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Caring for the planet we share
This shop currently serves customers in Ukraine only. While we are not taking orders from your region, we would like to leave you with something useful: a short note on why ecology matters today, and fresh green news from around the world.
Why ecology matters now
A healthy environment is not a side topic. Clean air, stable climate, living soils and safe water decide how we eat, work and raise children. In a world of long supply chains, every purchase still leaves a trace — energy, packaging, transport, waste. Choosing less harm is one of the few daily levers ordinary people actually have.
Ecology is also economics. Heatwaves, floods and drought already move prices, harvests and insurance. Protecting forests, rivers and biodiversity is cheaper than repairing collapsed systems later. Modern life can stay comfortable without treating the planet as an infinite dump.
Small habits add up: repair instead of replace, refuse needless plastic, eat closer to the season, walk or share a ride, and support brands that take materials and waste seriously. None of this needs perfection. It needs attention — and the will to keep nature habitable for the next generation.
Healthy ecosystems filter water, grow food and buffer floods better than concrete alone.
Reuse, repair and thoughtful packaging cut pollution long before recycling has to catch it.
Green news from around the world
Headlines from public environmental RSS feeds. We do not edit the original stories.
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Do whales grieve? Rare footage of humpback alongside stillborn calf suggests they might | Olaf Meynecke for the Conversation
The behaviours we observed could represent grief, but they could also reflect maternal attachment, confusion or instinctive caregivingIt was a tragic sight.One day last July, a …
www.climatechangenews.com
Nepal flood destruction shows “limits to adaptation”, scientists say
There is very little authorities in Nepal could have done to prevent the deaths and devastation caused by the flash flood on its border with Tibet in late August, scientists wit…
news.mongabay.com
‘Don’t shoot. Listen’: The AI-aided quest to understand Yellowstone’s wolves
Jeff Reed wasn’t raised to hate wolves. But as a child he bought into the Little Red Riding Hood myth regarding their villainous nature. You see one, you shoot it. But not on a …
news.mongabay.com
Bolivia’s mining law overhaul raises environmental and community concerns
Bolivia recently began overhauling one of its principal mining laws, with the goal of modernizing the industry and improving oversight. Civil society and Indigenous groups have …
news.mongabay.com
EU plans new firefighting fleet after deadly summer heat wave
BRUSSELS (AP) — A scorching summer that dried up rivers and killed tens of thousands across the European Union from Portugal to Hungary has shown that the bloc needs to develop …
news.mongabay.com
‘A good way to die’: triumph and tragedy among dispersing African wild dogs
In mid-2025, a trio of male African wild dogs headed east through the open woodlands of Kafue National Park in west-central Zambia, away from the pack they’d grown up in. Roughl…
news.mongabay.com
‘Carnival of the Nearly Extinct Animals’ celebrates species with song
Once upon a time, flocks of passenger pigeons were so dense they blocked the sun like great gray thunderclouds flying overhead. Composer Stephanie Ann Boyd imagines this with mu…
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Part-human part-mouse brain developed in science breakthrough
Researchers at Stanford University genetically altered mice to be able to receive and function with human brain cells.
www.sciencedaily.com
Scientists turn seawater into fresh water without harmful brine
Scientists have developed a solar-powered desalination system that turns seawater into fresh water while removing nearly all of the leftover salt as a solid instead of producing…
news.mongabay.com
Why do these monkeys look so weird
Why do the monkeys in Vietnam look so… odd? “The odd-nosed group” — that’s what scientists have called a group of primates found across Asia that share a common ancestry. Scient…
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Wildlife trust wants marina silt disposed offshore
Brighton Marina wants to restart dredging next year but still needs a site to dispose of the silt.
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Endangered water voles introduced to reserve
Efforts are being made to reintroduce the locally-extinct species back to the River Wey in Surrey.
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Microplastics in soil pose global threat by acting like ‘Trojan horse’ to deliver toxins
Exclusive: Plastic surfaces form hotspots with an increase of antibiotic-resistant genes, study findsMicroplastics act like a “Trojan horse” delivering pollutants, pesticides an…
www.sciencedaily.com
Irrigation’s climate benefit could equal 363 years of its own emissions
U.S. irrigation produces some greenhouse gas emissions, but new research suggests it prevents vastly more by allowing farmers to grow more food on less land. Without irrigation,…
www.sciencedaily.com
Scientists “truly astonished” by discovery that challenges Earth’s origin story
A new study suggests Earth formed almost entirely from material in the inner Solar System, challenging the idea that water-rich material from beyond Jupiter played a major role.…
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Colombia and Brazil deadliest countries for environmental activists, report says
The two countries accounted for 52% of killings of environmental activists in 2025, according to Global Witness.
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Datacenter rush will create ‘tsunami’ of discarded electronics, report says
Global push will triple toxic e-waste annually in 25 years, filling enough shipping containers to circle globe six timesThe ongoing campaign to build thousands of massive datace…
www.bbc.co.uk
White-tailed eagle chicks fledge for fourth year
The Forestry England and the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation reintroduction project began in 2019.