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The Ecologist January 1972: a blueprint for survival
Bethany Hubbard
27th January, 2012
Forty years ago the Ecologist published its landmark ‘A Blueprint for Survival’ issue outlining the need for a serious economic and environmental overhaul 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...
HS2: can the UK fast-track a better rail system?
Bethany Hubbard
27th January, 2012
Are the UK's new high speed rail plans part of a sustainable future for public transport in the UK or a big statement that only benefits a minority? more...
CAMPAIGN HERO: Sharon Johnson, Trees for Cities
Ecologist
27th January, 2012
It is estimated that by 2030, 92 per cent of Britons will live in cities. The CEO of charity Trees for Cities on why its so important but difficult to plant trees in our streets more...
Too clever by half: is technology killing the planet?
Ian Michler
28th December, 2011
Technology is constructive but also hugely destructive. It’s high time that we begin to think seriously – and innovatively – about tempering its damaging effects more...
Tsunami stalls Japan's Dall’s porpoise slaughter, but for how long?
Clare Perry
17th November, 2011
The Japanese tsunami appears to have temporarily halted the annual Dall's porpoise hunt. Pity the Taiji dolphins haven't been spared too, says the Environmental Investigation Agency's Clare Perry more...
Ecological Ethics
Mark Newton
11th November, 2011
Patrick Curry’s Ecological Ethics is a comprehensive and engaging assessment of modern environmental philosophy, says Mark Newton more...
Remembering Teddy: new website honours the founder of the Ecologist
Ben Hudson
21st October, 2011
Teddy Goldsmith’s death left a hole at the heart of the green movement. The website set up in his memory is a fitting tribute to his life's work and is a must-read for the eco-conscious, says Ben Hudson more...
The Ecologist Communications Challenge Award
5th October 2011
The Ecologist is offering a chance for students to take part in The Ecologist Communications Challenge Award more...
Hell For Leather – investigating the leather industry in Bangladesh
Jim Wickens
1st June, 2008
Must-have handbags? shoes to die for? From cheap trinkets to luxury car interiors, Jim Wickens discovers the startling facts behind what we buy into when we buy leather goods more...
Shot, face hacked off, tusks stolen... horror of the elephants butchered for their ivory
Mary Rice
26th September, 2011
More than 3000 elephants may have been slaughtered in 2011 so far - and that's just those we know about. In Kenya, Mary Rice from the Environmental Investigation Agency witnesses the bloody reality of the global ivory trade more...
Q & A: Paul Kingsnorth, green activism is 'simply a faction of consumer society'
Mark Newton
21st September, 2011
Writer, journalist and environmental activist: Paul Kingsnorth has been them all. Now, however, he has rejected activism in favour of a dystopian strain of thought epitomised by his Dark Mountain project. Mark Newton caught up with him to discover why more...
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The eco travel guide to Scotland
Ruth Styles and Vanessa Jones
22nd September, 2011
Jagged peaks, cerulean lochs, plentiful wildlife and wonderful historical treasures have made Scotland a truly magical place to go, say Ruth Styles and Vanessa Jones more...
Dark Mountain Issue 2
Mark Newton
25th August, 2011
The dystopian take on the environmental movement provided by Dark Mountain’s second anthology, is a wonderful, if disturbing, read says Mark Newton more...
SchNEWS: how road protesters, ravers and GM activists fought back with direct action tabloid
Richard Purssell & Jan Goodey
29th July, 2011
Established in 1994 in response to Michael Howards' draconian Criminal Justice Act targeting activists, the Brighton-based SchNEWS has become integral to the UK - and global - protest movement, say Richard Purssell & Jan Goodey more...
The big divide: is ideology holding back greens from embracing nuclear power?
Matilda Lee
20th July, 2011
Once united in opposition, the environmental movement is now divided on nuclear power. Matilda Lee reports on why some greens say that anti-nuclear is just sentimentalism more...
The Secret Garden nursery: a unique daycare where children spend all day outdoors
Phoebe Doyle
26th July, 2011
When the classroom is the outdoors the possibilities are endless. Phoebe Doyle explores the practicalities, the realities and the huge potentials of the outdoor nursery concept more...
Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis
Mark Newton
7th July, 2011
Combining hard science with a sympathetic approach to the realities of family life; Raising Elijah is one of the most important books you’ll ever read, says Mark Newton more...
Carshalton Environmental Fair
With stalls aplenty, the Carshalton Environmental Fair will have lots for eco-foodies and music lovers alike more...
CREATE 2011: ‘Folly for a Flyover’ launch
The launch of ‘Folly for a Flyover’ - a project built with local, reclaimed and donated materials - is one of the highlights of this year's CREATE festival more...
If a tree falls: the story behind the making of an American 'eco terrorist' group
Matilda Lee
22nd June, 2011
The Earth Liberation Front targeted dozens of businesses they accused of destroying the environment. As a new film charting its rise and fall premieres in the US, Matilda Lee speaks to director Marshall Curry about the fine line between activism and terrorism more...
UK agriculture 'could wither up and die' if water mismanagement continues
William Chase
16th June, 2011
As a major drought looms across parts of the UK, William Chase - of Tyrrells Crisps and the Chase Distillery - charges the government and water industry with short-sightedness and failing to manage supplies more...
Amazon rainforest activist killed after ambush
Tom Philips, guardian Brazil correspondent
25th May, 2011
José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva fought against illegal loggers and had received death threats but was refused police protection - he is the latest in a long-line of environmental activists being threatened or killed more...
Raoul du Toit: Saving Zimbabwe's black rhino
Matilda Lee
31st May, 2011
Despite increased poaching threats, a difficult political situation, drought and climate change, Goldman Prize Winner Raoul du Toit has pioneered a new approach in community stakeholding to save the black rhino more...
Sustainability in Crisis
A three day event to discuss routes to a sustainable future and the contribution religious groups can make more...Members
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