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Activists square up to coal mine threatening 'Lord of the Rings' site
Sarah Bentley
3rd May, 2011
Sarah Bentley reports from the activist camp standing in the way of an open cast coal mine in Shropshire in an area said to have inspired Tolkien's Middle Earth more...
CAMPAIGN PROFILE: Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL)
Matilda Lee
1st December, 2010
From asthma and allergies, diabetes and reproductive problems to cancer and obesity, environmental degradation plays a role... HEAL ensures our voices on these issues are heard in Brussels more...
Sandra Steingraber: There's a taboo about telling industry and agriculture that practices must change to prevent cancer
Matilda Lee
30th November, 2010
Having survived cancer, biologist Sandra Steingraber wrote a book to expose its link to the environment. As the film version premieres in Europe, she tells the Ecologist why we must all take a stand on air, food and water pollution 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...
The Story of Stuff: Cosmetics
Matilda Lee
27th October, 2010
Annie Leonard is back with another installment of the Story of Stuff - this time taking an in-depth look at the cosmetics industry and how we are dying to be beautiful more...
Sir Richard Doll: A Questionable Pillar of the Cancer Establishment
Martin Walker
1st March, 1998
Sir Richard Doll died in July 2005. Over a year later, evidence came to light that he was in the pay of major chemical companies when he gave the green light to their products. Eight years earlier, the Ecologist was threatened with legal action for running this story... more...

