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Since the 1970's Majuli islander Jadav Payeng has been planting trees in order to save his island. To date he has single handedly planted a forest lar...

A former forester, Dr. Suzanne Simard discovered that trees can communicate with each other because their root systems are connected by networks of be...

Braiding Sweetgrass explores reciprocal relationships between humans and the land, with a focus on the role of plants and botany in both Native Americ...

Mahatma Gandhi was a lawyer who employed the principle of nonviolent resistance to successfully lead the campaign for India's independence from Britis...

"I have a dream", is the famous speech delivered by American Civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King Jr. An inspirational moment for all interested...

Gaining the right to vote for women took decades of dedicated effort to achieve. Here is a rendition of an electrifying speech by suffragette Emmeline...

Walden or Life in the Woods, the reflections of Henry Thoreau on living simply and close to nature, is one of the most influential books in American l...

In 1983 an audacious campaign to save a wild river became a defining moment in Australian environmental history

Today the Netherlands has a reputation as a kind of bicycling paradise. This was not inevitable but the result of a long and concerted effort.

In this famous and compelling speech, Carl Sagan contextualises humankind's home, Earth.

Biologist and Pulitzer winner E.O. Wilson's proposes a bold plan to preserve the world’s biodiversity: set aside half of the entire planet for natural...

Qaqlasht plateau, Upper Chitral, Pakistan, transforms into velvet green carpet interspersed with tiny yellow flowers after early spring sweeps through...