Renewable energy technologies are gaining ground rapidly. According to the International Energy Agency, in 2013, 13.5% of the planet’s total energy was supplied by renewable sources....
Currently, just over half of the human population live in cities and other urban areas. Extraordinarily, the UN forecast that, by the year 2050, approximately two...
At this time of year we tend to consume and spend a tad more than usual as we join in with the festivities. Of course, Christmas...
Where would we be without agriculture? We’d be very hungry for a start! Whilst food is the most obvious of benefits, agriculture provides fuels, raw materials...
Humans are becoming ever more dominant in the natural world and unfortunately, we often expand at the expense of the planet’s biodiversity. Although it is difficult...
We need to rethink the way we move ourselves around. There is a lot happening around ‘active transport’- which is a posh term for walking and...
Our planet’s rainforests play a major part in climate change. The deforestation that takes place in these unique ecosystems contributes around a fifth of global CO2...
Covering about 70% of the Earth’s surface, the world’s five great oceans have a complicated, but essential, relationship with our weather and climate. As the climate...
In certain parts of the world fresh water seems an abundant, infinite resource, literally ‘on tap’. In other areas water scarcity is the number one challenge...
Most of us are aware of everyday actions we can do to reduce our carbon footprint: turning off lights when not needed; using our cars less...
Energy consumption drives modern civilisation. Without easy and reliable access to heating, cooling and power, plus oil for transport & energy for industry and commerce, society...
We’ve all seen the images of the melting ice caps, heard the stories of the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, and been shocked by sad facts...