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- Plastic
Ellis: The final straw
Ellis wonders whether the news about McDonald's new paper straws not being recyclable might be missing an obvious solution.
By Ellis - 8th August 2019
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- Environment & ethics
Ellis: Selling out
Ellis on the news that Earth Overshoot Day is earlier than ever this year as we continue to consume natural resources faster than the planet’s ecosystems can regenerate.
By Ellis - 1st August 2019
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- Politics
Ellis: A joke of a hand
Ellis fears for the momentum around climate action and environmental protection now Boris Johnson and Donald Trump are two of the most powerful leaders in the world.
By Ellis - 24th July 2019
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- Organics
Ellis: The organic hedge fund
Ellis on why organic farms are a valuable investment, providing havens for wildlife, biodiversity and benefiting soil health, and allowing food production to become more resilient in the face of…
By Ellis - 11th July 2019
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- Climate change
Ellis: Searching for climate action
Ellis sees that time is running out to halt carbon emissions and wonders what it will take for governments to really act now while there is still time.
By Ellis - 4th July 2019
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- Cartoon
- Plastic
Ellis: Bags of consumerism
Ellis on the irony of eco shopping bags and how it is consumerism itself, rather than individual solutions, that holds the key to real change.
By Ellis - 21st June 2019
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- Cartoon
- Organics
Ellis: The taste of organic
Ellis wonders why more people don't talk about the benefits to wildlife and humans from organic fruit and vegetables, grown without artificial chemicals.
By Ellis - 31st May 2019
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- Politics
Ellis: Your vote on a plate
Ellis on how choosing what food to eat can be a political act with far-reaching implications.
By Ellis - 30th May 2019
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- Cartoon
- Meat
- Veganism
Ellis: The new taboo?
As the meat versus plant-based debate hots up, Ellis imagines a time in the future where perhaps smoking isn't the only social exclusion...
By Ellis - 24th May 2019
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Lifestyle changes won’t stop the climate emergency
Lifestyle changes are certainly welcome, but the scale of change required for us to avert ecological disaster can only be made by governments and fossil fuel multinationals, writes Tom McDonough.
By Tom McDonough - 16th August 2019
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- Eating & drinking
- Environment & ethics
Why we should spend more on food
Can we simply steal from the Italians? They see food as their identity, a friend and even a work of art, writes Joe Atkins.
By Joe Atkins - 15th August 2019
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- Farming
Extreme weather hits broccoli and caulis
Some growers in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire have lost much of this year’s brassica crop after extreme rainfall causes flooding in fields.
By Nina Pullman - 15th August 2019
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Rain, wind and weeds
With the right conditions, it is possible to throw enough soil into the rows to bury emerging weeds without smothering the crop, achieving almost complete weed control without any hand work.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 15th August 2019
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Top five summer sweetcorn recipes
From July to early October is the season for fresh corn – deliciously sweet, golden like the sun and bursting with flavour. Read our favourite recipes and enjoy summer sweetcorn at its best.
By Becky Marshall - 12th August 2019
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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?, asks Lucy Siegle.
By Lucy Siegle - 9th August 2019
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