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Wetland

In this episode, JC and her contributors invite you to rethink the idea of of boggy marshlands, and see the ecological health, biodiversity, and carbon capturing benefits of these misunderstood spaces.

  • Long read

Our complicated love affair with light

Sunlight is essential, but our relationship with artificial light is less clear cut. It expands what’s possible; it also obscures and polices. In this long read, Lauren Collee pits light against night, and reveals the shady places in between.

  • Article

The men who meddled with nature

The ‘acclimatisation societies’ of the 19th century sought to ‘improve’ on the natural world by releasing non-native species into the wild. The effects were disastrous.

  • Article

Soil health and dairy farming in the UK

Although healthy soil means more nutritious dairy products, modern intensive farming methods pollute and degrade the environment. However, a regenerative agriculture movement is kicking back against mainstream industrial farming.

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  • The ecology of influenza A viruses
  • The balance of nature : a series of ecological subjects. 4, Portuguese Man-of-War.
  • The balance of nature : a series of ecological subjects. 4, Portuguese Man-of-War.
  • The balance of nature : a series of ecological subjects. 4, Portuguese Man-of-War.
  • The balance of nature : a series of ecological subjects. 4, Portuguese Man-of-War.
  • A woman cooking chaotically through a lack of knowledge; advertising a course on ecologically sound cooking. Colour lithograph by E. Vos for Jongeren Milieu Actief, 2001.
  • Men and women with telescopes, gyroscopes, a balloon, battle ships, and other forms of technology; representing the benefits of philosophy and science. Engraving by E. Voysard after C.L. Desrais.
  • Are your meals costing the Earth? : Are they turning forest into desert? Threatening wildlife habitats? Poisoning the environment? / The Vegan Society ; illustrated by Juliet Breese.
  • Are your meals costing the Earth? : Are they turning forest into desert? Threatening wildlife habitats? Poisoning the environment? / The Vegan Society ; illustrated by Juliet Breese.
  • Are your meals costing the Earth? : Are they turning forest into desert? Threatening wildlife habitats? Poisoning the environment? / The Vegan Society ; illustrated by Juliet Breese.
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Land Body Ecologies Festival Day Four

Online | In our building
Past

Part of Land Body Ecologies Festival

  • Festival

Land Body Ecologies Festival Day Three

Online | In our building
Past

Part of Land Body Ecologies Festival

  • Festival

Land Body Ecologies Festival Day Two

Online | In our building
Past

Part of Land Body Ecologies Festival

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