The Mancunion chats with installation artist Jo Lathwood, about her new exhibition Making Up, a thought-provoking piece exploring journeys, materials and the environment at Salford Quay’s The Lowry

The Booker Prize’s shortlist has been announced, and as always, each entry is laden with polemical and current societal commentaries. But why does this prize champion liberation? Perhaps due to its colonial past and problematic present.

The award of the 2030 climate action prize to the University of Manchester comes as a recognition of it’s progress towards achieving zero carbon by 2038

COP28 isn’t taking place to solve climate change and safeguard the future; it’s main aim is to further oil and gas companies’ business interests

The new Master’s will focus on the social change needed to tackle the environmental crisis

Just Stop Oil activist Phoebe Plummer, known for defacing a van Gogh painting, faces six months in prison, pending their plea to Southwark Crown Court on November 30

When 97% of scientists agree that climate change is caused by humans, what could sway people to go against them and call it a hoax? We took to X to find out

Contact Young Company treat a small audience to an intense ethical debate using fashion catwalks as a space to question the unsustainable and unethical overconsumption creates by quick fashions and trends

Akram Khan’s reimagining of The Jungle Book offers a charming yet bleak moral perspective on the ecological crisis we could be facing in years to come

Formula E’s latest race exposed some of its biggest flaws from potentially dangerous driving to limits to low energy consumption.

What is a polar bear’s favourite snack? Geese, apparently! Does new research show geese have become a summer treat for polar bears, but are they enough to preserve the dwindling polar bear population?

The Mancunion reviews Stum, performed by the University of Manchester Drama Society at The Brewers in Gay Village

After another weak COP summit, how can our leaders do more to ensure that we prevent disaster?

Labour MP Andrew Gwynne criticised members of Animal Rebellion for their protests against animal-based food production in the UK

All species should be treated equally – so why aren’t they?

Cattle farming has a huge environmental impact, but seems unlikely to disappear any time soon. Find out how scientists are potty training cows to lesson their impact on climate change.

The Stoller House’s new season draws inspiration from the natural world, reflecting the venue’s commitment to sustainable practices

Jay Darcy argues that the critical response to Don’t Look Up highlights the importance of the movie

Full of black humour and intentional heavy-handedness, Don’t Look Up is a hilarious satire for our times and a wake-up call for humanity.

The fashion industry is infamously one of the greatest polluters on this planet. Has COP26 changed anything?