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Trash Couture! Designer Jewellery Made From Scrap Car Tyres and Bike Inner Tubes

Laura Zabo is making more than a fashion statement with the necklaces and earrings she creates from old car and bike parts saved from landfill

by Karen Pasquali Jones

Plastic Pollution isn’t a Death Sentence for Marine Mammals Only: It’s Killing Camels Too

A number of camels are starving to death, being poisoned by toxins, or having their internal organs ripped apart after eating plastic

by Anthea Ayache

World Rainforest Day: Why it Matters

World Rainforest Day raises awareness that these critical spaces are home to half the world’s animal and plant species yet the size of 40 football fields is lost every minute of every day

by Anthea Ayache

The Barbaric Yulin Festival where Dogs are Eaten for ‘Luck’ Starts Today. Why isn’t it Banned?

Julia de Cadenet, CEO of the NoToDogMeat NGO, reveals how China’s depraved meat and dog industry, the annual ‘highlight’ of which is the Yulin festival, is still continuing despite worldwide condemnation and the aftermath of the pandemic. Warning: Graphic Content

by Julia de Cadenet

From Love Island to Pre-Loved Island; How the TV show Is Changing Fashion Shopping Habits

With a shared closet of second-hand clothes from eBay, the hit TV show could become the unlikely advocate for slow fashion

by Karen Pasquali Jones

Honey, I’m Home! Stolen Bees Flee Thieves and Fly Back to Hives

Thousands of bees that were stolen from a Cornish country estate have returned by themselves after fleeing captors

by Nick Ames

War Games: How Playing Sports is Helping Ukrainian Children in Refugee Camps

They’ve fled their cities, leaving everything behind, but a UK charity has found a fun way of making the children of the Ukranian-Russian conflict smile again

by Nick Ames

Meet Lightyear, the New Solar Powered Electric Vehicle

Pioneering automotive firm Lightyear has unveiled its prototype Lightyear 0 – a solar-powered EV that can run for up to seven months without being plugged into a traditional charger.

by Nick Ames

CarrotMobbing: How Conscious Consumers are Making Businesses Greener

In return for pledging to adopt more environmental practises mobs of ethical customers are rewarding businesses by ‘making it rain’ money

by Caitriona McBride

Drought Could Impact over 75 per cent of World Population by 2050

If urgent action is not taken around 700 million people will be displaced by drought by 2030

by Nick Ames