Water harvesting has added benefit for Kenya: less flooding
Efforts to trap and store more water to battle worsening climate change-related drought are helping cut flood risk too, experts say
Veganism is a belief protected under UK law, tribunal rules
A judge found that ethical veganism - leading a life that avoids all harm to animals - is covered by Britain's Equality Act 2010 but has yet to rule on Casamitjana's dismissal
Digging up the dirt - could soil contain the answer to food shortages?
From Iowa to the Ayeyarwady delta region of Myanmar - known as the country's rice bowl - farmers are trying to figure out how to make their soil healthier and more productive
Same-sex 'Dancing on Ice' couple sparks hopes of greater LGBT+ representation
Singer Ian Watkins and professional skater Matt Evers are set to make television history on the British reality TV show
British tribunal to decide whether veganism should be protected as a belief
'This case, if successful, will establish that the belief entitles ethical vegans to protection from discrimination'
A town torn apart: Mexico's indigenous communities fight for autonomy
Locals say that after years of government corruption and soaring crime, they are better off managing public resources themselves
Zimbabwe's parched Bulawayo rations to save dwindling water
Neighbourhoods are seeing water blackouts of four days as the city tries to keep scarce supplies moving to businesses and industry
EXPERT VIEWS-Your money or your life: Can nations prosper by putting well-being before GDP in 2020?
More policymakers and campaigners have started to openly debate potential shifts away from an economic model that relies on growth
In New Year message, pope decries violence against women
Pope Francis denounces exploitation of women's bodies 'sacrificed on the profane altar of advertising, profit, pornography'
Transgender Germans demand compensation for sterilisation
Several European nations still require trans people to undergo surgery and sterilisation, or be diagnosed with a mental disorder, to have their new gender legally recognised