Only around 1.1% of the world's population is vegan, but this percentage is growing. For example, in Germany the number of ...

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China’s average ecological footprint has doubled since the 1960s and now demands more than 2 times what the country’s ecosystems can sustainably supply, a new report finds. China’s average ecological ...

When we think of polluting industries, we think of fossil fuels, chemicals and transport. But there's another industry that should be added to the list of those most harmful to the planet: textiles.

A new report by the WWF has shown that the EU is continuing to consume its natural resources far faster than it can renew them, although the level of performance between different member states is ...

Catastrophic climate change is looming. The Earth just endured its 12 hottest months in 125,000 years, and scientists say humans can only avert ecological disaster, if we cut greenhouse gas emissions ...

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A typical festive meal consumes 70% of a person’s daily carbon budget (whereas a vegetarian meal consumes 14%) With the holiday season fast approaching, do you know the carbon footprint of a ...

Everybody knows how big his actual footprint is, but until a friend sent me the link to http://www.ecofoot.org, I was blissfully ignorant of the size of my ecological ...

Starbucks' Red Cup Day is back, but sustainability experts warn the free reusable holiday cups may carry a bigger ...

The results showed that 'cradle-to-home' total greenhouse gas emissions dropped from 3.8kg per day of CO2 equivalents for the omnivorous diet through 3.2kg per day for the pesco-vegetarian diet and ...