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Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal

How can pigs help alleviate world hunger? Author Tristram Stuart says let’s start by feeding them the scraps from wealthier countries. In Europe and North America, we throw away around half of our food. Yet even in nations with scores of hungry and malnourished people, there are staggering levels of food waste. India alone wastes [...]

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Here comes the Sun

Crossing the Serpentine Lake in London’s Hyde Park in total silence is one of life’s more pleasant experiences. The fact that one is moving at only five miles per hour could, in theory, taint the experience, especially in the speed-driven society we live in, but somehow it doesn’t. After all, when have you ever been [...]

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Swap Till You Drop

Ever wandered around a UK high street, or even some of the country’s bigger supermarkets, and felt simultaneously abuzz with glee and utterly despondent? Cheap clothing is all around you. A pair of jeans will set you back a mere £7, a stylish jacket a trifling £15 and you can buy several T-shirts for only [...]

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