Paul Lauener’s stirring report from the Aral Sea, scene of both environmental miracle and disaster.
Adam Ma’anit peers beyond the smoke and mirrors at BP’s ‘clean up’ of the Gulf of Mexico.
A brutal murder in the high Himalayas is covered up by a whole village. Jamie James sets out on a quest for the precious aphrodisiac at the heart of the crime – and to meet the men responsible. Photographs by Thomas Kelly.
Dinyar Godrej on the need for reconnection.
We only have ourselves to blame for the Middle East's cynicism, says Robert Fisk.
Naked art-piles, wireless guitar shoes, and jackets that turn into tents...
Also: a controversial comedy about farmer suicides (yes, that's right) from Indian filmmaker Anusha Rizvi, and a special focus on a new generation of exciting and talented
NI gives the inside story on how male sorcerers are keeping women down in Afghanistan.
Arundhati Roy's fierce critiques of Indian democracy have made her public enemy number one. But, argues Shoma Chaudhury, her story is that of contemporary India itself.
Tony Benn, Caroline Lucas MP and Agent Bristly Pioneer reflect on this year's UK election
Vanessa Baird celebrates the joys of disenchantment and the birth of hope.
Jaideep Hardikar travels to the bottom of the social scale, and the women of rural south India, to discover where knowledge and wisdom about seeds are still to be found.
The troubling story of a corporate bid to take control of the world’s food supply, told by Sue Branford.
In many African societies seed preservation was once an almost sacred duty. Isaiah Esipisu explains why it is becoming vital again.
There are almost half a million known plant species, and more still to be discovered. Yet we now rely on just 15 to provide 90 per cent of our food crops.
The world’s seed markets are being gobbled up by ‘life-science’ corporations – but peasant farmers still feed the world. David Ransom reports.
Julio Godoy talks to French de-growth guru Serge Latouche.
Slowing growth could help us work less, live better and save the planet. So what’s not to like about that, wonders Zoe Cormier.
Without growth the economy collapses. What’s the solution? Rowenna Davis asked Oxfam’s Duncan Green and researcher Tim Jackson for their opinions.
Roxana Olivera looks at local opposition to foreign mining companies in Ecuador.