Category Archives: Articles
ECOS 39(6): The root of optimism
‘Buenas noticias para el planeta’ display in Valencia, Spain. Photo: Hello Valencia We can be [...]
Dec
ECOS 39(6): The people’s polemic for wildlife: A divisive and shouty manifesto
The People’s Manifesto for Wildlife fronted by Chris Packham seeks to divide people on topics [...]
Dec
ECOS 39(6): The people’s manifesto for wildlife – solid ideas or flaky ideals?
The wildlife manifesto launched by Chris Packham is a lengthy wish list in need of [...]
Dec
ECOS 39(6): ‘Own Transport Preferred’: Potential problems with long-term volunteering and internships
Conservation organisations rely heavily on volunteers, and many also offer paid and unpaid internships. Gaining [...]
Dec
ECOS 39(6): Exploring the health and wellbeing benefits of environmental volunteering
Is there a link between people’s engagement with nature-based activities and their health? While research [...]
Dec
ECOS 39(6): ‘A magnet for those who need it’ Woodland social enterprises and work with in-need groups
A new piece of research has shed light on the valuable work of a growing [...]
Dec
ECOS 39(6): Medicine for contemporary ills: a ‘Dose of Nature’?
Human health and nature find common cause in ‘green prescribing’. What is the case for [...]
Dec
ECOS 39(4): End of the rainbow?
A road trip through the Pyrenees to the Sierra Nevada observing both animal and human [...]
Sep
ECOS 39(4): Postgraduate winner: Ocean SOS: The challenge of plastic pollution in the marine world
One small step for humankind, one giant leap for our oceans: the beginning of the [...]
Sep
ECOS 39(4): Undergraduate highly commended: Marine noise pollution – A (quiet) call to action
Many marine animals like fish and whales rely on acoustic signals to communicate and to [...]
Sep