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The No-Nonsense Guide to World Population
Mark Newton
19th April, 2012
Is population really the demographic time bomb it’s portrayed as? Author Vanessa Baird sifts through the evidence and comes up with some surprising answers, says Mark Newton more...
Do protected areas for wildlife really work?
Eifion Rees
11th April, 2012
Can national parks and marine protected areas safeguard endangered wildlife against the growing pressures of population growth and climate change? more...
Humanity has already had four major ecological collapses: how can we avoid a fifth?
Tom Levitt
27th February, 2012
Theologian Martin Palmer tells Tom Levitt how we can learn from previous man-made ecological collapses in Britain and create a 'new narrative' that challenges our dominant consumer culture more...
Population is 'our biggest challenge' says government chief scientist Sir John Beddington
Tom Levitt
14th February, 2012
The next world population milestone of 8 billion will come sooner than we think - perhaps as early as 2025 - yet we remain reluctant to debate the issue. A forthcoming Royal Society report may force us to more...
Copenhagen and population growth: the topic politicians won’t discuss
Tom Levitt
15th September, 2009
According to the UN, population growth is a driving force behind emission increases yet it will not be on the agenda at any of the upcoming climate talks more...
Cities must ‘radically change’ transport systems to cope with population explosion
Kara Moses
2nd December, 2010
A new Forum for the Future report outlines radical ways in which British - and worldwide - cities need to reinvent transport infrastructures to deal with excessive populations more...
Seoul: on course to be one of the world's greenest cities?
Anna Sheldrick
30th November, 2010
Seoul, host of this year's G20, is well on the way to achieving its goal of becoming one of the world's most eco-friendly cities. But, as Anna Sheldrick reports, there may be room for improvement elsewhere in South Korea more...
How to have sex (sustainably and ethically)
Eifion Rees
9th November, 2010
Kicking off a new series of 'how to...' we show you the most satisfying way to 'green up' your lovemaking between the sheets. Now relax, lie back and think of the Ecologist… more...
Alternative Nobel Prize winner Raul Montenegro: ‘Nuclear energy is a nonsense technology’
Kara Moses
5th November, 2010
Argentinean academic and activist Raul Montenegro on why indigenous people hold the keys to survival, why GM technologies only profit big business and how nuclear power ignores the rights of future generations more...
Tom Hodgkinson: spare a moment for the bang bang men of Chongquing...
29th October, 2010
Although the rise of mega-cities raises disturbing questions about living standards and livelihoods, the spread of city living is not all bad, says Tom Hodgkinson more...
12 shocking facts about your food
Eifion Rees
7th September, 2010
PHOTO GALLERY: A pocket-sized book highlights some of the super-sized problems associated with the way we feed ourselves more...
UK population growth needs to be reversed
Ecologist
9th June, 2010
Sustainability watchdog argues for an end to larger family tax benefits and a bigger political debate on reducing population growth and its impact more...
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Fred Pearce: overpopulation worries are a potentially racist distraction
Matilda Lee
2nd February, 2010
Environmental journalist Fred Pearce, author of the new book Peoplequake, on why overconsumption is the key issue, the need for relaxed immigration laws, and why men should look after children more...
Lester Brown: 'We shouldn't count on Copenhagen to save us'
Matilda Lee
10th November, 2009
Lester Brown, founder of the Earth Policy Institute and the WorldWatch Institute, on his fears for Copenhagen, genetically modified food and the failure of the media more...
Will climate change make your house uninsurable?
Jon Hughes, Rebecca Bole
29th January, 2009
The insurance industry is set to abandon two million British homeowners to the perils of climate change. Jon Hughes and Rebecca Bole report more...
Rural depopulation isn’t just a social problem: it affects wildlife too
News
23rd January, 2009
When communities are broken apart by migration towards towns and cities, rural life suffers. more...
Control cash not people: a voice against birth control
Asoka Bandarage
1st October, 2008
To blame our social and environmental problems on a population explosion in the developing world is to ignore the real bottom line, says Asoka Bandarage more...Why don't we discuss human population control?
David Nicholson-Lord
22nd September, 2006
David Nicholson-Lord explains why trying to discuss human population growth these days is like placing your head on a stand at a coconut shy more...
Lessons from Nature Episode 3: Parakeets
Anthony Wall
1st December, 2005
An open-air performance of La bohème in a Surrey park. Mimi is dying, her lover is distraught, the audience can hardly breathe for emotion. Puccini’s opera reaches its unbearably poignant climax… more...
National disease service
Yves Engler
1st October, 2004
Antibacteria-resistant superbugs are turning hospitals into killers more...
Defra's overstretched marine budget would be cut under Tories
Malcolm Tait
1st September, 2004
The seabirds of Shetland and Orkney are in ‘deep trouble’, according to the RSPB. Could this be the first real indicator that our lives are about to change quickly and dramatically as a result of climate change? more...
Bursting at the seams
Derrick Jensen
1st March, 2004
Most discussion of population misses the point. The earth simply cannot support our lifestyle. more...
Greening Cities
Dan Box
1st April, 2003
With human beings about to become a predominantly urban species, Dan Box asks whether cities can ever be sustainable. more...
Like Flowers Breaking through the Cement
Holly Wren
1st April, 2003
Many people dismiss environmentalism as a middle-class luxury that few can afford. But in Mexico City a group of impoverished street punks are pioneering radical social alternatives because their survival depends on it. Holly Wren reports. more...Members
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