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Lucy Siegle

Lucy Siegle is an independent writer and journalist who specialises in communicating earth science and telling environmental narratives. She is the co-host of new climate podcast So Hot Right Now, and author of Turning the Tide on Plastic, published by Trapeze/Orion. She has given evidence to the government’s Environmental Audit Committee on fast fashion, launched the UN Charter for Fashion with Stella McCartney and was appointed a trustee for the NGO Surfers Against Sewage. Lucy lives on the River Thames and collects plastic waste most mornings in her kayak.

Articles by Lucy Siegle

    • Climate change
    • Fashion & beauty

    Hot off the press

    Substantive, big-picture stories of accelerated climate change are still Missing In Action across mass media, so what is our plan for illustrating the danger more accurately? asks Lucy Siegle.

    By Lucy Siegle - 1st October 2020

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    • Climate change
    • Inequality
    • Environment & ethics

    Climate of Crisis: A breath of fresh air

    I measured clean air on Oxford Street to rival rural Hampshire, but more needs to be done to turn this into a real carbon win, writes Lucy Siegle.

    By Lucy Siegle - 28th April 2020

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    • Ethical business
    • Fashion & beauty
    • Cartoon

    Climate of Crisis: Politics of fashion 

    A renewed culture of make-do-and-mend prompted by Covid-19 can help us reject the fast fashion industry and its exploitive supply chain, writes Lucy Siegle.

    By Lucy Siegle - 14th April 2020

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    • Plastic
    • Packaging
    • Cartoon

    Climate of Crisis: The plastic comeback

    In the first of a new mini series navigating climate and Covid-19, journalist Lucy Siegle explores an eco-identity crisis and how plastic is staging a reputational comeback.

    By Lucy Siegle - 26th March 2020

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    • Plastic
    • Environment & ethics

    The real reason why McDonald’s straws matter

    The only thing being recycled this summer is a story about how rubbish eco straws are, but why? By Lucy Siegle.

    By Lucy Siegle - 9th August 2019

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    • Plastic
    • Food waste

    Waste strategy is a failed Christmas present

    The new Waste Resources Strategy paints a fantasy circular economy while avoiding the real issue of how we can use less plastic, writes environment journalist Lucy Siegle

    By Lucy Siegle - 19th December 2018

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Latest articles

    • Diversity
    • Environment & ethics

    Wanted: Female leaders

    For International Women’s Day, social advocate and environmentalist Jennie Stephens tells Anna Turns why diverse leadership can unlock social and climate justice.

    By Anna Turns - 7th March 2021

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    • Ethical business
    • Climate change
    • Biodiversity

    UK banks linked to deforestation, report finds

    Barclays, HSBC and NatWest are among UK banks found to be linked to deforestation in Brazil as spotlight on unethical finance grows.

    By Jack Thompson - 4th March 2021

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    • Food waste
    • Technology

    Best apps to help you cut food waste

    From community food sharing or family meal planning to buying a ‘Magic Bag’ of leftover food from your favourite café – read our round-up of the best food waste apps and resources.

    By Becky Blench - 4th March 2021

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    • News from the farm
    • Ethical business

    'When we whistle, you jump'

    As we became employee owned and I renounced control, protection of suppliers was written into our founding documents; last month, this was crystalised into a new Supplier Charter.

    By Guy Singh-Watson - 4th March 2021

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    • Food waste
    • Climate change

    Confessions of a kitchen bin

    Environmental journalist Anna Turns weighed her household waste after a week before setting a mission to reduce it with the help of tips and tricks from food waste experts.

    By Anna Turns - 2nd March 2021

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    • Biodiversity
    • Climate change
    • Environment & ethics

    Caterpillars and tackling the biodiversity crisis

    A caterpillar spotted while gleaning a field for leftover crops sparked a conversation around the connection between species, writes Chantelle Norton.

    By Chantelle Norton - 2nd March 2021

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