London, Paris, Milan ... and now Oswestry, Shropshire, where a pioneering shared wardrobe scheme means you can visit the library and leave with a fresh outfit Lizzie Dibble is hopeful that her clothes ...

Spring is nature’s way of saying: ‘Let’s party!’” said the late actor Robin Williams, and the celebrations are truly kicking off where I live. The trees are coming into leaf again, we’re back to ...

A city once dubbed “the dirtiest in the US” has been designated North America’s first national park city. Half a century ago, Chattanooga in Tennessee was infamous for its acrid air and toxic water, ...

More than 30 years since the launch of Fairtrade in the UK, international smallholders continue to face livelihood-threatening challenges. Here’s why its proponents argue the certification will endure ...

Many will be baffled that such an agreement even exists. But the UK has become the latest country to announce its withdrawal from the controversial Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), which allows fossil ...

A group of Swiss women won a landmark climate justice battle in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) this week, in a ruling that presses governments across Europe to step up over the climate ...

The world got more than 30% of its electricity from renewables last year, a milestone that will usher in “a new era of falling power sector emissions”. That’s according to analysis by the climate ...

Trees offered a welcome ‘climate surprise’, AI boosted cancer detection rates, and a bird fluttered back from the brink, plus more good news AI is boosting cancer detection rates in England An ...

Fresh from opening a London branch of the Poetry Pharmacy, peddling literary first aid to a new generation from the most famous shopping street in the world, founder Deb Alma explains why poetry is in ...

A repair centre run by refugees in Amsterdam is helping big brands breathe new life into old clothes. Now the founders are opening another fixing factory in the UK Westerpark is about as Dutch as it ...

A recent citizen science study suggests that eating foraged food could improve gut health, blood sugar and BMI. Should we all be saying: ‘pass the wild garlic’? “Ground into flour, they make great ...

Politicians who lie could be forced from office in Wales Now here’s an idea that feels of the moment: forcing politicians who lie to face the public in a vote-of-confidence referendum. It’s a proposal ...