• Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Innovation
  • Culture
  • Travel
  • Earth
  • Video
  • Live

'I’m not having children because I want to save the planet'

What's the best thing you can do to help save the environment? For Anna, a cycling instructor and writer living in Bath, it's to have fewer children. She has chosen not to have any at all.

Video journalist: Kayleen Devlin. Stop motion: Emma Lynch.

Explore More

Jennifer Crumbley in an Oakland county court

Jennifer Crumbley emotional as trial begins

US & Canada
Chris Ward in his trainer cleaning shop

'Box Fresh' - Meet the professional sneaker cleaner

Scotland
Taylor McNellie in his Glasgow trainer shop

'Age isn't an issue' says 21-year-old trainer tycoon

Scotland
The tea expert

Scientist speaks about controversial salt in tea idea

US & Canada
Deborah Denno

How nitrogen became a form of execution in the US

US & Canada
Cancer survivor targeted by trolls for wearing wig

'Wigs gave me normality when I had cancer'

Wales
Plane flies over motorway

Watch plane's emergency descent over motorway

Europe
BBC News

East of England weather forecast

England
Peter Navarro

Ex-Trump trade adviser speaks after prison sentence

US & Canada
Jeff Hood

Spiritual adviser counsels man on his day of execution

US & Canada
Heather Earley

'I want my money' - ex-sub-postmistress

Northern Ireland
Flames engulf hospital

Huge fire at hospital in Iran capital

Middle East
Man taking bottles from shop window

Gin shop thief caught on camera

York & North Yorkshire
Humza Yousaf was speaking at the UK Covid Inquiry, which is currently sitting in Edinburgh.

Sturgeon had 'tighter cast list' on some Covid decisions - Yousaf

Scotland
Line of sheep entering garden

Sheep take refuge in Ramsbottom garden

Manchester
Ian Coates, Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar were fatally stabbed on 13 June

Victims' families react to triple killer's sentence

Nottingham
Sir Tony Blair

Blair: World is undergoing new Industrial Revolution

UK Politics
Boris Nadezhdin

'Putin has made mistakes' - Kremlin challenger

Europe
Flashing images on a stage as filmed from a drone

Watch: Drone crashes onto stage during concert

Sussex
Keyframe #1

Watch as judge gives triple killer hospital order

Nottingham

Percy Shaw, the inventor of cat's eyes

How a trip to the pub made the world's roads safer

How the late inventor of cat's eyes, Percy Shaw, got his eureka moment.

Stories
A Louisiana oyster

How eating oysters could help protect the coast

Restaurants in New Orleans are recycling their oyster shells in an effort to protect the Louisiana coastline.

Stories
Turtle in a net

The man who first discovered plastic in the ocean

In 1971 Edward Carpenter discovered plastic floating about in the Atlantic Ocean.

Stories
Coffins in a disused factory in Liverpool

When gravediggers went on strike

The action caused national outrage as bodies piled up.

Stories
A youngster being breathalysed

The town giving sober teens free beer

How one town is tackling anti-social behaviour by rewarding sober party-goers with free drinks.

Stories
Teletubbies - 1997

How astronauts inspired the creation of Teletubbies

Anne Wood tells the story of how she created the Teletubbies.

Stories
Louisa wearing the Mollii suit

The 'life-changing' electric suit

A special body suit for people with cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis and strokes has had some remarkable results.

Stories
Dread Broadcasting Corporation: The first black music station in Europe

The pirate that changed British radio

Europe's first dedicated black music station, Dread Broadcasting Corporation

Stories
A thermal breast scanner

Using artificial intelligence to spot breast cancer

An Indian company has developed a cheaper, non-invasive test for breast cancer that uses thermal imaging and AI.

Stories
Kitty Baxter

WW2 evacuee: 'I thought I was going on a day trip'

Kitty Baxter was evacuated on the first day of the war.

Stories
Dads on Duty lined up

The dads spreading love to stop fights in school

Dads on Duty are a team of fathers who patrol a school in the US.

Stories
Tonton Zola Moukoko

How a computer game turned unknown footballer into a star

Tonton Zola Moukoko gained a cult following after featuring in Championship Manager 01/02.

Stories
Carlo showing off his art work

Meet the designers with learning disabilities

A design agency in Barcelona has creatives with learning disabilities, autism and schizophrenia.

Stories
Liverpool / Ernest Marke

Escaping the race riots of 1919

Ernest Marke was attacked by a white mob in Liverpool.

Stories
Prisoners standing by a fence at Belsen concentration camp

How the first report from Belsen shocked the world

In April 1945, the BBC’s Richard Dimbleby was the first reporter to enter the liberated Belsen concentration camp. 

Stories
Hippo in Colombia

Castrating Pablo Escobar's hippos

Vet Carlos Valderrama describes castrating Pablo Escobar's hippo in the wild.

Stories
Jonas from Better Shelter and his refugee shelter

The Ikea-style flat-pack home for refugees

A shelter for displaced people that comes in a flat-pack and takes a few hours to assemble.

Stories
Phil Magbotiwan and family

The rise and fall of a legendary black nightclub

Racism fuelled Phil Magbotiwan's determination to open his own nightclub.

Stories
Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong and Journalist David Walsh

How I helped bring down dope cheat Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong said he'd apologise to the man he sued for reporting on his doping

Stories
Wages for Housework co-founder mariarosa Dalla Costa looking into camera

‘We demand wages for housework’

In the 1970s, an international campaign demanded that governments recognise the value of unpaid work done in the home, primarily by women.

Stories

  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Innovation
  • Culture
  • Travel
  • Earth
  • Video
  • Live
  • BBC Shop

  • Terms of Use
  • About the BBC
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookies
  • Accessibility Help
  • Contact the BBC
  • Advertise with us
  • AdChoices/ Do Not Sell My Info

Copyright 2024 BBC. All rights reserved.  The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.