What drives people to garden isn’t the fear of hunger so much as hunger for physical contact – and a longing to engage in work that is real.
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What a hungry Red kite tells us about human-animal relationships.
Humans have an innate affinity with nature. Embracing this in your home while locked down may improve your productivity and health.
Noting nature around you – it could be a glance outside, tending plants, or ‘green’ exercise – will improve your well-being, research shows. The coronavirus pandemic has made it even more important.
Wildlife is returning to our deserted cities. But will they stay once life returns to normal?
By not talking about climate change, especially the powerful emotions it can provoke, misinformation and eco-anxiety may take root.
Protected areas in Nigeria are generally hampered by limited funds and resources.
With wild boar in Barcelona and coyotes in San Francisco, the lockdown has transformed concrete jungles worldwide.
With the 2020 deadline for conserving biodiversity almost past, communities must now play a larger role in conservation.
Philanthropy in the form of financial donations is not a solution to the natural disasters caused by climate change. A new philanthropy of social change is needed.
A review of evidence found that sitting or walking in nature for 10 to 20 minutes could benefits student mental health.
The natural world is full of intriguing clues.
The world’s millions of indigenous people play a critical role in conserving biodiversity.
Literature of the past can help us to make the cultural shift that’s necessary to address climate change.
The answer lies in determining what we are and what we want to become.
Psychedelic drugs are creating waves as evidence mounts of their therapeutic potential. New research also suggests they might mitigate the climate crisis by unlocking a lost connection to nature.
The words used to describe the natural world are dwindling - some are even being hijacked and given modern new meanings.
Who wins, who loses and whose natures are being talked about when nature-based solutions are proposed?
Big development projects can mean the loss of a community’s identity and connection to their past.
Environment Minister Sussan Ley has announced a review of Australia’s nature laws. The poor state of our biodiversity shows we must do a better job of protecting the places we love.
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