Zurich – Switzerland’s sleek financial capital – has been hailed the world’s best example of a 15-mintute city. According to a new study, 99.2% of its residents live within a 15-minute walk of key ...

I think I’ve kicked the habit of ambition. I’ve kicked the habit of constantly worrying about whether I’m going to succeed, or about climbing the next rung of the ladder. I’ve understood life is only ...

The organisers of this week's Good Clothes Show hope to bridge the gap between pop culture and sustainable fashion We may all have committed fashion misfires at some point, and mistakes are ...

Outside the Chelsea College of Arts in London, UK, a 10-metre ‘urban greening’ structure has been unveiled: a showcase of using natural materials in construction to support biodiversity. The project, ...

A Manchester couple's charity shop wedding only cost £200, covering a secondhand dress, wedding rings, naan breads and soft drinks Using recently donated church pews and a secondhand wedding dress, ...

What to say (and what not) and how to help someone who has survived sexual assault, including organisations that can help You don’t need to be an expert in sexual violence to lend a caring, supportive ...

Biodiversity hotspots offered hope for conservationists, a fresh approach to homelessness showed promise in England, and hyperloop travel came to Europe, plus more good news Protecting 0.7% of Earth ...

Wolf Ruck continues to assert his ‘right to rewild’ after city officials have twice forcibly cut his grass “To me, a lawn is just a sterile monoculture that is basically a dead zone,” said Wolf Ruck. ...

Schoolchildren are among those to have already tasted the results of the Plymouth Fish Finger Project, made using locally caught species that are usually discarded or used as bait Eccles has its cake, ...

On the north Devon coast in England, 90 hectares of newly created rare wildflower meadows have come into bloom this summer Newly created rare wildflower meadows have bloomed for the first time this ...

A new brain scanning technique has offered fresh insights into depression, which could lead to novel treatments for the condition and even help to predict who might be at risk of developing it. In a ...

A decade-long collaborative study has discovered huge genetic potential that is untapped in modern wheat varieties Researchers have unearthed a genetic ‘goldmine’ in a century-old collection of lost ...