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Anna Turns

Anna Turns is an environmental journalist specialising in sustainability, marine issues, food provenance and our connection to the natural world. She contributes regularly to nationals such as Guardian, Positive News, Evening Standard, Coast, Reclaim, Resurgence, Planet Mindful and Telegraph Travel.

Articles by Anna Turns

    • 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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    • 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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  • Use it or lose it

    How one man’s mission is transforming Ecuador’s ancient food forests into live seed banks to help communities build food and climate resilience.

    By Anna Turns - 11th January 2021

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    • Biodiversity
    • Climate change
    • Nature

    Best green books for children

    From fictional characters on ‘Rubbish Island’ to sprites collecting forgotten nature words, Anna Turns speaks to the authors behind some of the most captivating environmental children’s books.

    By Anna Turns - 2nd December 2020

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    • Ethical business
    • Environment & ethics
    • Employee ownership

    Scale and ethics: trade-off or holy grail?

    As a new raft of ethical brands choose big capital investment, Anna Turns speaks to business experts on ownership and the pros and cons of scaling up.

    By Anna Turns - 26th November 2020

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    • Animal welfare
    • Ethical business
    • Organics

    Sirloin, rib-eye or retired?

    Meet the farmer selling meat from retired dairy cows to apply organic ethics to end of life and pioneer an alternative to the short life-cycle dairy industry.

    By Anna Turns - 18th September 2020

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    • 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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