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Environment

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Culture

Siargao, The Philippines

This tiny Philippine island is determined to build its tourism industry in a different way to its bigger and busier neighbours.

  • The Escapist #1
  • 15 min read
Siargao, The Philippines
Environment

Animal magic

Zoos can change the world: the not-so-wild claim from Dominic Jermey, Zoological Society London’s top dog.

  • Issue #122
  • 3 min read
Animal magic
Environment

Law of the jungle

For ClientEarth’s CEO, the environment would be all the poorer without a trusted team of lawyers and strategists.

  • Issue #120
  • 3 min read
Law of the jungle
Business

Net worth

A scallop farmer on the far-flung Isle of Skye shows that healthy profits and a happy ecosystem can coexist.

  • Issue #120
  • 5 min read
Net worth
Entrepreneurialism

Waste not

The founder and president of Ecoalf has created a sustainable fashion brand using other people’s rubbish.

  • Issue #119
  • 5 min read
A smiling middle-aged man in a white shirt and jeans stands with arms crossed in a lush garden.
Urbanism

Cities

Oslo’s governing mayor on how to green a city, a Mexican city gets a rebrand, car-sharing in Slovenia and Berlin’s rooftops are blooming.

  • Issue #119
  • 4 min read
Two men shake hands on stage while exchanging an award at the European Green Capital ceremony, with a woman applauding in the background.
Entrepreneurialism

Pulling up trees

Variously a politician, head teacher and soldier, Bernt Johan Collet has still found time to corner the Christmas tree market from forests south of Copenhagen.

  • Issue #119
  • 5 min read
An older man in a flat cap and rust-coloured trousers stands among rows of young Christmas trees on a farm.
Affairs

Muddy waters

With millions of tonnes of plastic ending up in our oceans, activists and entrepreneurs are taking action. Here are five plans that prove there may yet be hope for calmer waters ahead.

  • The Forecast #8
  • 6 min read
Muddy waters
Design

High ideals

Sing it from the rooftops: Milan’s greenery is in the heavens.

  • Issue #105
  • 7 min read
High ideals
Business

Keep on trucking

Truckmaker Scania is the first firm to undergo our new HQ Audit. Will the wheels come off as we take a tour of its head office in Sweden?

  • Issue #102
  • 10 min read
Keep on trucking

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