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Attenborough’s Blue Planet sparks packaging revolution
The David Attenborough-fronted Blue Planet II series may have ended in 2017 but its influence in highlighting the issues around plastic packaging is still being felt. One seed and pulse supplier said it has seen a huge increase in the number of enquiries from zero waste shops since the BBC One programme aired last year, …
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The women behind Costa Rica’s low-carbon coffee
As a young girl growing up in rural Costa Rica, Giselle Solis watched her father working as a hunter and decided she would grow up to be different. “When I was little I wanted to be a park ranger,” she says. “My dad was a hunter, and I was never really okay with the activity that …
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Putting Pijao on the map
“We are proud that people know that Pijao exists. Now the town is on the map,” says Flavio, the rosy-cheeked and smiley owner of the Bar Social, centre of the town’s coffee culture and billiards hall. In the background, old Colombianos are bent over their cues, and the bar’s yellow-painted doors open onto a typical …
Nina Pullman 