- Cartoon
- Food waste
Ellis: Small steps to zero waste
Ellis charts the different stages to zero waste in the kitchen and finds little chance for leftovers.
By Ellis - 25th February 2021
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- Cartoon
- Eating & drinking
Ellis: Tech at the table
Ellis sums up the mood for families and friends apart after weeks of lockdown who still find solace in sharing food.
By Ellis - 18th February 2021
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- Climate change
- Politics
- Cartoon
What Joe Biden’s election means for the environment
With climate firmly on the agenda for the new President-Elect, environmentalists have welcomed a new era for green action.
By Jack Thompson - 12th November 2020
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- Cartoon
- Mental health
- Nature
Ellis: Working from home
Ellis notes how lockdown conditions have varied with some feeling more at home than others.
By Ellis - 13th October 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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- Cartoon
- Health
Ellis: Kindness not corona
Ellis is heartened to hear of the wave of kindness in communities to help the most vulnerable or those in self isolation for coronavirus.
By Ellis - 19th March 2020
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- Cartoon
- Dairy
- Plant-based
Ellis: The rise of the (plant) milkman
Ellis wonders if the new trend for plant milks might bring new opportunities for the traditional and enterprising milk man.
By Ellis - 17th February 2020
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- Cartoon
- Environment & ethics
Ellis: Diving into a new trade deal
Ellis fears the government isn't as dedicated to protecting higher welfare or quality standards as it claims to be, as it moves towards a proposed UK-US trade deal.
By Ellis - 7th February 2020
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Latest articles
- Health
- Farming
- Seeds
Breeding food for nutrition: common sense or quasi science?
The agri revolution led to a focus on crop yields above all else – but researchers are beginning to look again at nutrition in our food.
By Jack Thompson - 9th April 2021
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- Environment & ethics
- Fish
Seaspiracy questions reality of ‘sustainable’ fishing
The Netflix documentary has been welcomed for spotlighting damage from large-scale fishing while its claim that no fish is sustainable is disputed.
By Nina Pullman - 8th April 2021
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- Nature
- Biodiversity
Biodiversity is about habitats not just species
More than just reefs and rainforests, habitat diversity also covers the heaths, woodlands, fens and bogs closer to home. Here's how you can help protect and visit some of the habitat restoration…
By Becky Blench - 8th April 2021
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- Plastic
- Nature
- Mental health
Charity launches biggest-ever UK beach clean
Charity Surfers Against Sewage hopes to galvanise 100,000 Brits to clean a million miles of rivers, beaches and green spaces to counter the rise in single-use plastic since the pandemic.
By Nina Pullman - 8th April 2021
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- News from the farm
- Fish
- Environment & ethics
The uncomfortable truth about fishing
I found it hard to disagree with the main conclusion of Seaspiracy: that there is almost no sustainable fishing, and the labels claiming sustainability fall a long way short of delivering it.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 8th April 2021
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- Inequality
- Farming
- Politics
What can we glean from the loss of the Commons?
The pandemic has brought a fresh perspective on the power of community and feelings of injustice: let’s channel this anger positively and build dignified food security for all, writes David Markson.
By David Markson - 6th April 2021
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