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In season now: what to eat during November
Henry Gass
31st October, 2011
Cosy up with the November root vegetable glut, says Henry Gass. You won’t regret it more...
Water trading: how the world's most vital resource is up for sale
Debika Ray
21st September, 2011
Like carbon trading, REDD and food speculation before it, the buying and selling of water is just the latest example of market principles being applied to natural resources. But just how ethical is it? Debika Ray reports more...
High street giant H&M pledges to change its ways
Hannah Corr
20th September, 2011
In the wake of a Greenpeace campaign, H&M has agreed to put an end to polluting practices. So could this be the start of a new trend? Hannah Corr reports more...
Death by fashion: is your wardrobe poisoning the world's water supply?
Gervase Poulden
24th August, 2011
A Greenpeace investigation has found traces of the toxin NPE in clothes made by 14 major brands. Gervase Poulden reports more...
Belo Monte dam marks a troubling new era in Brazil's attitude to its rainforest
Karen Hoffmann
15th August, 2011
Belo Monte is just one of a dozen giant dam projects Brazil plans to build in the Amazon region in the coming decades and opens up the world's largest tropical rainforest to oil and mining exploration more...
Virtual Water: Tackling the Threat to Our Planet's Most Precious Resource
Mark Newton
21st July, 2011
According to Tony Allan, overuse of water is an environmental crisis in the making. So why, asks Mark Newton, aren't we doing something about it? more...
Himalayan glaciers are 'not just melting, they are dying'
Jonathan Mitchell
13th July, 2011
Many glaciers are melting away at a rapid rate. This could have serious consequences for half a billion people who depend on the ‘eternal snows’ to water their crops and for drinking. But as Jonathan Mitchell reports from Nepal, not everyone appears concerned more...
When The Rivers Run Dry: What Happens When Our Water Runs Out?
Jeff Holman
16th June, 2011
From chronic mismanagement to increased demand, Fred Pearce’s analysis of the issues surrounding water supply is compelling and infuriating by turns, says Jeff Holman more...
The Ecologist July 1971: Britain’s water shortage
Henry Gass
1st July, 2011
Forty years ago this month F.N. Steele wrote about Britain’s water shortage and about the importance of addressing its causes immediately more...
PHOTO STORY: Drought, food insecurity and desertification blight Niger
Matilde Gattoni
3rd May, 2011
In the first of a new series of photo-stories documenting the growing global crisis over water resources, Matilde Gattoni reports from Niger and finds a country struggling to quench its increasing thirst more...
Message in a bottle: the retro way to reduce packaging
The Ecologist
14th March, 2011
UK consumers get through 14 million litres of bottled soft drinks every year at a significant cost to the environment. So why not try making your own?more...
Brazilian judge blocks plans for construction of Belo Monte dam
Amy Fallon, the guardian
28th February, 2011
Project to build world's third-largest hydroelectric plant is suspended after failing to meet environmental requirements more...
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How do you feed eight billion people in a water-scarce world?
Lester Brown
15th February, 2011
In an exclusive extract from his new book, World on the Edge, Lester Brown outlines fresh ways of thinking about water and land use in order to sustain the world's growing population more...
Susanne Charlesworth: we must use sustainable drainage systems to green our cities
Dr Susanne Charlesworth
7th February, 2011
Our ageing drainage systems need to be reinvented. Instead of trying to rush water into our sewer systems we should be making use of it to reduce flooding and encourage green space more...
Can British activists solve Middle Eastern water conflicts using permaculture?
William Parry
25th January, 2011
An unreported war over natural resources in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories has led students from Bangor University to set up a radical eco-movement, Bustan al Qaraaqa, to address the issue. William Parry reports from Bethlehem more...
Last refuge of rare fish threatened by Yangtze dam plans
Jonathan Watts, guardian asia environment correspondent
18th January, 2011
Developers of hydroelectric plant have redrawn the boundaries of a crucial freshwater reserve for rare and economically important species more...
UK urged to ban controversial 'fracking' gas-extraction
Tom Levitt
17th January, 2011
Gas extraction plans underway in Lancashire would pose a serious risk of contaminating ground and surface waters, says Tyndall Centre report more...
The Wandle Trust: restoring London's 'hidden gem' river
Eifion Rees
3rd January, 2011
The transformation of the Wandle from polluted waterway to one of the capital's most loved rivers shows what communities and rivers trusts can achieve together more...
US plans to sue BP will 'not prevent future ecocide'
Tom Levitt
16th December, 2010
US officials say they are determined to 'prevent future devastation' but campaigners say fines alone will not make oil and energy companies change risky behaviour more...
CAMPAIGN HERO: James Thornton of ClientEarth
Matilda Lee
6th December, 2010
Can lawyers really save the world? James Thornton from UK law firm ClientEarth believes they can - and is leading the way in achieving ecological justice more...
Pesticide companies told to fund clean up of waterways
Tom Levitt
10th November, 2010
Coalition of environmental groups including RSPB and the National Trust urge government to introduce a levy on chemical industry and enforce bigger fines for polluters more...
Fishing and the environment: why the two are inextricably linked
Robert MacDougall-Davis
15th October, 2010
Anglers may set out to hunt fish - for fun or food - but they are also some of greatest protectors of aquatic environments, argues Robert MacDougall-Davis more...
Joyce D'Silva: 'Meat should carry a health warning'
Eifion Rees
30th September, 2010
Eifion Rees talks to the Compassion in World Farming veteran and co-editor of The Meat Crisis - a shocking new book that exposes the range of environmental and health threats facing us if we don't kick our addiction to meat more...
The water footprint: the hidden cost of our meat consumption
Arjen Y. Hoekstra
2nd September, 2010
Watching our leaky taps is the least of our problems when it comes to water wastage - agricultural practices and animal products are by far the greater danger more...
Tibetan nomads struggle as grasslands disappear from the roof of the world
Jonathan Watts
2nd September, 2010
Scientists say desertification of the mountain grasslands of the Tibetan plateau is accelerating climate change more...Members
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