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From solarpunk to the metaverse: The way we think about the future needs to change
Science

From solarpunk to the metaverse: The way we think about the future needs to change

Dystopian futures are compelling. Just like negative news headlines, they are more likely to be clicked on
Letters: There are so many stupid and greedy people out there
Letters

Letters: There are so many stupid and greedy people out there

Is Labour really declaring war on allotments? Let's dig into the detail
a pitchfork in the soil at an allotment
Allotments

Is Labour really declaring war on allotments? Let's dig into the detail

These people re-traced Charles Darwin's voyage around the world. This is what they learned
Darwin200

These people re-traced Charles Darwin's voyage around the world. This is what they learned

From busy beavers to gentle bison: Why you should go rewilding in the country this summer
Rewilding

From busy beavers to gentle bison: Why you should go rewilding in the country this summer

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How I made friends with a great oak tree named Quercus
Trees

How I made friends with a great oak tree named Quercus

Here's a dozen fascinating trees you really should visit this year
Family Days Out

Here's a dozen fascinating trees you really should visit this year

How a Manchester community welcomed the return of the swifts
Nature

How a Manchester community welcomed the return of the swifts

Springwatch's Chris Packham: 'It's tough out there for life'
TV

Springwatch's Chris Packham: 'It's tough out there for life'

The flowers are listening – so we'd better start talking sense
Paul McNamee

The flowers are listening – so we'd better start talking sense

Inside the Big Issue: The Salt Path to redemption
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: The Salt Path to redemption

Photographer of the year Zed Nelson on documenting the decimation of nature by humans
Photography

Photographer of the year Zed Nelson on documenting the decimation of nature by humans

Why everyone should have a favourite tree
Paul McNamee

Why everyone should have a favourite tree

Big Issue's Kids Cover Competition is back for Earth Day – judged by the legendary Chris Packham
Kids Cover Competition

Big Issue's Kids Cover Competition is back for Earth Day – judged by the legendary Chris Packham

Rachel Reeves sets Labour on collision course with environmentalists over 'bats and newts'
a bat
Nature

Rachel Reeves sets Labour on collision course with environmentalists over 'bats and newts'

These 11 pioneering rewilding projects are helping bring nature back in Britain
Two young children wearing beavers uniforms emerge from a hedge
Rewilding

These 11 pioneering rewilding projects are helping bring nature back in Britain

Calling MPs of all stripes: Our planet is counting on your vote on the Climate and Nature Bill
Roz Savage MP

Calling MPs of all stripes: Our planet is counting on your vote on the Climate and Nature Bill

Rural life can worsen mental ill health – but therapy in nature helps people feel grounded
Nature

Rural life can worsen mental ill health – but therapy in nature helps people feel grounded

Rewilding pioneer Derek Gow: 'We've left very little room for nature to exist at all'
Rewilding

Rewilding pioneer Derek Gow: 'We've left very little room for nature to exist at all'

'We have to work with nature': What UK's only wild bison herd can teach us about the nature crisis
Rewilding

'We have to work with nature': What UK's only wild bison herd can teach us about the nature crisis

The growth of rewilding in Britain offers hope for a wilder future in 2025
Protesters at the Restore Nature Now march
Rebecca Wrigley

The growth of rewilding in Britain offers hope for a wilder future in 2025

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Inside the Big Issue: Grab life by the horns
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Grab life by the horns

From ancient civilisations to industrial revolutions: How horses shaped the world we live in today
Horses

From ancient civilisations to industrial revolutions: How horses shaped the world we live in today

'A little bit of paradise': Residents create memorial garden to honour victim of fatal London flat fire
a group of people stands outside Shadwell Overground station in east London
Housing

'A little bit of paradise': Residents create memorial garden to honour victim of fatal London flat fire

Behind the secret birth of London's first baby beavers in 400 years – and what it means
A baby beaver swimming in the water
Rewilding

Behind the secret birth of London's first baby beavers in 400 years – and what it means