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Glencore faces questions over controversial DRC mine sales
Brett Scott
9th February, 2012
Moves by unknown shell companies to control lucrative natural resources may have cost Democratic Republic of Congo $1 billion in lost revenue, as UK-listed mining company Glencore under pressure to explain deals more...
Co-operative, M&S and Waitrose accused of greenwash over close links to 'unethical' companies
Ben Miller
7th February, 2012
Seemingly ethical companies like The Co-operative, M&S and Waitrose have been accused of double-standards over their partnerships with oil giants like BP, Shell and Chevron more...
The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World
Mark Newton
2nd February, 2012
If you only pick up one green book this year, make it Jeremy Rifkin’s The Third Industrial Revolution. It will change the way you think, says Mark Newton more...
Getting a good deal from the Green Deal
Hannah Kyrke-Smith
25th January, 2012
The Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation (ECO) have the potential to reduce emissions from the UK’s ageing housing stock, create warmer homes and new jobs, says Hannah Kyrke-Smith. But will there be enough uptake? more...
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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...
An Ecology of Mind: film interprets a life of unconventional thought
Rachel Fleming
11th January, 2012
A new documentary, An Ecology of Mind, directed by Nora Bateson, celebrates her father Gregory - anthropologist, philosopher, ecologist and systems theorist more...
Supermarket food waste to power renewable energy instead of tackling food poverty
Matilda Lee
23rd December, 2011
Food aid charities argue supermarket food waste could help prevent hunger in vulnerable people. Yet supermarkets' anaerobic digestion plans may eclipse food redistribution says Matilda Lee more...
Paradigm Shift: how one young activist uses documentary film to inspire change
Sophie Laggan
20th December, 2011
Rebecca is an ordinary woman with extraordinary ambitions, inspiring people all over the world and making 'Shift Happen' through her charity that creates free educational films more...
The world's 'alternative' Nobel Prize: an award fit for the 21st century
Matilda Lee
26th December, 2011
How a rejection by the Nobel Committee spurred Jakob von Uexkull to create the Right Livelihood Award celebrating the solutions helping to ensure a healthy planet and people more...
Advertising makes us 'more individualistic' and less concerned about the planet, says report
Rosie Spinks
19th December, 2011
Our desire to spend time with our families and help our local communities and the environment is being eroded by the overwhelming nature of modern advertising 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...
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Will London 2012 sponsors BP, Dow, EDF and Rio Tinto tarnish the Olympic brand?
Matilda Lee
14th December, 2011
In a values tug of war, many are asking whether London 2012 corporate sponsors like BP, Dow and EDF live up to the Olympic spirit? more...
Talk of a ‘new climate deal' at COP17 is a distraction from inaction
Murray Worthy
7th December, 2011
Talk of a long-term climate deal to cut carbon emissions is allowing industrialised countries to delay taking action, says Murray Worthy from the World Development Movement more...
Occupy protests: a four step guide to bypassing high-street banks
Brett Scott
8th December, 2011
You've read about the Occupy Wall Street and London protests and you know about corporate greed (and the banking bail-out) but how can you do something about it? more...
Global Witness quits Kimberley Process as Zimbabwe 'blood diamonds' exported
Rosie Spinks
6th December, 2011
Consumers could unwittingly buy rings or other jewellery linked to serious human rights abuses after Kimberley Process fails to prevent the sale of diamonds from Robert Mugabe's Marange diamond fields more...
Petition to stop Dow Chemical partnering with 2012 London Olympics
Ben Hudson
3rd December, 2011
Responsible for one of the worst industrial accidents in the world, Dow Chemical's toxic legacy threatens the reputation of the London Olympics more...
The Story of Broke
Ben Hudson
3rd December, 2011
Annie Leonard's new film looks at how money that could be used to build a sustainable future through investment in renewables and increasing recycling is being used to fund wars and subsidise fossil fuels more...
WildAid: How to end the illegal wildlife trade
Matilda Lee
1st December, 2011
WildAid's Steve Trent on why only robust anti-poaching operations, undercover investigations and high profile prosecutions can save the remaining wild rhinos, elephants, tigers and sharks more...
Is Chris Huhne's 'Green Deal' just a marketing strategy?
Sam Arie
25th november,2011
The 2011 Energy Act provides for a ‘Green Deal’ in which households will be encouraged to borrow money on easy terms to finance energy saving home improvements. But will it work? more...
#OCCUPY and Buy Nothing Day move into phase two: #OCCUPYXMAS
Ben Hudson
25th November, 2011
On its twentieth anniversary, Ad Busters plan to take it up a gear, marrying Buy Nothing Day with Occupy in order to #OCCUPYXMAS more...
Could politicians be charged with 'ecocide' if they approve tar sands pipeline?
Rosie Spinks
29th November, 2011
A law of ecocide could potentially see politicians who approve environmentally-damaging projects, like the tar sands pipeline between the US and Canada, face a court trial more...
TAKE ACTION: Tools for Self Reliance providing practical help for practical people
Sophie Laggan
25th November, 2011
Charity group Tools for Self Reliance empower the disadvantaged - providing tools and skills so that others can go on to create small businesses in hands-on occupations such as carpentry and tailoring more...
Monsanto, Bayer and Dow face trial for 'systematic human rights abuses'
Matilda Lee
16th November, 2011
Permanent Peoples' Tribunal accuses biotech giants Monsanto, Dow, Bayer, Syngenta, DuPont and BASF of promoting dangerous pesticides including endosulfan, paraquat and neonicotinoids more...
The hidden costs of gold: mercury poisoning blights mining communities
Jody Clarke
14th November, 2011
The high price of gold has sent thousands into the informal mining sector and exposed workers and the environment to the devastating effects of mercury poisoning more...Members
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