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Dying to be in nature

The modern funeral business is one that uses up precious resources and pollutes the planet. But you can make sure it’s only your memory that leaves its mark with these new and natural ways to leave this earth.

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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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Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard

Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.

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How architecture builds a profession of stress

Architects might produce buildings that enhance our health, but at what cost? Kristin Hohenadel explores architecture’s pressurised and stressful culture.

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  • Types of family planning methods in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by The Society for Family Health, ca. 2000.
  • Family planning methods in Ghana. Colour lithograph by the Ministry of Health Ghana, ca. 2000.
  • Various contraceptive methods: family planning in Sudan. Colour lithograph by Ahfad Reproductive Health Center, ca. 1999.
  • Calendar for 1996 bearing family planning methods in Morocco. Colour lithograph by Moroccan Ministry of Health, 1996.
  • A contented family of five surrounded by illustrations of family planning methods. Colour lithograph by Rivers State Ministry of Health, Nigeria ca. 1990.
  • A range of contraceptive methods: family planning in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Federal Ministry of Health, ca. 2001.
  • A couple reading a family planning method leaflet: family planning in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Staywell Foundation, ca. 2000.
  • A couple reading a family planning method leaflet: family planning in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Federal Ministry of Health, ca. 2001.
  • Calendar/rhythm contraceptive method: family planning in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Federal Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
  • A woman reads a family planning method brochure as she sits with her husband and children outside their home: family planning in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
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