We may need to alter how we use land across the world to reduce the risk of future spillovers of infectious diseases, study finds.
Land use linked to disease outbreaks Staff Reporter | 5th August 2020 News Science Systems Disease Health Zoonosis Land Use Factory farmed pig We may need to alter how we use land across the world to …
Villagers are using the law to take on lignite mining in Germany.
Human rights not mining rights Staff Reporter | 22nd October 2019 News ClientEarth RWE Climate Breakdown Coal Mining Editor’s Picks Change Makers 3281728778_8d20ed1074_k.jpg Villagers are using the …
New exhibition explores life from the perspective of marine mammals.
The human aquarium exhibition Staff Reporter | 15th January 2019 News Aquarium Marine Life Art Yorkshire tommartin1.jpg New exhibition explores life from the perspective of marine mammals. The Human …
Wildlife and livestock are often seen as something that endanger food safety - but reducing on-farm biodiversity might be totally counterproductive.
Dung beetles 'reduce human pathogens risk' Staff Reporter | 28th March 2019 News Beetles Soil Bacteria Pathogens 29461545721_a3edc24e0d_b.jpg Wildlife and livestock are often seen as something that …
Lava flows tell 600-year story of biodiversity loss on tropical island.
Biodiversity, colonisation and tropical islands Staff Reporter | 10th March 2020 News Science And Systems British Ecological Society Volcano Lava Biodiversity screenshot_2020-03-09_at_22.41.24.png …
There are one billion chickens raised and killed for food per year in the UK - 95 percent of them are reared on intensive factory farms.
#McGhoster campaign calls out McDonalds Staff Reporter | 26th June 2019 News Change Makers McDonalds Battery Chickens Food And Farming Fast Food Intensive Farming chickenscramped.jpg There are one …
Humans made cattle pull loads 2,000 years earlier than previously thought.
Humans burdened cattle 6000 years ago Staff Reporter | 24th January 2019 News University College London Prehistoric Societies Traction Food And Farming Load-bearing Cattle jane_gaastra_web_0.jpg …
Call for answers over British government financing of palm oil firm’s actions in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Action against dirty investment Staff Reporter | 21st February 2020 News Leigh Day Congo DRC Palm Oil Investment Change Makers screenshot_2020-02-20_at_23.13.53.png Call for answers over British …
Climate change takes centre stage at Cambridge Science Festival.
… Today, we are at a defining moment for all of humanity.” Baroness Worthington argues that … lower costs. “Fossil fuels have so far fed humanity’s undeniably amazing development over …
Politicians talk a good green economy, but when it comes down to it, they're still only interested in seeing the GDP figures tick upwards...
Look at 'real wealth' and you'll see we're getting poorer Dan Box | 5th January 2010 Comment Politics And Economics GDP Wealth Money danboxcomment.jpg Politicians talk a good green economy, but when …
Damning UN investigation condemns WWF flagship project in Congo and reveals massive scale of abuse.
'Fortress conservation' Staff Reporter | 11th February 2020 News International Change Makers WWF Un Human Rights Survival International 0b78f02d-b9d9-43e9-bbd8-0bd257e2ef35.jpg Damning UN …
Activists Joe Corré and Joe Boyd - supported by Friends of the Earth - take on gas company suppressing protest in the courts - and win.
Injunction against climate protest 'unlawful' Staff Reporter | 3rd April 2019 News Ineos Injunction Friends Of The Earth High Court Court Of Appeal Change Makers …
Academics call on world policy makers to rethink their wildfire policies for the good of the environment and human life.
Fire policy and biodiversity conservation Staff Reporter | 10th February 2020 News Fire Biodiversity Academics Policy Thought Leaders Fire fighters at forest fire Academics call on world policy …
Nature-based prescriptions may play an important role in a short and long-term Covid-19 recovery strategy, researchers argue.
Nature-based prescriptions and health Staff Reporter | 5th June 2020 News Nature-based Prescriptions Nature Health Covid-19 flower-green-plant-hand-hands-leave-grass-nature-22363.jpg Nature-based …
Historical Materialism 2019 focusses on disaster communism, extinction capitalism, and how to survive tomorrow.
… capitalism, and how to survive tomorrow. Humanity faces an unprecedented crisis in the … a megaphase crisis in microphase time. And humanity has never before faced the …
Explorer Victor Vescovo discovers plastic waste during the deepest ocean dive on record.
Attenborough: plastics an unfolding catastrophe Staff Reporter | 14th May 2019 News Attenborough Plastics Thought Leaders david_attenborough_at_great_barrier_reef.jpg Explorer Victor Vescovo …
Tackling climate change will have lots of knock-on benefits, but one we probably haven't considered is what it will do to car-related injuries. Dan Box meets a man who has...
Will Big Business make you thin? Dan Box | 20th July 2009 Comment Climate Change Energy Travel Transport Cars danboxcomment.jpg Tackling climate change will have lots of knock-on benefits, but one we …
Historic alliance of 2,020 campaigners unite to issue an open letter demanding world leaders tackle the emergency facing people and planet.
Activists unite behind open letter Staff Reporter | 31st January 2020 News Change Makers Sustainable Development Goals COP26 Activism Climate Breakdown peoples_climate_march_2014.jpg Historic …
With human beings about to become a predominantly urban species, Dan Box asks whether cities can ever be sustainable.
Greening Cities Dan Box | 1st April 2003 News Sustainable Cities Urbanization China Copenhagen Brazil Population Energy Conservation Community Society Local Economies Community Population Carbon …
The economic recovery from this global health crisis must put the restoration of nature at its heart, businesses and charities argue in open letter to Boris Johnson.
… Speight, chief executive of the RSPB, said: “Humanity’s future is inextricably bound to the …
It's an unlikely alliance, but when one of the world's leading climate scientists and the world's biggest fossil fuel companies declare a common interest, it should draw attention
… ‘ should be tried for high crimes against humanity and nature '. Sharing a pillow on the …