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Subvertising: billboard ads for the public interest
Christine Ottery
10th May, 2011
As public spaces become blighted by the £18 billion global outdoors advertising industry, community groups are fighting back to reclaim both ad-free areas or use billboards in a socially beneficial way more...
Eco-fashion: how green became the new black
Lida Hujic
15th February, 2011
With London Fashion Week just around the corner, Lida Hujic, author of The First to Know, charts eco-fashion’s journey from naff to hip to even-sold-at Tesco more...
'Fat tax' solutions ignore wider social factors driving junk food habits
Lee Bunce
16th August, 2010
Renewed calls for a tax on less nutritious foods do not take account of the importance of issues like education, advertising and social justice say campaigners more...
Ban 'toxic' trans fats and junk food adverts says NHS watchdog
Ecologist
23rd June, 2010
More than 40,000 premature deaths could be prevented with healthier food rules including a ban on takeaways near schools and reduced salt and fat levels in processed foods more...
Teach children to ignore junk-food advertising, say experts
Ecologist
9th November, 2009
Fruits, vegetables and juices were advertised in only 1.7 per cent of commercials on US children's TV, says study, but reducing junk-food advertising may not be enough more...
Junky Styling: breathing life into last season's clothes
Matilda Lee
18th August, 2009
A clothing label, a destination shop, and a two-woman fashion powerhouse, Junky Styling has just published a step-by-step guide on how to make its most popular designs more...
American junk food imports hit poor
Ecologist
12th August,2009
Influx of high-fat and high-sugar foods into Central America has increased obesity levels more...
Junk food...Italy?
News
20th February, 2007
Italy, long seen as the healthy man of Europe, is beginning to suffer the effects of fast- and junk-food, the Guardian reports. more...
Pat Thomas' letter to the Guardian, 17th October 2006
Pat Thomas
17th October, 2006
Pat Thomas, Health Editor of the Ecologist, responds to Felicity Lawrence's article in the Guardian on the link between junk food and mental health more...
BLT Sandwich: The Big Lifestyle Trade Off
Jon Hughes & Pat Thomas
22nd September, 2006
Is it worse than Mc Donalds? The BLT sandwich is an icon, the ultimate symbol of convenience culture. Tesco alone sells 5 million a year. This is what the £1.80 you pay for your BLT buys... 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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