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Can the film industry stem the plastic tide?
Inspired by nature and motivated by a green conscience, a London-based designer is calling for the film industry to turn its hand to innovative methods of production to stop ever-growing piles of...
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Selenography: the ‘Geography’ of the Moon
In 1943, Geographical ventured away from our terrestrial boundaries to explore our lunar neighbour This is an archive story, published in the September 1943 edition of Geographical.All facts, figures...
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Geographical on the Moon
As the world celebrates fifty years since mankind first set foot on soil other than that of the Earth, changing the world of exploration forever, we look back at how Geographical has tackled our lunar...
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Whitley Awards 2020 - Call to recognise the next generation of conservation...
The 2020 Whitley Fund For Nature Awards are now open for applications The Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN) is a fundraising and grant-giving nature conservation charity that aims to recognise dynamic...
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Following in the footsteps of the first Western explorer in southwest China
Despite being among the first Western explorers to uncover southwestern China in the 1920s, American botanist Joseph Rock is far from being a household name. Today, one explorer is attempting to...
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Guadalupe Marengo: Human Rights Defender at Amnesty International
Guadaloupe Marengo is head of the Human Rights Defenders Team at Amnesty International, a group working to protect people who champion and defend the rights of others, including women’s rights, LGBT+...
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IPCC: Human land use is key driver of the climate emergency
A landmark report from the IPCC definitively states that the way humans are using the Earth’s available land is a key driver of global heating and climate change. But does it also provide the answer?...
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Reliving the Transglobe Expedition: the first and only attempt to...
The Transglobe Expedition entered the history books by becoming the first (and still only) successful attempt to circumnavigate the globe via both poles. As the team members celebrate the journey’s...
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Vancouver renames controversial government building
A Canadian federal employment office will no longer hold the name of the politician behind the notorious Komagata Maru incident of 1914 Canada’s immigration policy has been routinely characterised as...
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Vatosoa Rakotondrazafy: sharing sustainable fishing practices in Madagascar
Vatosoa is the National Coordinator of the MIHARI Network, an organisation working in Madagascar to connect and advocate for small-scale fishing communities along the country’s 5,000km coastline in...
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Landmark case compensates Australian aboriginal group for land incursions
In a landmark case, Australia’s High Court has awarded damages to an Aboriginal group in compensation for historic incursions on their land, opening the way for billions of dollar’s worth of potential...
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Zanskar: an icy exploration of an ancient Himalayan kingdom
Felicity Aston follows ‘ice pilots’ along a frozen river gorge to an ancient kingdom hidden deep in the Himalaya to find a very 21st century negotiation of modern adventure tourism, local development...
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The fight for environmental justice in America’s segregated cities
‘Abolitionist climate justice’ is an evolving movement that aims to tackle the disparate effects of climate change across race and class In 1987, a report released by the United Church of Christ...
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Dan Richards: Travel writer and artist
Dan Richards is an artist and a writer. His fourth book, Outpost: A Journey to the Wild Ends of the Earth is out now, published by Canongate As a kid, I climbed a lot of trees and built a lot of dens...
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Expeditions Unpacked: Discover what the great explorers took into the unknown
In this unique and enthralling new book, explorer and survivalist Ed Stafford curates 25 great expeditions through the lens of the kit these remarkable explorers took with them. In an environment where...
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The largest refugee camp in the world: the plight of Rohingya women and girls
The British government today announced a new aid package to support the 700,000 Rohingya people still living in refugee camps in Bangladesh, with the money particularly targeted towards supporting...
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The #GlobalClimateStrike comes to London - The day in pictures
We took to the streets of Westminster to take a look at London's part in the Global Climate Strike which saw millions across the world march for climate justice today Thousands of people in the UK...
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Waves of destruction: An ancient Turkish town is bracing itself for 90ft...
The settlement of Hasankeyf, dating back thousands of years, will soon be lost to history as a hydroelectric power plant begins to fill its reservoir Located on the banks of the Tigris river and set...
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Plastic tea bags are releasing billions of microplastics into your tea
Canadian researchers have found that plastic tea bags, common to premium tea brands, release billions of micro plastics and nano plastic particles The global movement to wean off plastic has led to...
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New evidence points to microplastics’ toxic impact on the human body
Scientists at the Plastic Health Summit taking place in Amsterdam are revealing groundbreaking research on micro- and nanoplastics, warning of their potentially deadly effects on human immune cells...
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