Tomorrow is World Oceans Day – a UN initiative that aims to celebrate and enhance understanding planet Earth’s oceans. To that end, this week’s featured TED...
Last week we wrote about the dark triad within unethical, unsustainable and irresponsible investment: a fusion of narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy. However, for every yin, there is...
Swedish scientist Johan Rockström, executive director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, has worked out a set of nine “planetary boundaries“, within which mankind must stay. Staying...
There’s a quote by Thomas Edison, inventor of the lightbulb, the motion picture camera and many other things, about renewable energy. Speaking in 1931, he said,...
There’s a quote by Thomas Edison, inventor of the lightbulb, the motion picture camera and many other things, about renewable energy. Speaking in 1931, he said,...
In the first of a two-part interview, Joanna Boehnert, founder of design research studio EcoLabs, speaks to B> about the visual communication of complex environmental problems....
In April, the Sunday Times revealed its 2013 Rich List – an annual rundown of the UK’s most affluent tycoons and families. Alex Blackburne looks at...
So, which is it for you: whales or your wallet? Do you want to save the world, or do you want financial success? Anna Laycock from...
A study has revealed that fracking can cause earthquakes, but people can barely detect them. However, opinions remain divided, with some scientists noting that there are...
Leading economists are failing to account for ecosystem services such as climate change, water scarcity and pollinator fall off, because of the inherent short-term nature of...
1807 was a year of great progress in the battle against slavery. The US passed an act prohibiting the importation of slaves, and the UK banned...
In the book Pale Blue Dot*, Carl Sagan, the astronomer and author, described Earth as “a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam“. Earth is vulnerable...
Forty per cent of investors from Australia and New Zealand have said that their superannuation funds should take into account environmental and ethical impacts, according to...
A report by researchers at the University of Westminster has called for worldwide collaboration in attempting to shift the biggest cities on the planet onto a...
A provocative website encouraging EDF customers to switch from the big six suppliers has been launched in an effort to help fight campaign group No Dash...