Our plastic problem
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UK supermarkets currently generate 800,000 tonnes of plastic packaging every year. What steps are being taken to tackle this crisis?
What use is a degree on a dead planet?
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Lauren MacDonald has only got two years to go back to University, but making sure we don’t die of famine is top of her list.
Could cannabis save the world?
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When trees take more than 50 years to mature, could hemp plants that grown in 100 days be our saving grace?
Vanity vs planet
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As awareness grows of the environmental damage, we ask what is the beauty industry doing to tackle the plastic issue?
Is plant-based milk better than dairy?
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The dairy industry is deemed harmful to the environment, but are the alternatives as harmless as they seem?
Conservation: Not just sunshine and rainbows
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Reservations are thought to be safe environments for animals, but are we now seeing downsides to this approach?
London’s financial district gets eco-friendly
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How London’s micro-city has combined innovation with forward-thinking technology to incentivise sustainability.
Penguins are not our property
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Should the public have been able to skate alongside penguins on the Queens ice rink? Artefact investigates.
Having saved themselves from Day Zero, residents of South Africa’s Cape Town are still adjusting to life after one of their worst droughts in decades.
Glacier Girl: global warming's hero?
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Artefact meets climate change activist, Elizabeth Farrell, who uses Instagram and artwork to raise awareness about global warming