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Not a Zero-Waste of time! Interview with Professor Anna Lora-Wainwright

What does the future of zero-waste living look like in urban China? This interview with Professor Anna Lora-Wainwright explains the many forms that everyday environmentalist activism can take, and also explores the role of the individual and the state in zero-waste living.

Waste in China
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Fair Water? The people behind the exhibition

For World Water Day, Emma Schneck interviewed Katrina Charles and Alice Chautard before the launch of their latest immersive exhibition at Oxford’s Museum of Natural History ‘Fair Water?’, showcasing the reality of global water inequality.

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Head-to-head: Telling the time on the urban "pollution clock"

Did you know that the iconic 13 carved heads that ring the perimeter of the Sheldonian Theatre are the third generation to have sat there watching over passers-by?

These heads have been continuously exposed to varying environments, both social and natural. Regrettably, the first two sets of heads were never thoroughly documented, and their whereabouts remained a mystery. That was until a dedicated team from the School of Geography and the Environment embarked on a ‘Head hunt’.

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