Lena Headey, the star of Terminator TV spin-off The Sarah Connor Chronicles, has signed up to appear in an online ad speaking out against cruelty to animals. By Mark Sweney Read more...
Norwegian finance ministry said today that it was selling off the £500m stake held in Rio Tinto because of environmental concerns over an Indonesian gold mine. By Terry Macalister Read more...
Expert calls for a comprehensive labelling system integrating all available information of the environmental, health and social impact of food Read more...
Brendan O'Neill: By claiming they represent scientific truth, Greenpeace is turning political protest into an elite, aloof, religious-style activity Read more...
Alys Fowler explains how to fill your flowerbeds and containers without breaking the bank, in the final extract from her new book, The Thrifty Gardener Read more...
The UK’s former chief scientist thinks western fears over genetic modification are indulgent and have held back agricultural technology, particularly in Africa. Has the squeamishness of developed countries been at Africans’ expense? Read more...
Artist Sophie Calle will join voyagers on a trip to the Arctic as part of this year's Cape Farewell, a programme bringing artists and scientists together to raise awareness of climate change Read more...
Written by Alok Jha, Ian Sample, Nell Boase, Andy Duckworth
09/08/2008
Geologist Iain Stewart discusses climate change and the media, dire warnings from the government's former chief scientist David King, plus a trip around the Natural History Museum's new 'cocoon' Read more...
Where can you find 17m bugs and 200 scientists inside a giant cocoon? Jonathan Glancey takes a look around the extraordinary new Darwin Centre Read more...
As we move into autumn, berries are enticing many species of birds who gorge on them before their long migration, unwittingly helping these plants propagate Read more...
Rowenna Davis: The Greens could be more popular than ever. But they must send out a message of economic pragmatism as well as sustainability Read more...