Earth Day
The guerrilla gardeners claiming back space for nature
![Ellen Miles, a guerrilla gardener planting in her neighbourhood.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1509_Gardeners_E-Miles-Guerrilla-Gardening-Hackney-Wick.jpg?w=768)
The guerrilla gardeners claiming back space for nature
Vanessa Nakate: 'The climate issue is the biggest threat that is facing our lives right now'
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Vanessa Nakate: 'The climate issue is the biggest threat that is facing our lives right now'
The eco swaps that will actually make your life more sustainable
![Lime e-bikes docked](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hire-gf38e08ca9_1920.jpg?w=623)
The eco swaps that will actually make your life more sustainable
The Brazilian women on the front line of the climate change fight
![Earth Day - Maria Alaídes Alves de Souza is the coordinator of the Babaçu Coconut Breakers Movement](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Maria-Alaides-Alves-de-Sousa-foto-MIQCB-Ingrid-Barros.jpg?w=768)
The Brazilian women on the front line of the climate change fight
Four easy ways you can boost biodiversity - with or without a garden
![Wildflowers in a field](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/flowers-g60ee34191_1920-e1650556265609.jpg?w=768)
Four easy ways you can boost biodiversity - with or without a garden
Robert Macfarlane: 'We’ve almost run out of language to describe and evoke breakdown and warming'
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Robert Macfarlane: 'We’ve almost run out of language to describe and evoke breakdown and warming'
Natural history GCSE to be introduced as part of government's climate education strategy
![Binoculars](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/telescope-g468152bde_1920.jpg?w=648)
Natural history GCSE to be introduced as part of government's climate education strategy
Britain is facing an invisible extinction of biodiversity
![Small frog with fingers pointing towards it.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1509_Askhambog_8.jpg?w=768)
Britain is facing an invisible extinction of biodiversity
Fifty years after the Gaia hypothesis was first published, understanding it is more vital than ever
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Fifty years after the Gaia hypothesis was first published, understanding it is more vital than ever
This book will transform the way you see the world
![99 Maps to Save the Planet is out now (The Bodley Head, £16.99)](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/climate.png?w=768)
This book will transform the way you see the world
London's hidden wonder: An ode to the capital's trees
![Chinese tree privet. Photo: Des McKenzie](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/trees.png?w=768)
London's hidden wonder: An ode to the capital's trees
Choose Earth to give indigenous communities power to save Amazon and planet
![Choose Earth](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Indigenous-Leaders-Collage-Choose-Earth-hero.jpg?w=768)
Choose Earth to give indigenous communities power to save Amazon and planet
I've been photographing urban foxes for years. Here's what you didn't know
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I've been photographing urban foxes for years. Here's what you didn't know
How green space can help ease the pandemic’s impact on our mental health
![The research into how time spent in green spaces can improve our mental health is unveiling the presence of pathways in our brains and endocrine systems that respond to the natural world. Image credit: David Beale / Unsplash](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/david-beale-qdkCeamj88Y-unsplash.jpg?w=648)
How green space can help ease the pandemic’s impact on our mental health
11 practical steps you can take to help the natural world
![10 tips you can use this Earth day. mage credit: Piqsels](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/piqsels.com-id-zpkjh.jpg?w=768)
11 practical steps you can take to help the natural world
COP26: A pivotal moment in the climate crisis or a load of hot air?
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