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Ecologist guide to a green Christmas
Jemima Roberts, Eifion Rees and Matilda Lee
1st November, 2010
From Darina Allen's mountain picnics to Mark Boyle's moneyless meditations and Craig Sams decorating with fungi, 11 environment-minded luminaries tell us what they'll be doing this festive season more...
Ecologist guide to a green Christmas
Jemima Roberts, Eifion Rees and Matilda Lee
1st November, 2010
From Darina Allen's mountain picnics, to Mark Boyle's moneyless meditations and Craig Sams decorating with fungi, 11 environment-minded luminaries tell us what they'll be doing this festive season more...
Art for the Amazon: Natural History Museum uses art to tackle eco-crisis
Sam Phillips
12th October, 2010
A new exhibition draws inspiration from the plight of the Amazon and uses artwork to suggest and inspire creative solutions to an impending environmental catastrophe more...
Starting a business has never been so liberating...
Tom Hodgkinson
25 August 2010
Find the hidden entrepreneur in you to free yourself from slavery to corporate and state authority, says Tom Hodgkinson more...
Commonly prescribed drugs linked to shrimp population decline
Ecologist
7th June, 2010
Study finds that antidepressants in waste water flowing into rivers and estuaries can make coastal marine shrimps more susceptible to predators more...
Having both emissions trading and feed-in tariffs is a waste of time
Dan Box
12th March, 2010
The new feed-in tariffs are nothing if not controversial, but they also run the risk of conflicting with other, international, climate change policies more...
The Soup Book
Sophie Grigson, Jeanette Orrey, Eric Treuille
29th December, 2009
Wholesome, seasonal, frugal, simple, fresh, homegrown and hardy...The Soil Association Soup Book's recipes are sure to delight all. Read on for some tasty recipes more...
Basket weaving for the 21st Century
Matilda Lee
8th October, 2009
It's an ancient craft using renewable resources with sustainable techniques. But that doesn't mean it can't be damned sexy, as Mary Butcher shows more...
Habitats report shows sorry state of EU biodiversity
Ecologist
14th July, 2009
A report by the European Commission shows that habitat and wildlife protection targets across Europe will be missed, with nine out of 10 UK habitats found to be in 'unfavourable' condition more...
Turkish dam project scrapped, but pipeline gets go-ahead
Ecologist
13th July, 2009
Turkey's plans for a hydroelectric dam on the Tigris have been scrapped as Europe withdraws funds for a failure to meet environmental obligations, while plans for the trans-Europe Nabucco gas pipeline are ratified more...
Wales consults on tighter GM contamination laws
Ecologist
7th July, 2009
A consultation by the Welsh Assembly Government proposes more stringent measures to protect Wales's farmers from the threat of cross-contamination by GM crops more...
Reusable packaging in the UK: cost the major factor
Eifion Rees
29th June, 2009
When it comes to reusable packaging and the environment, consumers are keen to do the right thing, but it seems sparking a refill revolution in Great Britain means getting the price right first more...
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EU approves 'stepping stone' legislation for cloned meat
Ecologist
24th June, 2009
European Union ministers have given an initial thumbs-up to the Novel Foods Regulation, a draft proposal that could lead to meat from cloned animals entering the human food chain more...
Finland's safety fears over next-generation nuclear reactor
Ecologist
19th June, 2009
Safety concerns may halt construction of a new nuclear facility in Finland, posing questions about the viability of the next generation of European Pressurised Reactors destined for the UK more...
European elections - will Brussels go Green?
Joss Garman
3rd June, 2009
It probably isn’t too much of an exaggeration to suggest that most people are hard pushed to name a politician they really admire. In Britain, however, one name will come up time and again. more...
EU Parliament and the European Food Safety Agency to tighten up regulations on nanotechnology
News
15th April, 2009
Green campaigners have welcomed moves by the European Parliament to introduce new rules on nanomaterials in cosmetics. more...
Animal Testing: Science or Fiction?
Kathy Archibald
24th March, 2009
MPs, medical professionals and scientists unite in demanding a thorough evaluation of the utility of vivisection. By Kathy Archibald, Science Director of Europeans for Medical Progress more...
The Flu Vaccine... A Shot in the Dark?
Pat Thomas
18th February, 2009
If we truly knew about flu, and the lack of effectiveness of the vaccine being offered as protection, would we really be so obedient about getting the jab? more...
Cause For Concern
Jeffrey M Smith
17th February, 2009
The European Commission has just cleared Monsanto's GM maize for use in the EU. Yet, as Jeffrey M Smith reveals, proper analysis of tests done to gain that approval suggest it should never have been given more...
Behind the label: Tainted love
Pat Thomas
7th February, 2009
Love doesn’t have to be a dirty business – unless, of course... This Valentine’s Day Pat Thomas makes a heartfelt plea for a little non-toxic lovin’ more...
The European Constitution
The Ecologist
10th January, 2009
Is the constitution inherently undemocratic, or will it make the EU more accountable to European voters? Is greater coordination at the European level essential for promoting environmental safeguards, or will it merely serve the interests of big business Marc Glendening and Richard Corbett discuss more...
EU wild-parrot scandal
Tony Juniper
3rd January, 2009
A decade and a half after conservationists wrung from the European Parliament a commitment to end the trade, the EU remains the largest importer of parrots in the world. more...
Peak oil is welcome
Richard Heinberg
7th August, 2008
Climate change is a problem of fossil fuel dependency, and solving it requires reducing that dependency quickly and dramatically. more...
EU to tell UK to increase renewable energy production ‘six-fold’ by 2020
News
16th January, 2008
Britain has the lowest share of renewable energy of any major EU country: only Malta and Luxemburg have less. The EU is set to change this next week when it delivers a country by country breakdown of its green energy plan. more...
Behind the label:Tampons
Pat Thomas
27th November, 2007
From synthetic fibres to lethal dioxins, some sanitary products are a lot less innocentthan those glossy television ads would have women believe. Pat Thomas reports more...
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