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While non-plastic textiles are not as long-lived as plastics, they can last long enough to accumulate and cause damage to plants, animals and humans.

Rhizobia-based fertiliser technology is cost-effective, non-toxic and sustainable.

There are huge holes in the governance of Nairobi river and city’s waste which means the river’s condition has deteriorated.

Britain’s warm, wet winter brought floods and misery to many living across southern England, with large parts of Somerset lying underwater for months. When in January rainfall was double the expected average…

A test case in Franschhoek, South Africa has used natural filtering of polluted water to produce 50,000 litres a day that is safe for irrigation.

Floating seaweed can travel long distances to new territories and accumulate in large mats or wash ashore in huge quantities.

The inability of city authorities to enforce land-use regulations has allowed people to carry out ecologically unfriendly activities along the water bodies.

Urban rivers and creeks have bounced back from early colonial use as convenient waste dumps. But the restoration work isn’t done yet, as Melbourne’s Darebin Creek shows.

The current Conservative government has not met actual housing need in England. The proposals in the party’s manifesto are not likely to either.

Rongai’s rapid development has happened without services keeping pace, and the rivers have paid the price.