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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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- Cartoon
- 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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- 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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- Eating & drinking
Top five recipes to celebrate the kale season
As the days cool and autumn colours emerge, fresh British-grown kale comes into season offering a delicious splash of green in these top five kale recipes.
By Kirsty Hale - 22nd September 2020
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- News from the farm
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Can B Corp make business better?
We see the most vital benefit as not marking our own homework; regular assessment will highlight areas for improvement, and help us balance competing demands.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 21st September 2020
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Campaigners gear up to protect nature
The National Trust and the Wildlife Trusts have both issued new calls to protect and restore nature via conservation efforts and designated ‘wild belt’ areas.
By Nina Pullman - 18th September 2020
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- Animal welfare
- Ethical business
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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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- Eating & drinking
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For the love of figs
To celebrate peak Spanish fig season, grower José Maria Agusti gives us a snapshot of how this unique fruit is grown and picked on his farm near Barcelona.
By Becky Blench - 18th September 2020
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- Ethical business
- Climate change
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Oatly faces backlash over investor choice
Sustainable oat milk brand Oatly is facing criticism and delistings over its choice of investment from Blackstone, a private equity firm with alleged links to deforestation and donations to the Trump…
By Nina Pullman - 15th September 2020
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