Environment

A new Bhopal disaster play asks whose lives are considered expendable in the pursuit of profit?
Linnea Berthelsen in Darkling, a play about the Bhopal disaster
Theatre

A new Bhopal disaster play asks whose lives are considered expendable in the pursuit of profit?

Matthew Xia directs a new stage show telling the story of a life ravaged by the world's worst industrial disaster
Hedge funds want to take control of Thames Water. What could it mean for bills?
a person washing their hands with water
Thames Water

Hedge funds want to take control of Thames Water. What could it mean for bills?

We are paying for the climate crisis with lives and homes. The Nepal-Tibet floods must spark action
Devastation after Nepal-Tibet flooding
Shreya K.C.

We are paying for the climate crisis with lives and homes. The Nepal-Tibet floods must spark action

I spent the weekend fleeing wildfires in France. This is what it felt like to be evacuated from my home
Soraya Fettih

I spent the weekend fleeing wildfires in France. This is what it felt like to be evacuated from my home

'Data centres should be made to provide their own power, rather than draining the grid'
Letters

'Data centres should be made to provide their own power, rather than draining the grid'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
A data centre is uniting bugs and bikers to fight Google: 'We demand you replace what you destroy'
The old speedway ground in Thurrock being eyed up by Google carries both sporting and ecological significance
Technology

A data centre is uniting bugs and bikers to fight Google: 'We demand you replace what you destroy'

Why I wrote an opera about Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg raising a fist in protest
Music

Why I wrote an opera about Greta Thunberg

How To Live On Earth is the new environmental documentary film we all need to watch
Benedict Cumberbatch on the steps at the Natural History Museum in London
Film

How To Live On Earth is the new environmental documentary film we all need to watch

In pictures: Meet the farmers in Pakistan who are rebuilding their homes after devastating floods
Ghulam Qasim
Khaula Jamil

In pictures: Meet the farmers in Pakistan who are rebuilding their homes after devastating floods

The Londoners living without access to water for six months as temperatures rise: ‘It’s unbearable’
Langmead House in Bromley-by-Bow
Housing

The Londoners living without access to water for six months as temperatures rise: ‘It’s unbearable’

London's data centres use 750,000 homes' worth of electricity. It's bad news for the housing crisis
a data centre
Artificial Intelligence

London's data centres use 750,000 homes' worth of electricity. It's bad news for the housing crisis

How World Cup 2026 host cities are offering solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis
AT&T Stadium in Arlington is home of the Dallas Cowboys and will host World Cup 2026 fixtures
World Cup

How World Cup 2026 host cities are offering solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis

I'm fighting to protect the puffins because ending poverty and saving the planet is the same cause
John Bird

I'm fighting to protect the puffins because ending poverty and saving the planet is the same cause

Green Hustle Festival showed our system is broken but hope grows in the gaps left in communities
A woman sat on a green knitted lion at Green Hustle Festival
Adam Pickering

Green Hustle Festival showed our system is broken but hope grows in the gaps left in communities

Is there really an air conditioning ban in Britain?
Debunked

Is there really an air conditioning ban in Britain?

'I'm a wheelchair user. I was trapped up to my neck in flood water'
Wheelchair user Kamran Mallick was trapped in a flood
Flooding

'I'm a wheelchair user. I was trapped up to my neck in flood water'

Michaela Strachan: 'It's sad we’re raping the ocean for marine collagen. We should embrace ageing'
Letter To My Younger Self

Michaela Strachan: 'It's sad we’re raping the ocean for marine collagen. We should embrace ageing'

Wet winter and rising energy bills driven by Middle East war spark damp and mould warning
damp and mould
Damp and mould

Wet winter and rising energy bills driven by Middle East war spark damp and mould warning

Taking action against climate change could also help end the need for food banks. Here's how
Lisburn Foodbank in Northern Ireland. Image: Trussell/ Robert Stothard
Helen Barnard and Mike Childs

Taking action against climate change could also help end the need for food banks. Here's how

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Environment and climate
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Environment and climate

Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2026
Changemakers 2026

Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2026

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Drifting North by Dominic Hinde review – intimately moving and expansive
Books

Drifting North by Dominic Hinde review – intimately moving and expansive

'It won't work': Labour can't fix broken water system without tackling ownership, experts say
Protesters carry placards during a Thames Water bailout protest at the High Court in London
Water

'It won't work': Labour can't fix broken water system without tackling ownership, experts say

I care for my disabled son. South East Water outages left us without water for six days
A dripping tap against dappled sunlight
Water

I care for my disabled son. South East Water outages left us without water for six days

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