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Why working holidays on organic farms help you see the world anew
Laura Laker
14th July, 2010
WWOOF (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) is not just a cheap way to see the world - it's a hands-on way to learn new skills of sustainable living more...
Budget 2010: good news for wind; bad news for green transport
Mark Jansen
25th March, 2010
As the fiscal dust kicked up by Alistair Darling's 2010 budget begins to settle, experts say they are 'surprised' by how 'un-green' the budget turned out to be more...
Info-activism: using technology to force social change
Andrew Hickman
19th January, 2010
A must-see documentary explores how campaigners are successfully using new technologies and tactics to change the status quo more...
The Ecologist's 'Real Green Budget'
Mark Anslow
23rd March, 2007
Environmentalists had waited with baited breath for the Chancellor's 2007 Budget. Gordon Brown had intimated that it would be the 'greenest ever'. In fact, it was a resounding disappointment. more...
Budget leaps but fails
News
22nd March, 2007
Gordon Brown’s ‘green budget’ has met with scorn from the motoring lobby and disappointment from environmentalists. more...
Fairer Distribution of Common Resources: the pros and cons of carbon trading
James Robertson
22nd March, 2007
'A common price for carbon' has become the soundbite of the forward-looking 'green' politician. It pleases everyone, not least business, which can plan ahead by looking at the carbon 'market'. But is it the best way to proceed? more...
An atmosphere of cooperation
Richard Bickle
22nd March, 2007
A global capitalist economy obsessed with economic growth has plenty of faults, but chances are it's here to stay. Fortunately, there are other types of organisations out there to prove that the limited liability or plc company is not the only way to get business done. more...
Not so much 'green' as 'cabbage looking'
Molly Scott Cato
22nd March, 2007
Gordon Brown's Budget was disappointing. But not just because of its economic niceties. It fails to address key issues which have become taboo amongst economists - money, debt and economic growth. Molly Scott Cato, a green economist and Senior Lecturer in Social Economy at the Cardiff School of Management, addresses all three... more...
How 'green' was Gordon?
Miriam Kennet
22nd March, 2007
Environmentalists held their breath in expectation of Gordon Brown's 'green' budget. Was it worth the wait? Miriam Kennet, a director of the Green Economics Institute, looks at where the Chancellor went awry... more...
Gordon's 'green budget' to lightly slap 4x4s
news
19th March, 2007
Wednesday’s Budget is expected to increase taxes on the most polluting cars, but only by £200, some £1,400 short of recommendations made by Friends of the Earth. more...
Re-writing the pre-budget report
Paul Kingsnorth
7th December, 2006
The Chancellor's pre-budget report on Wednesday 6th December was a green-washed shambles. Paul Kingsnorth gives Gordon a helping hand with the re-write more...
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