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Letters: We should embrace the decline in population in the most polluting countries
Letters

Letters: We should embrace the decline in population in the most polluting countries

John Bird's column on environmental damage sparked an observation from a reader
Cruise ships pump out 10 times the CO2 per passenger as flying. Can they turn the tide?
Sustainable travel

Cruise ships pump out 10 times the CO2 per passenger as flying. Can they turn the tide?

'We have to work with nature': What UK's only wild bison herd can teach us about the nature crisis
Rewilding

'We have to work with nature': What UK's only wild bison herd can teach us about the nature crisis

Rewilding pioneer Derek Gow: 'We've left very little room for nature to exist at all'
Rewilding

Rewilding pioneer Derek Gow: 'We've left very little room for nature to exist at all'

The growth of rewilding in Britain offers hope for a wilder future in 2025
Rebecca Wrigley

The growth of rewilding in Britain offers hope for a wilder future in 2025

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Yes, there have been victories against sewage pollution – but 2025 is a fight to keep Labour honest
Surfers Against Sewage
Dani Jordan

Yes, there have been victories against sewage pollution – but 2025 is a fight to keep Labour honest

There's reasons to be hopeful about tackling climate change in 2025 – honestly
Energy security and net zero secretary Ed Miliband, who is leading the UK's efforts to fight climate change
Bob Ward

There's reasons to be hopeful about tackling climate change in 2025 – honestly

Save Windermere activist Matt Staniek: 'In the world of campaigning, hope is essential'
My Big Year

Save Windermere activist Matt Staniek: 'In the world of campaigning, hope is essential'

The climate crisis is on our doorstep. How can we keep eco-anxiety in check?
flood in climate crisis
Rosie Downes

The climate crisis is on our doorstep. How can we keep eco-anxiety in check?

Lessons from the Middle East – 'the epicentre of climate discourse' – for a warming planet
Climate change

Lessons from the Middle East – 'the epicentre of climate discourse' – for a warming planet

Could banning cars turn London's Oxford Street from 'hell' into paradise?
London

Could banning cars turn London's Oxford Street from 'hell' into paradise?

I have worn second hand clothes my whole life. I don’t know why anyone would shop new
lesley wearing her second hand finds
Second hand September

I have worn second hand clothes my whole life. I don’t know why anyone would shop new

Windermere was flooded with 8,787 hours of raw sewage last year. One man is fighting back
Sewage pollution

Windermere was flooded with 8,787 hours of raw sewage last year. One man is fighting back

Why I love sea turtles – and why we have to save them
Conservation

Why I love sea turtles – and why we have to save them

Adventurer Aldo Kane on how climate change has ravaged the natural world – and who's to blame
Climate change

Adventurer Aldo Kane on how climate change has ravaged the natural world – and who's to blame

'It's a scandal': Outcry from Brits to nationalise water companies as bills set to rise – again
Water

'It's a scandal': Outcry from Brits to nationalise water companies as bills set to rise – again

MP Liam Fox on the 21st century battle for water and why we must be careful about strawberries
The Coming Storm - water. Illustration: Big Issue
Environment

MP Liam Fox on the 21st century battle for water and why we must be careful about strawberries

Hedgerows are amazing. Here's why we must plant more of them
A flowering hawthorn hedgerow
Envrionment

Hedgerows are amazing. Here's why we must plant more of them

'We're all changing the world': How B Corps are turning competition into collaboration
The Sustainable Drinks Cabinet event 2023
B Corps

'We're all changing the world': How B Corps are turning competition into collaboration

We need to end the fossil fuel era to secure a liveable future – before it's too late. Here's how
Emission from coal power plant. I
Izzie McIntosh

We need to end the fossil fuel era to secure a liveable future – before it's too late. Here's how

'Illegal vapes are already flooding the market': What impact will disposable vapes ban really have?
disposable vape ban
Disposable vapes

'Illegal vapes are already flooding the market': What impact will disposable vapes ban really have?

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The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Climate, environment and sustainability
Changemakers 2024

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Climate, environment and sustainability

Jodie Comer on taking up space as a woman and advice she received from Killing Eve co-star
Jodie Comer carrying a baby
Film

Jodie Comer on taking up space as a woman and advice she received from Killing Eve co-star

'I was fined £100 for dropping crisps': How a private firm is making millions from littering fines
Tiny models of bin men cleaning up a giant cigarette butt
Environment

'I was fined £100 for dropping crisps': How a private firm is making millions from littering fines

Rachel Reeves' plan to 'rebuild Britain' applauded by experts – but can Labour offer real change?
Rachel Reeves
Labour

Rachel Reeves' plan to 'rebuild Britain' applauded by experts – but can Labour offer real change?