Charles Burrell and Isabella Tree on the rewilding wars
The married aristocrats have created a haven on their 3,500-acre Knepp estate – but find themselves at the centre of…
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The lawyers taking polluters to court: “No company is above the law”
The CEO of ClientEarth on how legal action is breaking political stasis on the climate.
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“We’re staring down the gun barrel”: Feargal Sharkey on Britain’s polluted rivers
The Undertones frontman sees echoes of Northern Ireland’s Troubles in today’s environmental struggles.
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Can a new university breathe life into Britain’s climate education?
Black Mountains College in Wales, and its co-founder Ben Rawlence, is advocating a wartime-style overhaul of the way people are…
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Doug Gurr: “We are potentially decades away from a mass extinction”
As Cop15 ends, the former Amazon boss turned director of the Natural History Museum wants to make nature count by…
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Robin Wall Kimmerer: “How strange to be a species that engineers its own demise”
The influential essayist and moss scientist on what nature can teach us about survival.
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Pascal Lamy on the climate crisis: “We have to go way back to find a global picture as depressing as today”
Cop27 in Egypt must focus on bespoke solutions for the host continent, says the former WTO head.
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“Brexit is the biggest act of self-harm a nation could take”: the CEO of Velux
David Briggs on why sustainability and the EU make good business sense.
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“Engineers build the fabric of society. We need them in government”
The leading engineer Jo da Silva says we need leaders to take on greener city planning and inspiring national climate…
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Greenpeace CEO John Sauven: “The most dangerous moment is now”
After 30 years on the climate frontline, the long-serving head of Greenpeace UK is stepping down with a call for…
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George Monbiot: “Agriculture is arguably the most destructive industry on Earth”
The campaigner and author on why we must break the stranglehold of traditional farmers to prevent environmental catastrophe.
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England on fire? Stephen Ellcock and the need for radical, noisy art
The curator discusses confronting the government’s crackdown on protests with “something truly wonderful”.
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Psychoanalyst Sally Weintrobe: why neoliberalism leads to ecocide
The escalation of narcissistic entitlement in global politics means planetary limits are more likely to be ignored.
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Mary Colwell: the woman behind the UK’s new nature GCSE
In a conservation landscape riven by conflict and opposing interests, the education campaigner insists the new qualification must be “for…
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“Net zero is not a get-out-of-jail-free card,” says UN’s greenwashing watchdog
The Former Canadian environment minister Catherine McKenna is taking on the forces behind disinformation and polarisation.
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Clare and Michael Morpurgo: Experiencing nature is as important as literature
The author and his wife teach children to value their environment and themselves by immersing them in farm life and…
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“You can’t be a CEO without a carbon agenda”: Santiago Gowland
The CEO of the Rainforest Alliance on the need for businesses to bring about real environmental reform.
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Why Britain’s tree planting plans are failing to blossom
Beth Brook, CEO of the Heart of England Forest, wants more pastureland, less plastic and less red tape.
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The forest whisperer Suzanne Simard: Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk should pay up
The scientist who unearthed the “wood wide web” calls on governments and green billionaires to meet the climate challenge
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“Austerity is coming back”: Tim Lang fears for food security as war rages
The government has left Britain vulnerable to global shocks such as the invasion of Ukraine, says the leading food policy…
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