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Coal power: miners pay in blood for China's economic miracle
Richard Schiffman
17th January, 2012
A new film, To the Light, exposes the cost in human health and lives of China's coal-fired power boom more...
Beyond HS2: invest in existing rail and reduce rail fares to make travel greener
Richard Hebditch
11th January, 2012
More investment in existing rail lines, joining up the high speed line to public transport and ensuring rail fares are sustainable and affordable are what the government should focus on argues Campaign for Better Transport more...
Campaign For Better Transport: how to reduce the need to travel
Richard Bourn
13th December, 2011
The National Planning Policy Framework will sideline smart growth in favour of out-of-town sprawl - rolling back decades of town centred development. Now campaigners have launched a toolkit to reduce travel demand within local transport plans more...
Giri Raja: the Forest King – reporting on the “wonder-chicken” hailed as a solution to feeding India’s poor
Andrew Wasley
7th August, 2008
It was bred to aid the rural poor, but one bird is also helping break industrialised farming’s stranglehold on India. Andrew Wasley meets the remarkable Giriraja more...
TAKE ACTION to stop bankers betting on food
Hannah Corr
13th September, 2011
With food prices in the developing world rising, is hunger the price to pay for Barclays speculating on food markets? more...
The Development of the Organic Network: Linking People and Themes,1945-95
Mark Newton
8th September, 2011
Phillip Conford's treatise on the rise of the organic movement is anything but dull, says Mark Newton more...
Why India doesn't need World Bank energy funding
Matilda Lee
3rd June, 2011
Ahead of the release of the World Bank's revised energy strategy, the Ecologist speaks to sustainable development advocate Srinivas Krishnaswamy about why despite huge gigawatt power projects, 45 per cent of India's households still lack electricity more...
Crawford Hollingworth: only corporations can solve global issues
Matilda Lee
28th April, 2011
Crawford Hollingworth's new book - Global Over Development - parodies the typical annual report with an provocative look at the dark side of progress more...
London 2012 Olympics: what's the hidden cost to green spaces and wildlife habitats?
Tom Antebi
16th March,2011
Already hit by rows over radioactive waste and airport expansion, the London 2012 Olympic Games are accused of degrading green land vital to local communities and wildlife. Tom Antebi reports more...
Seoul: on course to be one of the world's greenest cities?
Anna Sheldrick
30th November, 2010
Seoul, host of this year's G20, is well on the way to achieving its goal of becoming one of the world's most eco-friendly cities. But, as Anna Sheldrick reports, there may be room for improvement elsewhere in South Korea more...
Aid should focus on climate resilience and less intensive farming models
Tom Levitt
20th July, 2010
Subsistence farming may be seen as a low rung on the development ladder but it can play a vital role in helping low-income countries to adapt to climate change says a government-funded report more...
Think nuclear is clean energy? Ask the Nigeriens
Carolyn Lebel
1st June, 2010
As the new nuclear renaissance grows, so too does uranium extraction. In Niger, which boasts some of the world's richest deposits, NGOs say that the poor are being exploited for the West's 'clean energy' more...
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Saving a pristine wilderness from an international motorway
Laura Sevier
20th April, 2010
How activist Malgorzata Górska helped protect a Polish forest valley, and changed her government's attitude to conservation in the process more...
Put to the test: a buyer's guide to non-dairy products
Laura Sevier
17th March, 2010
Whether for health, ethical or environmental reasons, a low-dairy or dairy-free diet is becoming more mainstream. Here's how to have your (cheese)cake and eat it too... more...
Beyond white middle class environmentalism
Jan Goodey
11th March, 2010
Akashi is a grassroots campaign that gives a bigger voice to black and minority ethnic groups on climate change issuesmore...
Jatropha biofuels: UK investors sell controversial crop as 'green'
Andrew Wasley
15th February, 2010
UK fund managers are selling investments in jatropha plantations as a wallet-swelling, planet-saving financial bonanza. But the reality for poor farmers is very different more...
Jatropha biofuels: the true cost to Tanzania
Thembi Mutch
15th February, 2010
Billed as wonder crop, the establishment of jatropha plantations on the ground in Tanzania has been far from successful, or, in some cases, ethical more...
Jatropha is no miracle plant for hungry farmers
Meredith Alexander
15th February, 2010
Everyone wants an alternative to fossil fuels, but in our rush to develop biofuel alternatives, we risk creating even worse problems for ourselves more... Jatropha biofuels: UK investors sell controversial crop as 'green'
Andrew Wasley
15th February, 2010
UK fund managers are selling investments in jatropha plantations as a wallet-swelling, planet-saving financial bonanza. But the reality for poor farmers is very different more... Jatropha biofuels: the true cost to Tanzania
Thembi Mutch
15th February, 2010
Billed as wonder crop, the establishment of jatropha plantations on the ground in Tanzania has been far from successful, or, in some cases, ethical more...
Forget eco-towns - real green house-building is already happening
Eifion Rees
12th January, 2010
Cambridge University's expansion plans could change the face of sustainable building in the UK. In 2012, construction begins on the greenest development of its size and scope in the UK more...
Who needs Africa's land more: us or wildlife?
Thembi Mutch
29th December, 2009
An explosive mix of animals, people and economics means that land in Africa is becoming more valuable - and more contested - than ever more...
CASE STUDY: running a sustainable waste service in Kenya
Nate Wright
29th October, 2009
Worldbike is using customised bicycles to kick-start rubbish-hauling enterprises in Kenya's poorest neighbourhoods more...
CASE STUDY: installing green roofs
Matilda Lee
29th January, 2009
Can there be wildlife in our urban jungles? Matilda Lee meets a man campaigning to let nature live on city rooftops more...
CASE STUDY: greening a football stadium
David Craik
1st October, 2008
With its grass roof, solar panels and low-energy lighting, the beautiful game now has its own beautiful eco home. David Craik meets the man making it happen more...Members
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