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Sustainability, Climate & Equality Stories From Around the World
Independent reporting, practical guides and original data tools for understanding environmental change — and what can be done about it.
Interviews & Conversations
Meet the artists, researchers and changemakers exploring new ways to live, work and care for the environment.
Latest interview
Prem Kamasani: Giving Used Tennis Balls a Second Life
From rescuing 400 tennis balls to building a student-led network, BallBack founder Prem Kamasani talks about reuse, recycling and the work that happens after a collection bin fills up.
Also in conversation
Hande Yener Wants Fashion to Have a Second Life
Hande Yener on memory, restyling and reuse, and the ideas behind STAR Gene.
Video interviews
Bruno Vinhas
Slow Art in a Fast World
Denise Carew
Slow Fashion and Caribbean Circularity
Joan Danziger
The Magical World
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Waste, clothing and the built environment through practical guides, reporting and research.
Waste & Circular Resources
How to prevent waste, keep materials in use and understand what happens to the things we throw away.
Textiles & Fashion
Understand clothing materials and fashion’s impacts, with guides to choosing, caring for, repairing and reusing garments.
Design & Buildings
Explore building materials, healthier interiors and ways to make homes more efficient, durable and adaptable.
Unsustainable Data Explorers
Compare waste generation, collection and disposal across countries and regions using World Bank data.
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Global Waste Data Explorer
Compare municipal solid waste across 217 countries and economies using World Bank What a Waste 3.0. Explore generation, composition, treatment, collection and projections from 2022 to 2050.
Regional Explorers
Looking specifically at Europe? Open the Europe Waste Data Explorer →
Features & Guides
Explore the environmental impacts of everyday materials, products and choices.
Global Shoe Waste: What Happens to Old Shoes?
Where discarded footwear goes, why recycling is difficult and which interventions actually reduce waste.
A Guide to Sustainable Interior Design
Healthier materials, energy-smart upgrades, ethical sourcing and circular choices for lower-impact interiors.
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Discover stories on climate, wildlife, equality and travel, alongside ideas for more sustainable everyday living.
Climate
Climate science, impacts, adaptation and real-world responses.
Featured: Farming on Malawi’s Climate Front Line
Ecology & Biodiversity
Wildlife, ecosystems, restoration and the living world under pressure.
Featured: After the Rescue the Care Continues
Equality & Justice
How environmental change affects people, and what fairness means for work, communities and access to resources.
Travel
Explore places, communities and ways to travel with a smaller environmental footprint.
Featured: A Lower-Impact European Rail Holiday
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