Investing in sustainable agriculture by converting farms to ‘beyond organic’

A San-Francisco based fund aims to target conventional farms and make them sustainable while providing high returns to investors. Can it work?

Global biodiversity targets won’t be met by 2020, scientists say

World leaders failing in their pledge to stop wildlife decline, save habitats and create marine reserves

How to keep your brain healthy

Could sudoku, drugs and a Mediterranean diet help keep our brains fit? What can the latest neuroscience research tell us?

Solutions inspiring action: The Ocean Exchange 2014 awards

Ocean Exchange Announced the Ocean Exchange 2014 awards: Water and Energy Technologies to Improve Our Environment. Solutions inspiring action. See what The Ocean Exchange supports and shares to create a cleaner world. This year’s Ocean Exchange winners are solutions to reduce the use of nature’s resources and waste and increase productivity. This year’s $100,000 Gulfstream … Read more

Forests are emerging out from the shadow of fossil fuels in climate debate

Letting people living in forests become nature’s guardian is bringing both development and saving ecosystems

In the Age of Extinction, which species can we least afford to lose?

Climate change and human intervention are accelerating the planet’s loss of biodiversity. So should we try to preserve ‘useful’ bees before ‘cuddly’ tigers?