Why wild swimming is better for your mental wellbeing than open-air pools

Wild swimmers tend to feel more autonomy and competence.

Lewis Elliott, Senior Lecturer in Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter • conversation
March 24, 2025 ~6 min

Five ways cannabis can contribute to a green future

If grown on an industrial scale, hemp could provide multiple benefits for the environment and the economy.

Julyan Levy, PhD Candidate, Social Sciences, Coventry University • conversation
March 24, 2025 ~8 min


How our perception of waste shapes our reality

Waste, as a thing, an idea, a problem, has always been wholly determined from a human standpoint.

John Scanlan, Research Fellow in Place and Culture, University of Central Lancashire • conversation
March 24, 2025 ~5 min

How to write your own physics poem

Physics and poetry both distil complexity into clarity. Learn how poetic structure can shape and express scientific ideas.

Sam Illingworth, Professor of Creative Pedagogies, Edinburgh Napier University • conversation
March 21, 2025 ~6 min

How a lack of period product regulation harms our health and the planet

A proposed Menstrual Health, Dignity and Sustainability Act could improve regulation of period products.

Poppy Taylor, PhD Candidate, Women's Health, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol • conversation
March 19, 2025 ~6 min

The Living Mountain: why a second world war meditation on nature’s fragility and wonder is still relevant today

Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain is a meditation on the Cairngorms. Decades on, its quiet wisdom remains urgent, reminding us how to truly see nature.

Sam Illingworth, Professor of Creative Pedagogies, Edinburgh Napier University • conversation
March 17, 2025 ~5 min

Chewing gum is plastic pollution, not a litter problem

The reality is that chewing gum is just another form of plastic pollution, but it is not treated as such.

David Jones, Sessional Teaching Fellow, School of the Environment and Life Sciences, University of Portsmouth • conversation
March 17, 2025 ~7 min

What climate vulnerability actually looks like

The imagery of climate change is oversimplifying climate vulnerability.

Charlotte Kate Weatherill, Lecturer in Politics and International Studies, The Open University • conversation
March 6, 2025 ~7 min


Five ways to have more constructive climate conversations

Climate change need not be a taboo topic at the dinner parties, like politics and religion.

Anastasia Denisova, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, University of Westminster • conversation
Feb. 20, 2025 ~9 min

Five ways that illustrations can tell climate justice stories

How working with fishing communities in Indonesia has led to the co-creation of an illustrated book that highlights climate justice issues.

Andi Misbahul Pratiwi, PhD Candidate, School of Geography, University of Leeds • conversation
Feb. 11, 2025 ~7 min

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