Environment
How to care for your garden during a heatwave and a hosepipe ban

How to care for your garden during a heatwave and a hosepipe ban
The hotter weather has led to yellow grass and struggling plants for many. Here’s how to care for your garden during a heatwave without wasting water.
Here’s what anyone can do to reduce their carbon footprint

Here’s what anyone can do to reduce their carbon footprint
The climate crisis can feel overwhelming – but there are plenty of things you can do to reduce your carbon footprint.
What is fast fashion, which brands use it – and how can I buy sustainable clothing?

What is fast fashion, which brands use it – and how can I buy sustainable clothing?
Big name clothing brands such as Zara, H&M and Shein are popular with millions of shoppers – but are they fast fashion brands?
These artists are turning their street into a solar power station
These artists are turning their street into a solar power station
The Recycling Concerto creating a smash out of trash
The Recycling Concerto creating a smash out of trash
Why England’s rivers are so polluted – and what you can do about it

Why England’s rivers are so polluted – and what you can do about it
Patrick Vallance set to brief MPs on dangers of climate crisis after man’s 37-day hunger strike

Patrick Vallance set to brief MPs on dangers of climate crisis after man’s 37-day hunger strike
Poorest households pay £250 extra each year on energy bills thanks to poor insulation

Poorest households pay £250 extra each year on energy bills thanks to poor insulation
Who is Michael Hintze? The Tory funder and climate sceptic about to be made a Lord

Who is Michael Hintze? The Tory funder and climate sceptic about to be made a Lord
These are the 5 key recommendations the government has ignored in its new food strategy

These are the 5 key recommendations the government has ignored in its new food strategy
How we can prevent ocean plastic pollution by improving UK recycling systems

How we can prevent ocean plastic pollution by improving UK recycling systems
How to find out if your home is likely to flood – and what help you can get

How to find out if your home is likely to flood – and what help you can get
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Four reasons SUVs are less safe and worse for the environment than a regular car

Four reasons SUVs are less safe and worse for the environment than a regular car
How to keep cooking and hot water costs down if the energy crisis has increased your bill

How to keep cooking and hot water costs down if the energy crisis has increased your bill
Why you should count your plastic waste to help fight pollution

Why you should count your plastic waste to help fight pollution
Activists to stage mass protest on duke’s taxpayer-subsidised private estate

Activists to stage mass protest on duke’s taxpayer-subsidised private estate
Climate activist hijacks smoothie brand Innocent’s Trafalgar Square PR stunt

Climate activist hijacks smoothie brand Innocent’s Trafalgar Square PR stunt
Why people are protesting against the British Museum

Why people are protesting against the British Museum
The guerrilla gardeners claiming back space for nature

The guerrilla gardeners claiming back space for nature
Thousands set to join protests demanding end to sewage pollution by 2030

Thousands set to join protests demanding end to sewage pollution by 2030
Four easy ways you can boost biodiversity – with or without a garden

Four easy ways you can boost biodiversity – with or without a garden
Shell paid no tax on its UK oil and gas production last year – despite making a £14.7bn profit

Shell paid no tax on its UK oil and gas production last year – despite making a £14.7bn profit
5 ways scientists say lifestyles must change to save the planet

5 ways scientists say lifestyles must change to save the planet
The government needs to ‘put climate and nature at the heart of education in the UK’

The government needs to ‘put climate and nature at the heart of education in the UK’
Sewage dumped into rivers almost 400,000 times in 2021

Sewage dumped into rivers almost 400,000 times in 2021
Spring Budget: We need to upgrade Britain’s leaky homes to insulate against the energy crisis

Spring Budget: We need to upgrade Britain’s leaky homes to insulate against the energy crisis
‘The invisible environmental disaster’: Why food waste matters – and how to avoid it

‘The invisible environmental disaster’: Why food waste matters – and how to avoid it
Here’s how you can waste less food and help save the planet

Here’s how you can waste less food and help save the planet
The overlooked climate and environmental issues we should all be talking about

The overlooked climate and environmental issues we should all be talking about
A new home has been built that could save you £2,000 a year in energy bills

A new home has been built that could save you £2,000 a year in energy bills
Everything you need to know about green jobs – and how to get one

Everything you need to know about green jobs – and how to get one
What 4,756,940 pieces of Lego lost at sea tell us about our attitudes to plastic pollution
