ardens packed with blooming flowers or adorned with neat insect hotels, are extremely popular. But are these highly curated creations actually helpful – or would it be better to allow nature to take its own course? When she’s not leading garden-based learning at Cornell University’s School of Integrative Plant Science in New York, Ashley Louise … Read more
Twenty-two years ago, when Erna stood outside her house, “the windows were as high as my chest”. Now they’re knee-height. As their home has sunk, she and her family have had to cope with frequent flooding. In the most extreme cases “we used canoes – the water kept coming in and swamped the ground floor”, … Read more
Last month, Sir David Attenborough’s new film, Oceans, was released in cinemas. It gave his lifelong perspective on the value of oceans. “After living for nearly 100 years on this planet,” he says “I now understand that the most important place on earth is not on land but at sea and today we are living in … Read more
The Prince of Wales will travel to the South of France this weekend to call for more to be done to protect the world’s oceans. In what his team describes as a “landmark speech” in Monaco on Sunday – World Oceans Day – he will address environmentalists and, crucially, investors, to urge them to work … Read more
Can you share a favourite story from the book? There isn’t just one powerful story – everyone I spoke to shared something meaningful and full of impact. I hope the overall breadth of the book is what readers find powerful. It’s the collective weight of these voices that tells the real story. The communities in … Read more
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