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Community Wedge
John Bird
6th September, 2007
How can we stop the juggernauts of so-called progress from sweeping away every bit of individualism and community that well-run high streets bring us? John Bird wants to give you his card more...
Stop shopping, or the planet gets it
News
10th April, 2007
Jonathon Porritt, chairman of the government’s Sustainable Development Commission, has called for the UK citizens to shop less or ‘the planet will go pop.’ more...
Britain's Children: Unhealthy and Unloved
News
14th February, 2007
In a damning indictment of our current way of life the UK and US have been ranked the worst of 21 'Advanced Nations' for children to grow up in by UNICEF. The UK came last. more...
The IPCC report: the science is there, but are we willing to change?
Stephan Harding
8th February, 2007
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has delivered the final blow to climate-change sceptics. The word its report uses is 'unequivocal'. But is the world prepared to accept the results of this judgement? more...
Climate change - a rare opportunity?
Bill McKibben
1st February, 2007
Happiness is... Climate change isn’t just a threat. It’s an opportunity for us to live happier, more fulfilling lives. more...Electric Cabaret
Michael Bugeja
1st January, 2007
Most of us have a party in our pockets – those digital devices that promised a global village. We found that village, all right, and it is peopled with idiots. Plugged into iPods, chatting into palms, we are lost in techno-torpor enveloping us 24/7 from any locale. more...
Christmas on a low budget
Matilda Lee
1st November, 2006
How to have a creative and green Christmas more...
Love: batteries not included
Pat Thomas
1st November, 2006
Relationships, like so many other aspects of modern life, are increasingly subject to the pressures of commercialisation. ‘Buy this and you’ll be happy’, suggests the marketing. And one recent product, both intimate and as impersonal as can be imagined, boasts particular success… more...
'Fab Skirt Dahling...'
Matilda Lee
22nd September, 2006
Eithne Farry helps Matilda Lee relieve clothes closet boredom with some priceless 'no-sew sewing' tips more...
School Uniformity
Rachel Ragg
22nd September, 2006
The exuberance of childhood celebrated in books such as Just William is now frowned upon as inappropriate behaviour, resulting in more and more children being prescribed behavioural drugs. Rachel Ragg investigates more...
We Are All Addicts
Edward Goldsmith
1st September, 2006
A 1971 editorial from the ecologist founding editor Edward Goldsmith on how our society is becoming ever more addicted to gimmicks intended to ensure our survival in ever less favourable conditions more...
Everyday Green
City Hippy
28th August, 2006
Follow my efforts to create a green lifestyle roadmap for the mainstream. more...
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Economic growth - the elephant in the room?
Aidan Rankin
1st December, 2005
‘Religion is the opium of the people’ is one of Marx’s best-known aphorisms. It is memorable because it tells us so much about the manipulation of faith in the industrial era more...How Loud Does The Earth Have To Cry?
Billy Talen
10th October, 2005
We interrupt our regular programming for a moral advisory... more...
The trouble with organics
Joanna Blythman
17th June, 2005
Organic food is not necessarily the automatic choice for the ethical consumer more...
Green Electricity… Are you being conned?
Jeremy Smith
1st June, 2005
Just change your electricity supplier and help fight climate change. Sounds too good to be true. Is it? more...
"My battle to green the clothing industry"
Katharine Hamnett
1st April, 2005
Katharine Hamnett is one of the UK’s leading fashion designers. In 1984 she famously wore a T-shirt opposing the purchase of US Pershing missiles at a reception attended by Margaret Thatcher. Since then she has campaigned on nuclear power, Third World debt, human rights, HIV and environmental issues. more...
I’m the Reverend Billy
Billy Talen
1st March, 2005
We interrupt our regular programming for a moral advisory…‘Endangerment of life is ignored when it is real, but sold in bulk when it’s a good enough apocalypse for a movie’
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Reusable nappies
Matilda Lee
1st February, 2005
Do you want the best for your baby, but don’t want to harm the environment? Then use reusable nappies. Contrary to popular belief, modern reusables are cheaper and more hygienic than disposables, and you won't have to spend hours cleaning them. more...
Boycott Coca-Cola
Max Keiser
1st February, 2005
Boycott Coca-Cola and make money for the victims of Coca-Cola. How much can we make?more...
Reverend Billy
Bill Talen
1st December, 2004
from the pulpitWe interrupt our regular programming for a moral advisory…
I'm the Reverend Billy.
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I’m the Reverend Billy
Bill Talen
1st December, 2004
We interrupt our regular programming for a moral advisory… I’m the Reverend Billy more... I’m the Reverend Billy
Bill Talen
1st October, 2004
'I can no longer sit back and allow terrorist infiltration, terrorist indoctrination, terrorist subversion, and the international terrorist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.' Commander George the Ripper Bush at Madison Square Garden more...
Special Report Supermarkets: UK Apple Market
Felicity Lawrence
1st September, 2004
We were being given 20 to 21 pence a kilo, they were selling them in the stores at twice that, and we needed 32 pence to break even. The prices would change by the day, and then they’d take 60 to 90 days to pay you. more...
Special Report Supermarkets: Chicken
Felicity Lawrence
1st September, 2004
Wander down the meat aisle of any supermarket and you will find mountains of chicken being sold at unbelievably cheap prices. The real reasons for this cannot be found on the label. more...Members
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