Wildlife

How design can help us connect to local green spaces

We’re out of lockdown (for now), but what does that mean for the local green spaces that were our saving grace during the pandemic?

The day after tomorrow: Building now to prevent future disaster

As temperatures get warmer and natural disasters more prevalent, sustainable building practices are no longer enough – the architectural profession needs to build for a new reality of fires, floods and heatwaves.

Resolving tensions between global development goals and local aspirations

The Sustainable Development Goals – a set of 17 globally agreed-upon targets for the year 2030 – are clearly listed and appear to be easy to subscribe to. However, development planning and the implementation of development projects are never straightforward.

Treated like dirt: Urban soil is often overlooked as a resource

When you think about soil, you probably think of rolling fields of countryside. But what about urban soil? With city dwellers expected to account for 68% of the world’s population by 2050, this oft-forgotten resource is increasingly important.

Here’s how we plant 2 billion more trees in the UK

Here, 30-50 hours after it stopped being topical, are some maps of the USA’s fast-spreading feral hog infestation

How Chernobyl became a wildlife refuge

Urban greenery can cool warming cities, and make us happy, too

Wild boar are moving back to Genoa, and not everyone is pleased

In northern Manitoba, black bears, grizzly bears and polar bears are now living together

London’s urban ‘forests’ can store almost as much carbon as tropical rainforests

Five species that have quietly adapted to urban living in London