Farmers will have to wait until 2012 for supermarket watchdog
3rd August, 2010
Government bill likely to be put forward this autumn but final body may not be up and running for another two years, admit officialsRead More...US climate sceptics fail to stop carbon emissions being labelled danger to health
30th July, 2010
Campaigners say ruling 'opens the door' to the US to limit carbon emissions from industry under existing laws and removes the need to force through new bitterly opposed climate legislationRead More...Palm oil giant accused of rainforest destruction caught ‘red-handed’
29th July, 2010
Indonesia’s largest palm oil and pulp group, Sinar Mas, is continuing to destroy rainforests and peatland despite promises to end the practiceRead More...Marine food chain hit by ocean global warming
UK businesses call for compulsory carbon reporting
Foreign land grabbing leaves Filipino farmers with nothing
26th July, 2010
Advocates of foreign ownership of agricultural land say it brings wealth, infrastructure and new farming techniques; opponents say that displaced and deskilled smallholders are often the resultRead More...Biomass Britain: do fields of energy crops spell an end to grazing livestock?
Severn barrage faces economic rather than environmental hurdles
Eating insects: a solution to the meat problem?
3rd August, 2010
The world's demand for protein will continue to rise, even as the environmental impacts of meat production become clearer. Could turning to commonly eaten insect species be the answer?Read More...Suffocating seas: how climate change is reducing ocean oxygen levels
Will the RepRap machine bring a new manufacturing and the end of consumerism?
How to start growing food on social housing estates
30th July, 2010
Estate community gardens are springing up in our cities - here's how to transform a derelict urban space into a food growing hubRead More...Ecocide: making environmental destruction a criminal offence
28th July, 2010
Lawyer Polly Higgins is spearheading a campaign to have 'ecocide' recognised by the UN as an international crime against peace. But how will this work in practice?Read More...How to protect UK rivers from invasive mitten crabs, and eat locally as well!
Keeping our outdoor spaces open to all
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Ecologist guide to green travelFrom 'staycations' to conservation holidays - everything you need to know to plan a green vacation
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TFL Barclays Cycle Hire up and runningLondon’s brand new bicycle hire scheme
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Sew your ownSewing is activism, says John Paul Flintoff, as he takes us through the politics and pleasures of this long lost skill
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> Green Phoenix Festival 19 - 22 August> Love Parks Week, 24 July - 1 Aug> London Permaculture Festival, 22 August |
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> Twelve by twelve: a one-room cabin off the grid & beyond the American dream> Amelia's Anthology of Illustration: renewable technologies to prevent catastrophic climate change> Eaarth by Bill McKibben |
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Green camping: top tips for eco friendly nights under canvas
3rd August, 2010
Dixe Wills offers nuggets of wisdom on environmentally friendly camping, down to what stoves and fuel to use, and what not to packRead More...The Ecologist's top ten eco summer reads
29th July, 2010
Seven top environmentalists recommend their reads for the summer, covering everything from psychological thrillers to steady state economicsRead More...Growing without water: how to garden in a drought
27th July, 2010
Summer in the garden is beautiful, but hauling gallons of water from the kitchen tap to your beds is neither fun nor sustainable. Here's some tips on how to drought-proof your plotRead More...Size matters: why tiny campsites mean better holidays
Why we should grow and eat more seaweed
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28th July, 2010
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