor to The Ecologist, argues we also need to better understand the connections between them

The Anthropocene appears to be an epoch of destruction and extinction. But professors SIMON L LEWIS and MARK A MASLIN, authors of Human Planet argue that two simple and increasingly popular ideas - the Universal Basic Income and Half Planet - could finally transform human society into a sustainable - and pleasant - place

A team of researchers is tracking and trying to understand what they call the most influential movement of our time: environmentalism. They give the state of play on a global conflict that is playing out at the local level in a special feature called The EJAtlas: Ecological Distribution Conflicts as Forces for Sustainability. By LEAH TEMPER, FEDERICO DEMARIA, ARNIM SCHEIDEL, DANIELA DEL BENE and JOAN MARTINEZ-ALIER

General Systems Theory can be a useful tool for understanding nature, and how society can exist in harmony of nature. The seminal book Limits to Growth used a systemic analysis - but was itself limited. Dr ROBERT BIEL examines how the systemic view can shed light on the colonial history of the North / West and the role it plays in the world's extractive present

'Ecoliteracy' is urgent and necessary if we are going to build resilient and sustainable human communities.