The Faroe Islands will be closing to visitors for a weekend in order to carry out conservation works. As people increasingly seek to support environmental causes when they travel, 100 volunteers will be allowed to go and help with the maintenance work, receiving free stay and food in exchange.

English people are spending more time in the great outdoors than ever before, says a report from government advice body, Natural England. The report states that the main reason people are going back to nature is for their wellbeing's sake, using the natural evironment to exercise in.

Germany's Waldkindergarten - outdoor pre-schools - send kids to learn and fend for themselves in the great outdoors. But as the idea goes global, what’s making a generation of helicopter parents decide to let go of the reins?

With trust in governments and other institutions sinking to new lows across the globe, people are finding alternative ways to participate in society positively and constructively. But rather than going it alone, they’re recognising that their time, money, and voices are more powerful as part of a collective.