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Just how green is Climate Week?
Matilda Lee
15th March, 2011
From the 21st to 27th March thousands of people in the UK will be involved in a week of action on climate change. So why is Climate Week making some greens so angry? more...
7 ways to help stop tropical deforestion & illegal logging
Peter Dauvergne & Jane Lister
11th March, 2011
A store like Walmart can wield more power than a country over a logging company - especially in the global South. But what's good for Walmart is not always good for the planet. Peter Dauvergne & Jane Lister outline 7 key tools for retailers to limit the impacts of timber consumption more...
Ecomodo: the lending website that's sharing the wealth
Laura Laker
27th December, 2010
Why buy when you can borrow? From tools to skills, new social enterprise Ecomodo allows community members to borrow what they need from each other more...
'Street champions' inspire communities to adopt low-carbon lifestyles
Laura Laker
13th August, 2010
A pioneering social marketing project in Richmond and Ham is using neighbourhood networks to improve energy efficiency in the borough more...
Is social marketing our last chance to change people?
Jonah Sachs and Susan Finkelpearl
13th April, 2010
Worldwatch's influential State of the World 2010 report tells us why we need more stories addressing climate change and fewer shocking factsmore...
Can direct democracy win a seat in Kilburn?
Jeremy Smith
1st April, 2010
Environmental activist Tamsin Omond is running for a Westminster seat on a platform of more collaborative democracy, and resurrecting the idea of the Commons as a shared public good more...
How to set up a social enterprise
Christine Ottery
28th January, 2010
Are you an ethically minded entrepreneur motivated by a strong social mission? Starting a social enterprise gives you a more flexibility than a charity, but the reassurance that your values come first... more...
CASE STUDY: managing woodlands through social enterprise
Jeremy Lovell
25th June, 2009
Social entrepreneur Nigel Lowthrop has pioneered a win-win woodland management scheme combining environmental protection with rehabilitating disadvantaged young people more...
Ivili - new video website for sharing green tech ideas
Jeremy Smith
14th September, 2009
There are plenty of small scale, locally appropriate innovations out there. Jeremy Smith has set up a video archive and social network that puts all the stories and advice togethermore...
How to be free: Get disconnected
Tom Hodgkinson
6th June, 2008
The internet once represented something like freedom for Tom Hodgkinson, but the honeymoon ended when the problems of the virtual life became all-too-real more...
Parents want to keep children indoors, survey says
News
5th June, 2007
43 per cent of parents won’t let their children play outside until they are aged 14, a new survey suggests. more...
ASBOs vs Nutrition
Pat Thomas
1st April, 2006
Over 1,000 juvenile delinquents showed a 44 per cent drop in antisocial behaviour when put on a low sugar diet. So why is the government completely ignoring what we are feeding our children, and yet is happy to spend £2,500 on administering each ASBO? more...
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Appetite for Destruction
Dr Mike Shanahan
20th March, 2001
Shrimp has always been associated with the small and the puny. Why then is this seemingly harmless crustacean inspiring angry protests throughout the developing world, and why have so many people died as a result? Dr Mike Shanahan investigatesmore...
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