Wild swimming itself isn’t dangerous, but our behaviour around water can be
Daniel Start: The heatwave has seen many drownings, but the more experience our children have of open waters, the safer they'll be
The End of Night by Paul Bogard – review
Would less artificial light be better for us all? It's a modest and worthwhile aim, finds Salley Vickers
Is our love of nature writing bourgeois escapism?
We can't get enough of books about discovering yourself in the wilderness. What's it all about, asks Steven Poole
Labour unveils plan to promote food-growing culture in Britain
Plant fruit trees on housing estates and vegetable patches in schools to address 'nutrition recession', party says
How to beat the midges this summer
From digital tracking services to creams and traditional bog myrtle, you can beat the flying pests
40 consequences of 10 wet summers: what will a decade of rain do to us?
Forecasters have warned that we may need to get used to washout summers, perhaps for the next 10 years. From wildlife to camping to fashion, what will this do to us a nation?
Should we purge plastic from our lives?
A growing number of people are giving up plastic, for health or environmental reasons. So how easy is it to become a plasticarian? And what would you struggle to give up?
Turf wars escalate in the battle for Britain’s allotments
John Harris: For the past century, councils have prided themselves on giving people small patches of land to cultivate. But now, with money and land in short supply, many want to take them away
Feral: Searching for Enchantment on the Frontiers of Rewilding by George Monbiot – review
George Monbiot's dream of a wilder Britain in which uplands would be cleared of sheep farming and populated with reintroduced species leaves Frances Stonor Saunders with a few questions
Electrosensitivity: is technology killing us?
Is modern life making us ill? Yes, say those who suffer from electrosensitivity. Are they cranks, asks Nicholas Blincoe, or should we all be throwing away our mobile phones?