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Greener gardening at Chelsea 2012
Rebecca Campbell
From boosting biodiversity to gardens that are helping to tackle climate change, Chelsea Flower Show 2012 will be green in more ways than one. Rebecca Campbell went behind the scenes more...
Why communal living is the 21st century answer to low carbon life
Zoe Foster
30th March, 2012
When Zoe Foster went with her family to live in a intentional cohousing community she didn't know what to expect. Five months in and she has discovered that it's not about what you give up, but what you give that is so enriching more...
The A to Z of retrofitting
Chloe Barrow
27th March, 2012
Cutting emissions at home doesn’t just help the planet; it saves you money too. Chloe Barrow explains how to get started more...
How to… buy cut flowers
Rebecca Campbell
16th March, 2012
Sunday is Mother's Day, which for many of us, means flowers. But how green are your blooms and can you really get a bunch that doesn’t come with a price for the planet? more...
Green cuisine: why low carbon eating can help save the planet
Ben Martin
12th March, 2012
Forget low carb; it’s all about low carbon this March. And with everyone from Sir Paul McCartney to Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall getting stuck in for Climate Week, there’s no excuse not to try it more...
Home retrofit experiment shows low carbon living for real people
Charlotte Sankey
24th January, 2012
A single mother, three teenagers and an East London terrace offer a living piece of research on retrofitting designed for real-time living more...
Risks and uncertainities accompany efforts to reduce Britain's carbon
Matthew Leach
20th January, 2012
A low carbon Britain rests on the electrification of our energy supply. But new research by the University of Surrey has highlighted the challenges facing government, market and civil society-led pathways to reducing emissions more...
CAMPAIGN HERO: Diana Vogtel, 350.org
Matilda Lee
7th September, 2011
The European coordinator of international climate campaign group 350.org talks to the Ecologist about civil disobedience outside the White House and why she's gearing up for September 24th more...
United Vibrations: music with a message champions sustainable living
Helena Drakakis
18th April, 2011
Helena Drakakis reports on the London band using music to fund projects dispelling the myth that environmentally sustainable living is synonymous with low-tech, under-developed lifestyles more...
After the spending cuts: our step-by-step guide to greening your local council
Phil England
19th October, 2010
If you already have a low-impact lifestyle and want to step it up a level, turn your attention to your local council. Here's how to get the authorities in your area to act more...
'Street champions' inspire communities to adopt low-carbon lifestyles
Laura Laker
13th August, 2010
A pioneering social marketing project in Richmond and Ham is using neighbourhood networks to improve energy efficiency in the borough more...
Beyond white middle class environmentalism
Jan Goodey
11th March, 2010
Akashi is a grassroots campaign that gives a bigger voice to black and minority ethnic groups on climate change issuesmore...
low carbon: 1/19 of 19
Cutting carbon through people-powered innovation
Ecologist
21st January, 2010
NESTA's Big Green Challenge inspired community groups to come up with innovative ways to reduce carbon emissions. Along the way, it has proved that change really can come from a grassroots level more...
PHOTO GALLERY: Homes for a changing climate
Will Anderson
29th December, 2009
In an extract from his new book Homes for a Changing Climate, Will Anderson makes the case for building 21st century homes that can withstand the effects of climate change and help usher in a low-carbon revolution more...
Setting up a group to cut carbon together
Jamie Andrews
13th January, 2009
Oxfam ran a competition for low-carbon lifestyles in 2008 – and all three winners were part of the same DIY carbon rationing movement. Jamie Andrews finds out what’s behind the success of CRAGs, and asks why we all haven’t signed up to join the revolution more...
Carbon rationing on the agenda says environment chief
Ecologist
9th November, 2009
Personal allowances would allow equitable use of carbon says the head of the Environment Agency more...
Personal carbon trading: the next step in tackling carbon emissions?
Tom Levitt
3rd September, 2009
A report published by the IPPR next week will say personal carbon trading may be the next step in tackling climate change more...
How green is your office?
Low Carbon Innovation Network
19th July, 2007
Research shows that however green we are in the home, most of us leave our eco-habits at the factory gate when we clock in for the nine to five. For those of you who can see what needs to be done in your office, but don't know how to go about doing it, here's an eight-point guide put together by the Low Carbon Innovation Network. more...
Say It Without Flowers
Venetia Hargreaves-Allen
1st October, 2003
Say: ‘I am happy to pay for environmental degradation, chronic illness and labour rights abuses in countries that grow flowers for Western consumers but cannot feed their own people.’ more...Members
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