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China’s embrace of renewables has tipped its emissions into reverse, with some experts predicting the country’s CO2 output could be entering a period of structural decline. According to analysis by ...
Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith, a physician and author, believes there are seven types of rest: physical, mental, emotional, social, sensory, creative and spiritual. Most people tend to focus only on ...
Bristol-based streetwear brand Rerun is proving its eco credentials are more than hot air by crafting messenger bags fashioned from balloon fabric offcuts. Rerun’s home city is known as the European ...
An ambitious programme combines solar power with mobile connectivity to revolutionise the prospects for people living in rural India Imagine this. You’re living in a remote rural hamlet in the ...
Ordinary people who took extraordinary actions to protect the planet from mining giants, plastic companies and energy firms are among the winners of this year’s Goldman environmental prize, dubbed the ...
The northern bald ibis was extinct in Europe. Now it’s back, and people are helping it to migrate for winter Journeying to warmer climes for the winter, a flock of northern bald ibis tails a ...
London, Paris, Milan ... and now Oswestry, Shropshire, where a pioneering shared wardrobe scheme means you can visit the library and leave with a fresh outfit Lizzie Dibble is hopeful that her clothes ...
Taking inspiration from nature, scientists have tracked down a road surface material that repairs itself Potholes. They’re the scourge of motorists and a potentially lethal hazard to cyclists, but a ...
The UK’s largest woodland conservation charity is enlisting technology’s help to plant thousands of trees A pioneering drone seeding initiative in south-west England – one of the largest of its kind ...
It connects London’s National Cycle Network, Cycleways and the extended cycle network to green spaces and waterways Back in 2021, graphic designer Helen Ilus released the Greenground Map. Inspired by ...
Microsoft has revealed a new quantum chip that could eventually lead to computers capable of solving highly complex societal problems A groundbreaking new chip brings quantum computing within touching ...
Politicians who lie could be forced from office in Wales Now here’s an idea that feels of the moment: forcing politicians who lie to face the public in a vote-of-confidence referendum. It’s a proposal ...