Flower power: why blooms are an essential part of any garden
A homegrown bouquet is great for pollinators, a pleasure for people and a green alternative to buying from the cut-flower industry – so don’t forget to include them on your plot
A growing revolution: new ways of using the land
From providing food to those in need to transforming public land, gardens have more uses than ever. Here, we look at some of the new ways old skills are being applied to benefit everyone
Green planet: how gardening can save the world
From improving mental health and wellbeing to reducing pollution and flooding, plants hold the key to solving many of Earth’s major problems
Living in a woman’s body: like Earth, we are changing quickly through the violence of climate collapse
Our bodies and our planet are united – and it is time to listen to what both are saying to us
The big idea: is going vegan enough to make you – and the planet – healthier?
Simply avoiding meat and dairy isn’t going to cut it if you still turn to ultra-processed foods
Country diary: The hair-trigger pigeons are up again, more dance than flight
Brighton, East Sussex: How many times a day do they do this? How do they decide who goes first?
‘It’s mind-boggling’: the hidden cost of our obsession with fish oil pills
The market in this prized commodity is worth billions – but are the supposed benefits worth the cost to global ecosystems?
Revealed: many common omega-3 fish oil supplements are ‘rancid’
Independent tests find that a number of products on the market use oxidised oils, with the rancidity often masked by flavourings
Noises off: the battle to save our quiet places
We wouldn’t condone litter in our parks and countryside, so why do we put up with sound pollution? Alex Moshakis meets the people tasked with ‘saving quiet for the benefit of all life’ and hears their stories
Toxic reaction: how to clear dangerous pollutants out of your home
After tests revealed the levels of harmful chemicals in her blood, the environmental writer vowed to discover the best ways to keep her family safe