Environment

From banning skinny jeans to therapy: 14 big ideas that will save the world
2026

From banning skinny jeans to therapy: 14 big ideas that will save the world

Do you have a big idea to save the world? From going to therapy to banning skinny jeans, here's what some of you think
Our leaders must listen to scientists on climate change – or catastrophe is around the corner
Mark Wright

Our leaders must listen to scientists on climate change – or catastrophe is around the corner

2025 was tough on the planet. We can't afford a year of Labour in-fighting on environment policy
onshore wind farm
Shaun Spiers

2025 was tough on the planet. We can't afford a year of Labour in-fighting on environment policy

Labour's Planning and Infrastructure Act is now law. Here are five things it looks to change
Housing

Labour's Planning and Infrastructure Act is now law. Here are five things it looks to change

The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries on Earth – here's what needs to change
Sienna Somers

The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries on Earth – here's what needs to change

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Inside the Millennium Seed Bank, our biological safety net in a changing world
Food

Inside the Millennium Seed Bank, our biological safety net in a changing world

Rhinos have become the face of extinction, but now there's a small ray of hope
Conservation

Rhinos have become the face of extinction, but now there's a small ray of hope

I'm an Anacé chief in Brazil. For Indigenous people, resistance is not a choice. It's survival
Chief Roberto Ytaysaba Anacé

I'm an Anacé chief in Brazil. For Indigenous people, resistance is not a choice. It's survival

George Lamb on how an Ibiza dance floor set him on a farming odyssey: 'We need resilience in our food system'
Food

George Lamb on how an Ibiza dance floor set him on a farming odyssey: 'We need resilience in our food system'

Climate justice cannot wait – COP30 must hear the voices from the frontline
Peter Waddup

Climate justice cannot wait – COP30 must hear the voices from the frontline

COP30 marks 30 years of COP climate summits. Has it actually made a difference?
COP30

COP30 marks 30 years of COP climate summits. Has it actually made a difference?

'It's never been more urgent': Inside the garden project empowering communities to grow their own food
George Cornelius gives a tour of Loddington's school garden and wetland project
Food

'It's never been more urgent': Inside the garden project empowering communities to grow their own food

How did net zero get so politically toxic?
Net Zero

How did net zero get so politically toxic?

Homeless people needed protecting from hot weather more than ever before in 2025
a homeless man in hot weather
Homelessness

Homeless people needed protecting from hot weather more than ever before in 2025

Supermarkets have a near monopoly on British food. Is it time for change?
In the aisles of a British supermarket.
Food

Supermarkets have a near monopoly on British food. Is it time for change?

Why throw away clothes? You could go to a repair cafe to get them fixed instead
A person mending clothes
John Rose

Why throw away clothes? You could go to a repair cafe to get them fixed instead

Wildfires are on the rise in Britain. So how do we protect ourselves?
Climate change

Wildfires are on the rise in Britain. So how do we protect ourselves?

He’ll ‘never be prime minister’, but how will Zack Polanski’s Green Party victory change UK politics?
Zack Polanski
Politics

He’ll ‘never be prime minister’, but how will Zack Polanski’s Green Party victory change UK politics?

Shoe Aid, STEPPING UP for footwear Poverty this September
Social Justice

Shoe Aid, STEPPING UP for footwear Poverty this September

Could the UK have a Green prime minister? It's 'overdue', says leadership hopeful Ellie Chowns
ellie chowns and adrian ramsay
Politics

Could the UK have a Green prime minister? It's 'overdue', says leadership hopeful Ellie Chowns

Sky-high bills and sewage at its worst in over a century: What is the future of British water?
Water

Sky-high bills and sewage at its worst in over a century: What is the future of British water?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Top 5 books about climate grief, chosen by Aerth author Deborah Tomkins
Books

Top 5 books about climate grief, chosen by Aerth author Deborah Tomkins

Top 5 books set in rural Canada, chosen by author Tristan Hughes
Books

Top 5 books set in rural Canada, chosen by author Tristan Hughes

The River Severn is drowning in tonnes of chicken muck. The High Court just threw it a lifeline
Emma Dearnaley

The River Severn is drowning in tonnes of chicken muck. The High Court just threw it a lifeline

Sizewell C nuclear plant isn't perfect. But it's a necessary step if we're to avoid 'dunkelflaute'
Chaitanya Kumar

Sizewell C nuclear plant isn't perfect. But it's a necessary step if we're to avoid 'dunkelflaute'