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Blood harvest: Coca Cola challenged over orange trade linked to 'exploitation and squalor'
Andrew Wasley
24th February, 2012
The manufacturer of Fanta is being urged to help address the poor conditions and low wages endured by some African migrant workers harvesting oranges in southern Italy. Andrew Wasley reports from Rosarno more...
Can the Kathmandu Valley be Saved?
by Joseph Mayton
September 26th, 2012
The once bustling Bagmati river has become the focal point of Nepal’s struggle to bring modernity to this once isolated region. And the environment is struggling to survive, writes Joseph Mayton. more...
The slavery behind our seafood
Jim Wickens
20th September, 2012
Burmese migrants working onboard Thai fishing boats suffer brutal exploitation. And the boats involved supply so-called 'trash fish' for use in feed given to farmed prawns exported globally. The Ecologist Film Unit's Jim Wickens reportsmore...
Blood fish: why prawns should be blacklisted from all our shopping baskets
Andrew Wasley, investigations editor
2nd October, 2012
A new investigation has revealed appalling labour conditions for Burmese migrants working onboard boats supplying 'trash fish' for use in feed given to farmed prawns. But this is just the latest scandal to engulf the global shrimp industry, says Andrew Wasley more...
Grinding Nemo: what's the real cost of your prawn curry?
The Ecologist
20th September, 2012
The tropical shrimp industry in Thailand exploits both people and the environment, a major new film by the Ecologist Film Unit, Link TV and Swedwatch reveals more...
ANALYSIS: Are we being told the full truth about GM mosquitoes?
Helen Wallace
13th September, 2012
Promotion of GM mosquitoes as a way to tackle a tropical disease is simply part of a PR strategy intended to pave the way to a new global business selling GM agricultural pests, says Helen Wallace more...
Food shortages could force world into vegetarianism, warn scientists
John Vidal
31st August, 2012
Water scarcity's effect on food production means radical steps will be needed to feed a population expected to reach nine billion by 2050, warns Stockholm International Water Institute more...
The UK sees a huge rise in families turning to Food Banks
Paul Creeney
Earlier this week, the Trussel Trust reported the number of UK families using food banks has tripled in the last year and increased a staggering FIVE FOLD since the coalition came to power. Paul Creeney asks the big question ...more...
Are captive tuna farms a viable alternative to overfishing?
Tom Edathikunnel
22nd August, 2012
The Kindai tuna, bred by scientists at Kinki University, may lead the way for future large-scale tuna farms. Tom Edathikunnel investigates whether the idea really is preferable to overfishing more...
Defending seed sovereignty
Ecologist
20th August, 2012
A new Global Campaign for Seed Freedom will be celebrating the fortnight from Ghandi’s birthday (October 2nd) to World Food Day (October 16th) as the first Seed Satyagraha during which all participants will declare No Patents On Seeds more...
Reclaiming the seed
Vandana Shiva
20th August, 2012
Vandana Shiva explains why Seed Satyagraha – a non-cooperation movement in the footsteps of Gandhi – will be crucial in blocking the introduction of the proposed Seed Law more...
Coal and Corruption: The Battle for Gerze
Chris Walker and Morgan Hartley
17th August, 2012
After years of protest, plans by the Anadolu Group to build a coal power plant in the seaside town of Gerze are awaiting the go-ahead from the Turkish government. But protest group YEGEP are not giving up without a fight more...
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Creating the future: How 'Zero Carbon Britain' is inspiring positivity in today's artists
Paul Allen
16th August, 2012
The Centre for Alternative Technology's Emergence Summit must develop positive versions of the future, as if we can't imagine it - there won't be one, says Paul Allen more...
Earth Justice - a poem to celebrate National Poetry Day
Helen Moore
October 4th, 2012
Helen Moore and Niall McDevitt recite poem 'Earth Justice', inspired by a transcript of the ecocide trial held in October 2011. more...
Texaco's pollution of Ecuador's indigenous lands brought to light in new DVD
Nicola Peel
8th August, 2012
Nicola Peel talks about her new DVD, Blood of the Amazon, telling of her travels through the rainforest and her investigations on the effects of reckless oil drilling on indigenous communities more...
Congo’s rangers locate first mountain gorilla families in rebel-held territory
The Ecologist
7th August, 2012
Rangers have detected gorilla families in Virunga National Park for the first time since fighting broke out between M23 rebels and government forces earlier this year more...
The rise and rise of co-op schools
Mervyn Wilson
6th August, 2012
Do co-operative schools (trust schools and academies) provide a democratic community based alternative? Mervyn Wilson, Principal of the Co-operative College – which has been at the heart of the development of co-operative schools - explains why co-operatives are proving so popular more...
New EU fish reforms anger artisan fishermen
Victor Paul Borg
31 July, 2012
More than seven out of ten edible marine species in the EU are over-fished and coastal communities are dying. So you might think new draft reforms would help reverse this trend. Not so, says Victor Paul Borg, who investigates the impact of changes that the community fishermen themselves do not want more...
Why Aren’t My Fellow Americans Doing More Recycling?
Grace Lee
27th July, 2012
Grace Lee has just spent a month in Seoul, South Korea working as an intern for the Resource Recirculation Management Division under the Climate Change and Environment Bureau of Seoul City Hall. Here’s what she has to say to her fellow US citizens about their domestic waste… more...
The Cinderella economy: an answer to unsustainable growth?
Tim Jackson
27th July, 2012
As worldwide Governments blindly attempt to support unlimited growth using limited resources, Tim Jackson believes the answer to true sustainability may lie on the economy's fringes more...
Olympic organisers LOCOG critiscised over sustainability choices
Mark Gee
25th July, 2012
How did BP and EDF ever become the London 2012 Olympics sustainability partners? Mark Gee says he is at a loss to understand more...
The Weeder’s Digest
Andy McKee
17th July, 2012
Ever had trouble spotting your hogweed from your hemlock, or your coltsfoot from your charlock? It's a problem Andy McKee will never face again, thanks to Gail Harland's comprehensive new guide on edible weeds more...
Union: the British perfume that’s boosting biodiversity
Ruth Styles
1st June, 2012
Making the most of the UK’s bountiful flora, Union’s four fragrances are an olfactory celebration of the British countryside, says Ruth Styles more...
Britain’s forgotten foods
Grace Philip
31st May, 2012
With Jubilee fever hotting up, Grace Philip argues that it’s time to pay attention to another part of our heritage: our tasty native produce more...
TAKE ACTION to stop supermarkets abusing their buyer power!
Ecologist
30th May, 2012
If you have bought bananas or pineapples in a supermarket recently did you know that many of the workers that plant, pack and grow them live in poverty? more...Members
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