22 Nov Octopus farming? This extraordinary and intelligent animal should stay in the ocean
By any measure, octopuses are remarkable: they have eight legs, three hearts and blue-green blood....
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07 Nov The King’s clear thinking on climate change will be missed at COP27
It seems a fitting descriptor for a period that has seen a global pandemic followed by a brutal new war in Europe, a cost-of-living crisis and political turmoil with three...
24 Oct Pumpkins rotting in fields like zombies are a reminder of the terrifying cost of food waste
Children dart excitedly through a field strewn with bright orange pumpkins. Parents, gamely face-painted as ghouls, sip coffee as they await the return of their offspring....
17 Oct The business of staying in business
I’m often asked what the role of business should be in creating a sustainable future? I see business as a critical change maker, whether it be on climate, nature, health,...
10 Oct Avian flu ravaging Scotland’s wild birds began in poultry farms
Covered head to toe in hazmat suits, gloves and facemasks, sombre figures comb clifftops and tidelines searching for corpses....
26 Sep Bisons’ reintroduction to UK will turbo-charge the restoration of nature
“You ready?” said an excited official before gently pulling back steel gates to reveal a somewhat bemused bison....
12 Sep If we’re serious about the climate crisis, being cruel can no longer be an option
“Code red for humanity” is how the UN Secretary-General described the latest scientific warnings about climate change. ...
29 Aug How humanity has turned Earth’s Garden of Eden into a world in decline in less than a lifetime
This has been a big week for me with the launch of my latest book, Sixty Harvests Left: How to Reach a Nature-friendly Future....
17 Aug Palm oil: How elephants, orang-utans and other wild animals are dying because of factory farming
What we eat has always been evolving, but the pace of change could be set to get a whole lot quicker....
01 Aug Tomorrow’s menu: Here’s what we could be eating by 2040
What we eat has always been evolving, but the pace of change could be set to get a whole lot quicker....