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Naked Fashion: The New Sustainable Fashion Revolution
Ruth Styles
15th September, 2011
Showing fashion at its worst while providing upbeat solutions is a tough call but Safia Minney has achieved it with Naked Fashion, says Ruth Styles more...
Bamboo: can it live up to the 'green gold' hype?
Eifion Rees
30th August, 2011
It could reduce the pressure on native forests but the rapid expansion in bamboo plantations is in danger of making it the latest in a long line of tarnished 'wonder crops' more...
Not charity but work: Vivienne Westwood's 'Ethical Fashion Africa' collection goes on sale
Rosie Spinks
8th August, 2011
In an effort to address the joint problems of poverty and environmental degradation, Vivienne Westwood has joined up with the International Trade Centre for the launch of her second ethical range more...
Ask the Ecologist: can I wear perfume and still be green?
Ruth Styles
30th June, 2011
Green Living Editor Ruth Styles answers your eco-lifestyle dilemmas. This week, we're taking a closer look at fine fragrance more...
TAKE ACTION: Make a loaf of bread for the Real Bread Campaign
Matilda Lee
11th May, 2011
Dust off your old bread maker and get your hands dirty during Real Bread Maker Week from May 9 - 16more...
Family fun in the forest: the FC Tour 2011
The Ecologist
7th April, 2011
Get outside and into the music this summer with performances from Westlife, Keane, Blondie, Simply Red and Doves at one of the Forestry Commission’s Forest Concerts, which are seeking to promote responsible forest enjoyment more...
Five brilliant English day trips
Ruth Styles
24th March, 2011
With sunny days on the way, make the most of your weekends with an English day outmore...
5 of the best… eco-friendly children’s books
Phoebe Doyle
15th March, 2011
Parenting journalist and blogger, Phoebe Doyle, rounds up the best books for your budding eco-warriors more...
Scents and sustainability: the Green Grocery's organic scent
The Ecologist
16th February, 2011
Combining rose, sandalwood and jasmine essential oils, the Green Grocery’s Love Letter perfume is organic, eco-friendly and utterly gorgeousmore...
PICK OF THE DAY: VisitWoods Interactive Woodland Website
The Ecologist
10th February, 2011
The Woodland Trust’s new VisitWoods website has everything you need to know about the UK’s woods and forestsmore...
Turning our Victorian Terrace into an Eco-Home part seven - Heating
Sue Wheat
7th February, 2011
Sue Wheat thought a wood-burning stove was the greenest way to heat her house until a chat with authors, Nick Grant and Alan Clarke, made her think again. The biggest crisis of her eco-refurb so far? You bet it was! more...
Top 10...Woodland Walks
Ruth Styles
28th January, 2011
Packed with rare flora and fauna, Britain’s woodlands are the perfect place for getting to grips with nature. From Yorkshire to the Lake District, Hampshire and beyond, Ruth Styles rounds up the best walks more...
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How to ensure a warmer winter by seasoning your firewood
Jonathan Rouse
17th September, 2010
Drying wood properly can increase the energy it releases when burned. Read on for The Ecologist's guide to ensuring your Yuletide logs are as fuel-efficient as possible more...Roundwood timber framing: the greener way to build
Maddy Harland
19th October, 2010
Using our native softwoods and 'in the round' construction, this innovative technique results in beautiful buildings with high environmental credentials more...
Huge majority oppose England forest sell-off plans, poll finds
Damian Carrington, guardian head of environment
23rd January, 2011
YouGov poll finds 84 per cent of British public agree that woods and forests should be kept in public ownership for future generations more...
Campaign Hero: Caroline Fiennes of Global Cool
Matilda Lee
11th January, 2011
Global Cool is the green lifestyle organisation that uses celebrities and mainstream culture to market low-carbon living. Its director Caroline Fiennes talks to the Ecologist more... Forest of Dean protesters fight big woodland sell-off
John Vidal, guardian environment editor
4th January, 2011
More than 3,000 people at rally pledge to defend 'the people's' trees from what they fear will be corporate land grab more...
UK public unaware they could be contributing to illegal logging - WWF
Dearbhla Crosse
20th September, 2010
Many consumers mistakenly think that wood and paper products sold in the UK are not sourced from illegally logged timber linked to deforestationmore...
EU's ban on billion-pound illegally logged timber trade only the 'first step'
Ecologist
8th July, 2010
New regulations will apply to forest owners and companies importing timber but not to the rest of the supply chain and leaves sanctions down to individual countries more...
Putting communities back in charge of their forests
Christopher Davey
29th June, 2010
What can western countries learn from their less industrialised counterparts about returning woodlands and forests to productive, profitable, local control? more...
CASE STUDY: Saving the black poplar
Hannah Davey
25th February, 2010
The native black poplar tree is now rarer than the giant panda with only 2,500 specimens remaining in Britain. The Crown Estate's conservation program aims to reinstate them more...
Perfume: how natural are you willing to go?
Laura Sevier
9th February, 2010
In a world of synthetic fragrances it's important to remember that there are natural alternatives. Here's where to buy them, what to look for and... how to go beyond patchouli more...
10 groups campaigning for the natural world
Ecologist
19th June, 2009
Breathable air, healthy soil, fresh water and the stability of our climate all rely on our planetary life-support systems – like rainforests and oceans – being healthy. 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...
CASE STUDY: recycling waste wood
Mel Poluck
9th June, 2009
Mel Poluck visits a flagship environmental project that rescues, reuses and recycles tonnes of wood destined for landfills, doing much the same for those it employs more...Members
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