As environmental crises and the urgency to create ecological sustainability escalate, so does the importance of ecological economics.

It’s 2035, and you’re going to a movie. As you walk out the door, you reach for your phone instead of the car keys because you don’t have a car. Instead, you’ve ordered your ride to come to you.

On average, each Canadian produces 720 kilograms of municipal waste — more than the per capita output in the United States and double what is produced in Japan. And over the holidays, our waste volumes double.

Some people will once again ponder whether it is better for the environment to buy an artificial Christmas tree or to opt for the real thing.

Across parts of Australia, vast areas of native vegetation have been cleared and replaced by our cities, farms and infrastructure.

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Sparse trees cast long shadows as the morning sun rises over the grassy woodland clearing. Elephants and rhinos gather around a quiet watering hole. A troop of baboons starts chattering as they wake up, preparing for the sweltering heat the day will bring.

More than 100 million people could die immediately if India and Pakistan wage a nuclear war, followed by global mass starvation, according to a new study.

The fashion industry is one of the most polluting industries in the world, producing 20% of global wastewater and 10% of global carbon emissions – and it’s estimated that by 2050 this will have increased to 25%.

The world’s biggest cities have larger populations and higher economic outputs than some countries.

Threatened species habitat larger than the size of Tasmania has been destroyed since Australia’s environment laws were enacted, and 93% of this habitat loss was not referred to the federal government for scrutiny, our new research shows.

The oil palm industry likes to present itself as a success story in fighting rural poverty in tropical countries, an image supported by a recent article in The Conversation. Is it true?

One of the greatest challenges faced by the textiles and fashion industry is to make itself more sustainable, not just in terms of economic and labo

Over the recent decade, total human impacts to the world’s oceans have, on average, nearly doubled and could double again in the next decade without adequate action, researchers say.

If European countries complied with current World Health Organization air quality guidelines, it could prevent up to 11% of new childhood asthma cases each year, according to a new study.

Bees – including honey bees, bumble bees and solitary bees – are very important because they pollinate food crops. 

The federal government has taken action recently to reduce the amount of plastic waste found on land and in oceans, rivers and lakes.

Not everyone wants to live in the inner city and it’s insulting to describe the outer suburbs as the fringe.

The easier and safer it is to get to a park, the more likely people are to visit the park frequently, research finds.

Coalition minister Angus Taylor is under scrutiny for possibly intervening in the clearing of grasslands in the southern highlands of New South Wales.

It’s worth setting the record straight on the meaning of some of these terms and how they relate to climate policies, new technologies and the progression of market reform and regulation. This glossary, which is by no means exhaustive, is a first step.