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Sustainability and football: why the beautiful game is getting a green makeover
Ruth Styles
3rd August, 2011
In the second part of our sport and environment mini-series, Ruth Styles reports on the efforts some football clubs are making to turn the sport into an eco-friendly one, although there's still plenty to do more...
In season now: what to eat during August
Henry Gass
2nd August, 2011
Tart gooseberries, tender broad beans and the best beef of the year make August a key month for foodies, says Henry Gass more...
Dr. Wallace J. Nichols: conservation travel can help save endangered wildlife
Deborah Bassett
29th June, 2011
Marine biologist, lecturer, ocean ambassador and founder of several conservation initiatives, Dr. Wallace J. Nichols speaks to Deborah Bassett about the benefits of wildlife tourism, saving baby turtle eggs and an 112 day trek along the US west coast more...
In season now: what to eat during July
Henry Gass
27th June, 2011
Raspberries, mackerel and broad beans are all on the menu this month more...
Five of the best... environmentally friendly cookbooks
Valentina Jovanovski
13th June, 2011
Greener eating doesn’t have to mean compromising on taste or quality, as these five books, reviewed by Valentina Jovanovski, prove more...
Seagrass meadows remain 'forgotten' in conservation debate
Ecologist
13th June, 2011
Every hour, an area of seagrass the size of two football pitches is lost. The rate of loss is equal to that occurring in tropical rainforests and on coral reefs yet it receives a fraction of the attention more...
What really caused the deadly E. coli outbreak?
Eve Mitchell
3rd June, 2011
We may never know, argues Eve Mitchell, because the nature of our complex and highly industrial food systems is making it far harder to determine what happened more...
UK in bloom: five brilliant British gardens
Jeff Holman
27th May, 2011
Britain's garden designers just keep getting better as this year's Chelsea Flower Show proved. And as Jeff Holman discovered, there’s plenty more where that came from more...
Camille Seaman: photographing the disappearing Arctic
Haley Walker
24th May, 2011
The Native American photographer Camille Seaman documents climate change effects on the Arctic and Antarctic. Her iceberg images are aesthetically pleasing, but the key message is that they may not be here for much longer more...
Wild UK: Britain’s big five
Sella Oneko
5th May, 2011
Africa might have elephants, rhinos and leopards but Britain’s got a big five of its own and they’re just as impressive. Sella Oneko shows you where to find them more...
Sea Shepherd: how we sank the Japanese whaling fleet
Deborah Bassett
21st April, 2011
In an exclusive interview, founder of Sea Shepherd, Captain Paul Watson, talks to Deborah Bassett about the end of Japanese whaling, seal hunting, the politics of extinction, and the 11th hour crisis facing the world's oceans more...
Climate refugees: Environmental Justice Foundation teams up with London cinemas
The Ecologist
14th March,2011
EJF’s ‘No Place Like Home’ film is part of their campaign arguing the case of people affected by climate change, who without international help and new binding agreements on assistance, will have no where to go and no means to survive... more...
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Climate change 'will wreak havoc on Britain's coastline by 2050'
Jamie Doward, Observer
7th March, 2011
Millions living near the coast are likely to be hit by rising sea levels, erosion and storm surges, warns a new study by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation more...
Asian factory farming boom spreading animal diseases like avian influenza
Tom Levitt
11th February, 2011
Increasing density of livestock production and poor biosecurity in Asia is encouraging epidemics, with a new disease emerging every four months, says new International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) report more...
PICK OF THE DAY: Eat the Seasons
The Ecologist
31st January, 2011
One of the most useful eating guides around, website Eat the Seasons includes everything you’ve ever wanted to know about eating seasonally and moremore...
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...
Supermarkets misleading consumers over 'sustainably sourced' seafood
Tom Levitt
10th January, 2011
Claims such as 'responsibly farmed' are being used to boost supermarket sales but do not always mean an environmentally-friendly fish product more...
Kiribati and Tuvalu will drown without global climate action
Scott Leckie and Dan Lewis
11th November, 2010
The causes of climate change are far from their shores, but these tiny Pacific nations face growing social strife and eventual annihilation unless western governments wake up and take responsibility, argue Scott Leckie and Dan Lewis more...
EU seal fur ban 'sends message' to those profiting from trade
Tom Levitt
29th October, 2010
Campaigners and MEPs say legal challenges by hunters and seal traders will not succeed to overturning the new EU wide ban on the trade in seal products more...
How deep-sea mining could destroy the 'cradle of life on earth'
Tom Levitt
28th October, 2010
With Papua New Guinea giving the go-ahead to a Canadian mining company to dredge its coastal seabed for minerals, new species of life could be extinct before they have even been discovered. Tom Levitt reports more...
Seagrass may be 'uncharismatic' but it still needs protecting
Richard Unsworth
4th October, 2010
It may be not be as visible as tropical rainforests or wetlands but seagrass plays a vital role in the global ecosystem, says Richard Unsworth, filtering pollution and providing food to fish more...
Atlantic Rising: Living on the edge on Nantucket Island in the US
Lynn Morris
28th September, 2010
Homes are being moved and maps redrawn as coastal erosion eats away at an island off Massachusettsmore...
Atlantic Rising: sea level rise threatens the Orinoco Delta in Venezuela
Will Lorimer
1st September, 2010
Rising sea levels are forcing the migration of indigenous peoples and threatening the freshwater ecosystem of catfish and piranha found in the Orinoco Delta near the coast of Venezuela more...
Wild swimming: top tips for a natural dip
Laura Sevier and Kate Rew
17th August, 2010
Forget the chemical depths of your local swimming pool: wild swimming is the more refreshing, natural way to cool off this summer more...
Rising demand for bycatch will lead to ‘ecological catastrophe’, scientists warn
Ecologist
6th August, 2010
A growing market for bycatch coupled with declining shrimp stocks and profits is prolonging the use of unsustainable trawl fishing practices, a new study says more...Members
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