RE:Balance
Shifting to a Circular Economy
Reconsidering Ecosystems
Professor Thomas Crowther outlines the connections between biodiversity and climate change, and the economic benefits of healthy ecosystems.
Reconsidering Food
Patrick Holden set out his vision of how agriculture can restore depleted land, capture carbon, improve biodiversity, and transform public health.
Guardians of Nature
Indigenous people account for just 5% of the world's population yet look after 25% of the world's land mass and 85% of its surviving biodiversity
Restoring Oceans
Blue Ventures work with coastal communities around the world to rebuild fisheries and restore ocean life, improving livelihoods and food security
Reintroducing Buffalo
A keystone species on the grasslands of North America, the buffalo holds a central place in both the ecosystem and the culture of indigenous people.
Regenerative Agriculture
The Sustainable Spices Initiative helps small-holder farmers to improve soil health and biodiversity in India, the world's largest producer of spices.
Rejoining The Circle
Professor Leroy Little Bear, a knowledge-keeper of the Blackfoot First Nation of Canada, reminds us we are part of nature, not apart from it.
Retrieving Plastic
More than two-thirds of plastic in our oceans comes from rivers and canals. The Great Bubble Barrier catches plastic waste before it reaches the sea.
Replanting Mangroves
Osa Conservation is replanting mangroves, one of nature's most effective carbon sinks, in the biodiverse Térraba Sierpe National Wetland of Costa Rica.
Introducing RE:BALANCE
The Great Reset offers us an opportunity to rethink our world economy in a way that puts nature, people and planet at the centre of how we operate.
Reducing Food Waste
Treasure 8's technology helps food producers reduce waste and shipping costs by creating nutritious new products from unwanted fresh food
Recirculating Plastic
EcoBrixs pays people to collect unwanted or discarded plastic in Uganda, then recycles it into products like fence posts and paving slabs.
Working With Nature
Nature can be be a source of inspiration and innovation as well as providing the energy to create a sustainable future for everyone.
Restoring Land
The World Resources Institute's projects restore degraded land around the world, helping local people to address the impact of climate change.
Redistributing Power
REEEP is a Zambian government initiative that has successfully incentivized the private sector to supply electricity to even the poorest communities.
Phasing Out Plastics
Reduced consumption, improved recycling, and production that doesn't rely on fossil fuels would dramatically reduce plastic's environmental impact.
Responsible Fisheries
Sea Harvest is a black-owned South African fishing business that puts sustainability and its workers' welfare at the heart of its operations.
Recycling Coffee
bio-bean is the world's largest recycler of spent coffee grounds, turning this waste into resources that can be used domestically and commercially.
Rewilding the Highlands
Aecom's Natural Capital Lab uses state-of-the art technology to assess the economic value of 100 acres of rewilded land in the Scottish Highlands.
Restoring Woodlands
New England Exemplary Forests are looking to develop their approach into a global standard for sustainable woodland management.
Growing Public Awareness
Speech by HRH The Prince of Wales at the European Year of the Environment Eyecatcher Awards, Merchant Taylor’s Hall, London, 22 March 1988
Rio 1992
Keynote Address given by HRH The Prince of Wales to The Brundtland Commission, London, 22 April 1992