The Ecologist

Wild idea for vegetarian festival Shambala stopped serving meat and fish a decade ago - but is now asking festival goers whether it should allow wild deer.

UK festival considers serving up deer meat for eco-conscious food lovers

Cocoa boom, water bust Cocoa-growing communities in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa, forced to drink water from unsafe ditches and streams.

"The children go on bikes to the well. It might be dirty, but we have no choice – we can’t afford to care about quality.”

Climate nears tipping points Global warming must peak below 2°C to limit tipping point risks.

Global warming might exceed 1.5 °C as early as the late 2020s or 2030s

Burn, baby burn Carbon capture project greenwashes waste incinerator expansion.

Research calls into question the technical and financial viability of carbon capture and storage projects.

Rain, rain go away Severe weather swings leave families battling floods and farmers facing bad year.

“A near-continuous run of Atlantic systems over the past three months has brought persistent rain, damaging storms and few dry spells.”

Cocoa boom, water bust Cocoa-growing communities in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa, forced to drink water from unsafe ditches and streams.

The chocolate industry rakes in billions - and cocoa growers of Côte D'Ivoire are counting the cost

Climate nears tipping points Global warming must peak below 2°C to limit tipping point risks.

Think the climate's been out of control? We haven't seen anything yet.

Burn, baby burn Carbon capture project greenwashes waste incinerator expansion.

Carbon capture researchers say that the oil industry is dangerously exaggerating the potential for undersea storage of greenhouse gases.

Rain, rain go away Severe weather swings leave families battling floods and farmers facing bad year.

Droughts and floods leave farmers floundering and families washed out of house and home

'Nature will take over' Harbour-dredged mud used for ‘remarkable’ restoration of protective saltmarsh.

Precious saltmarsh is eroding at a rate of two or three metres a year in the face of rising seas and increased storminess driven by climate change

Hope as a radical act How to envisage an aspirational world we would truly want to inhabit.

"Hopkins’ book gives much-needed encouragement to imagine the change you really want to see."

Hyperscale data centre protests Global Action Plan UK is coordinating two days of action from Friday, 27 February 2026 to oppose the expansion of massive data centres.

Protesters raise the alarm about giving Big Tech the power to monopolise our energy and water supply

Cocoa boom, water bust Cocoa-growing communities in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa, forced to drink water from unsafe ditches and streams.

Cocoa-growing communities in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa, forced to drink water from unsafe ditches and streams.

Latest report from @catearly.bsky.social

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🚨Pictures speak a thousand words🤥

I hate these kinds of photos when reporting on the large scale violence these men organise. 💀

"Don't they look smart? So serious and worthy of everyone's trust."

"And look how cool that jet fighter looks... Wow, so cool!"

6.3 millions at riks of flooding in England! bsky.app/profile/anni...
See Floodmap: www.floodmap.net?ct=GB

Greens celebrate 'victory for hope' Green Party's Hannah Spencer celebrates winning the Gorton and Denton by-election at Manchester Central.

"Everybody deserves to have their needs met. Everyone deserves a voice in our democracy.”

'Nature will take over' Harbour-dredged mud used for ‘remarkable’ restoration of protective saltmarsh.

An innovative scheme to protect the local economy and wildlife

Hell and high water Green campaigners and fire union warn of rising flood threat with ‘800,000 more homes at high risk’.

386,716 homes in Scotland could face a “high” or “very high” risk of severe flooding

Hope as a radical act How to envisage an aspirational world we would truly want to inhabit.

“It feels like you’re liberating soil.”

Hyperscale data centre protests Global Action Plan UK is coordinating two days of action from Friday, 27 February 2026 to oppose the expansion of massive data centres.

Campaigners across Britain will join together to oppose Big Tech's unchecked expansion of hyperscale data centres.

Greens celebrate 'victory for hope' Green Party's Hannah Spencer celebrates winning the Gorton and Denton by-election at Manchester Central.

Does the Gorton and Denton victory over Reform spell a new horizon for electoral politics?

In defence of the oil industry Britain, colonialism and the military: the true cost of our dependence on fossil fuels.

If Iran attacks British interests overseas, it will be incredibly difficult to defend them. British oil infrastructure is spread all over the world, it already costs millions to protect it - money that should be spent on schools, hospitals - and peace negotiators.

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The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.

This is exceptionally useful.

Greens celebrate 'victory for hope' Green Party's Hannah Spencer celebrates winning the Gorton and Denton by-election at Manchester Central.

Green Party's Hannah Spencer celebrates winning the Gorton and Denton by-election. “Everybody deserves to have their needs met. Everyone deserves a voice in our democracy.”

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The @greenparty.org.uk under @zackpolanski.bsky.social know that the nature and planetary health crisis is a social crisis of inequality. They are not separate issues. This understanding is how we win against the Right.

Gorton and Denton. The first time ecosocialism has been on the ballot. Hannah Spencer (Green) 14,980 (40.69%, +27.53%)
Matt Goodwin (Reform) 10,578 (28.73%, +14.67%)
Angeliki Stogia (Lab) 9,364 (25.44%, -25.32%)

“We saw it with Ceaușescu: his moment of disbelief etched in history as the expected adulation turned to anger when rank-and-file members of the military switched from supporting the dictator to backing the protesters.”

Brazil’s growing water crisis Scientists warn Brazil is entering a hidden water crisis with global consequences.

As deforestation and degradation accelerates, scientists warn the country is entering a hidden water crisis with global consequences.

Beavers go wild Beavers released at two sites in Somerset to help restore river and wetland.

beavers play a “vital role” in slowing water flow, creating and holding wetland habitats, reducing erosion and improving water quality.