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Etihad Airways Partners with Sustainable Fashion Project Junk Kouture

The UAE’s national airline is donating old aircraft parts and free flights to Junk Kouture, the sustainable youth fashion challenge

by Harriet Shephard

Where To Go Zero Waste Shopping in the UAE

Offering everything from zero-waste toiletries to refillable groceries and upcycled bags, these local stores make it easy to be a sustainable consumer

by Harriet Shephard

New Study Claims 85 per cent of EU Sow Farms Keep Pigs in ‘Cruel Cages’

An investigation into 16 sow farms supplying UK supermarkets with luxury products Parma and Bayonne ham has revealed female pigs are kept in ‘unimaginably cruel cages’.

by Nick Ames

The Greatest Show on Earth

As the Great Migration from the Serengeti into the Masai Mara gets underway here’s how to get a ringside seat for nature’s most sensational spectacle

by Karen Pasquali Jones

Ten of the Best Mindfully Formulated Beauty Brands

Here are 10 of our favourite natural beauty brands to help make you look and feel good – oh and they’re all available in the UAE!

by Rebecca Barnes

Fishless Oceans: Will We Pay the Ultimate Price in the Future for Overfishing?

Thirty per cent of our oceans have already been pushed beyond their biological limits so will overfishing drive fish past the point of no return by 2048?

by Sarah Freeman

UAE’s Great Battery Challenge School Winners Announced

Schools in the UAE have been awarded cash prizes after a record turnout for Beeah Education’s Great Battery Challenge

by Claire Wills

Tread Lightly but Stylishly in these UAE Thrift Stores

Create fabulous new looks and reduce the environmental impact of your wardrobe with these UAE thrifty treasure troves

by Harriet Shephard

Appetite for Extinction. Frogs Under Threat from EU Demand for Legs

Why the insatiable EU appetite for frogs legs could see some amphibians disappear for good.

by Nick Ames

Malala Day: How We Can All Be More Like Malala

As a child, she highlighted the injustices of life under Taliban rule and went on to campaign for women’s education after surviving an assassination attempt. Now, on Malala Day, we can all try to be more courageous

by Christine Fieldhouse