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Which diet will help save our planet: climatarian, flexitarian, vegetarian or vegan?

Mark Maslin, UCL The food we consume has a massive impact on our planet. Agriculture…

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How poetry can help address the climate crisis

Sam Illingworth, Edinburgh Napier University I want to leap up at the three-nation parleyIn Whitehorse,…

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Avatar: The Way of the Water review – tired climate clichés distract from Cameron’s vision

Oli Mould, Royal Holloway University of London It’s been 13 long years since we last…

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5 unusual energy-saving tips to help you slash your bills

Sankar Sivarajah, University of Bradford As temperatures drop over the winter period and the cost…

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With better standards, we could make plastics endlessly useful – and slash waste. Here’s how

Qamar Schuyler, CSIRO If you flip over a plastic food container, you’ll see tiny writing…

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Are travel philanthropists doing more harm than good?

Marina Novelli, University of Brighton It seems like the best of both worlds. People using…

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Seven sustainability lessons we can all learn from backpackers

Ben Iaquinto, The University of Melbourne and Kathryn Williams, The University of Melbourne With a…

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If I could go anywhere: the deep mountains and mysterious valleys of Tokyo’s Nezu Museum

Olivia Meehan, The University of Melbourne A nimble row of bamboo grows between the street…

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Five spiritual tourism destinations and how to experience them

Jaeyeon Choe, Swansea University and Alan A. Lew, Northern Arizona University The pandemic led some…

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COP15: three visions for protecting nature on the table at the UN biodiversity conference

Harriet Bulkeley, Durham University With the dust still settling on the UN climate change summit…