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Field after field of barren grassy hills is neither ecologically desirable nor essential. We desperately need to break up this green concrete by planting more trees in our uplands.

Key environmental organisations are coming together and supporting plant-based diets as a powerful tool to combat climate change.

Everything that we eat comes with some level of environmental cost - however some foods are undoubtedly better than others.

The UK can convert animal farmland to forest and still grow enough protein as well as help combat climate change, Harvard research shows.

We are losing species to extinction at an unprecedented rate and human activity is the culprit - can going vegan help?

A debate between vegans and farmers highlights how we can work together to achieve a sustainable and kinder future.

Are those in positions of power doing enough to protect our planet, and should they be encouraging everyone to go vegan?

Marine biodiversity loss is reaching catastrophic levels. Experts have predicted fishless oceans by 2048, but it's not too late to turn the tide.

Producing vegan fashion can be just as harmful to the natural environment as traditional fashion.

New Year’s resolutions are in full swing now, but how can you make sure you stick to them?

Ensuring access to plant-based foods in our public institutions could have a long term positive effect on our diets - and the planet too.

The proposal to tax red and processed meat should be welcomed.

The new Agriculture Bill may sound good - but won’t deliver on public goods or environmental protection.

Statistics can inform, surprise and amaze but in the Internet age, it’s easy to get lost in the abundance of often conflicting data out there. The Vegan Society’s DOMINIKA PIASECKA presents some findings that will make you think twice about your diet

Plastics are the green topic du jour. LOUISE DAVIES asks what the vegan movement can learn from plastic-free campaigners

Time is running out. More organisations are calling for a decrease in global meat and dairy production and consumption. DOMINIKA PIASECKA, from the Vegan Society, examines how a sustainable vegan diet can contribute to positive change

Ecotricity today announces the world’s first 'vegan electricity' and reveals energy’s dirty secret. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports

The impact of the meat industry on the environment is well documented. While global solutions to this problem are necessary, there is a very real, immediate and visceral change people can make right now - on World Environment Day - to turn the tide. Go vegan. GEORGE MONBIOT et al write an open letter to the movement to support the Vegan Society's Plate Up for the Planet challenge

Meat production is the elephant in the room when it comes to addressing the major threats to environmental sustainability. Going vegan seems like biting off more than you can chew for many campaigning charities. But DR JULIAN VIGO argues that now we must take the bull by the horns...

So the love of your life went all vegan during Veganuary. And now there is just a week until you have to present them with the best of vegan gifts. But don't fear. The Ecologist is here! BRENDAN MONTAGUE breakfasts on a huge range of the best teas, chocolates and gins so you don't have to...

The development of meat-like foods is introducing GM and novel technology into our diets. This presents new risks to our health, but also to the complex development of behaviour to prevent environmental destruction, argues PAT THOMAS

There has been a huge rise in demand for vegan and vegetarian meals at cafes and restaurants across Britain - often from meat eaters. CATHERINE EARLY reports

The Vegan Society today launches its Plate up for the Planet to encourage people to abandon meat and dairy products, for their health, and for the health of the environment, reports LAURA BRIGGS.

Leather is no longer the only option out there for footwear but do the eco credentials of leather-free alternatives stand up to scrutiny?