When will we be free?
Lebanon has had to bear the brunt of the devastating impact of landmines and cluster munitions over decades of war . Beyond the immediate...
The Great Green Wall of China
Words Alia Fawaz
The Great Green Wall (also known as the Three North Shelterbelt project) is by far the world’s largest tree-planting project.
To date 66 billion trees...
Wishing upon a star … The search for fusion energy heats up
Words Alia Fawaz
Meeting the world's energy demands is one of the major challenges of our time. Our overdependence on fossil fuels to meet our...
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin, who in his later years became increasingly passionate about plants; and his son Francis thought of the plant as a kind of...
Tree-topping beauty
Words Louis Parks
The world is home to some stunning examples of natural beauty, so much so that the humble tree never seems to appear...