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Leaked Papers Show UK Government Will Backtrack on Tar Sands Extraction Being Classified As...
By Lorna Howarth

Allowing tar sands oil into Europe would be a victory for ‘profit-before-planet’ politics warns Lorna Howarth

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UK supermarkets renege on anti-GM stance
by Jamie Doward

As three more supermarkets drop their bans, the industry is accused of caving in to cartels and GM food giants

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Canadian oil company threatens the survival of Peru’s ‘Jaguar people’
by Sarah Gilbertz

The Peruvian Government is yet again failing to protect the rights of its Indigenous citizens, and if history is anything to go by it is no wonder that the Matses tribe fear for themselves and other nearby tribal peoples. Sarah Gilbertz reports.

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Green Living

Vitamin D – The Sunshine Vitamin Most Indoor Workers Are Lacking
by Oliver Gillie

Human beings in high-income countries are leading increasingly artificial lives divorced from the natural environment and without the important health benefits of sunshine. The result is chronic ill health of many kinds, warns Oliver Gillie

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Eco-design at Chelsea Flower Show 2013
by Hazel Sillver

This is the centenary year for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and eco-sound landscaping is taking centre stage.

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Campaigning

Sustainable energy a necessity for basic healthcare in the developing world
by Andrew Heath

One billion people in the developing world are deprived of access to effective healthcare due to a lack of access to energy, reports Andrew Heath of Practical Action....

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Interviews

100 Mothers Against Nuclear Energy
by Nonoko Kameyama

Photographer Nonoko Kameyama tells the Ecologist how she brought her love of portrait photography and her concern about the impacts of nuclear energy together.

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Ecologist Film Unit

Labour abuses in the shrimp industry

EFU Film Grinding Nemo: what's the real cost of your prawn curry?
The Ecologist

The tropical shrimp industry in Thailand exploits both people and the environment, a major new film by the Ecologist Film Unit, Link TV and Swedwatch reveals

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A salmon

EFU Film: The Greed of Feed – the hidden cost of your cheap farmed salmon
Andrew Wasley & Jim Wickens

A major investigation by the Ecologist reveals a host of unreported environmental and social costs linked to the fishmeal production industry in Peru

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Resurgence & Ecologist Magazine

Natural Wealth
by Susan Clark & Edgar Vaid

Hot off the press: Editor's and Reader's Highlights from the new issue of Resurgence & Ecologist magazine

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Global Canopy
by Andrew Mitchell

Andrew Mitchell highlights why we must recognise the true value of what our tropical rainforests provide for free.

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Greening of our cities
by Jonathon Porritt

Jonathon Porritt introduces Bristol BIG Green Week and reflects on how it is our cities that now lead the way in sustainability.

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Blogs

clothing factory

The Clothing Industry: Modern day attitudes akin to those of historical slavery
By Sarah Compson

In the wake of the Bangladesh factory collapse Sarah Compson implores us all as consumers to take responsibility for what we wear and not to turn a blind eye.

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Comment

The art of the Slow Fix
by Carl Honoré

Carl Honoré worries that our addiction to superficial, short-term quick fixes is backfiring and presents ideas from his new book on tackling this.........

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Reviews

For Climate's Sake!

For Climate's Sake! A Visual Reader of Climate Change
by Edgar Vaid

Edgar Vaid reviews a book which aims to convey the knowledge revealed by current climate research through the power of images, graphics, and case studies.

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Calendar

National Vegetarian Week
The Vegetarian Society

National Vegetarian Week 2013 runs from the 20 - 26 May and is setting out to prove that going veggie is surprisingly simple.

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Courses

Postgraduate Programmes at the Centre For Alternative Technology

Want to change the landscape of environmental discourse? Learn the skills necessary on a postgraduate course at the Centre for Alternative Technology.

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Ecologist Partners

NUS Green Hero

NUS granted £5,000,000 to invest in higher education sustainability
by Dannie Grufferty

The National Union of Students has a rich history of ethical and environmental work, but our £5 million Students’ Green Fund is undoubtedly our biggest achievement for the sustainability agenda yet, says Dannie Grufferty.

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