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Charity donations: how to spot the most effective good causes
Caroline Fiennes
21st March, 2012
Many of us support charities which work on some of the biggest environmental issues of our time. But which are the good ones, and how can we really help? Caroline Fiennes, author of 'It ain't what you give, it's the way that you give it', finds out more...
Tried and tested: facial oils
Ruth Styles
17th February, 2012
No longer is moisturiser the only way to hydrate your skin. Thanks to Shu Uemura’s pioneering oil-based range, facial oils are becoming a serious alternative to traditional creams. But which are the most planet friendly? more...
The Ecologist meets… Ila founder Denise Leicester
Ruth Styles
15th February, 2012
Tucked away in leafy Gloucestershire is a beauty brand with a ‘beyond organic’ philosophy that’s making the world sit up and take notice. Ruth Styles hopped on the train and went to meet the inspirational Denise Leicester more...
Five of the best… natural beauty quick fixes
Ruth Styles
1st February, 2012
Whether it’s tiredness, stress or winter skin, Green Living Editor Ruth Styles has some super speedy suggestions – and no chemicals involved more...
Q&A: Wildlife documentary filmmaker, Kim Wolhuter
Ruth Styles
30th November, 2011
Playing with hyenas, hunting with cheetahs and running with wild dogs is all in a day's work for Kim Wolhuter. He tells Ruth Styles why he does it more...
Snack on that! Are insects the future of food?
Gavin Haines
18th November, 2011
With seven billion people to feed, agriculture is feeling the strain. So are creepie crawlies the solution? The Ecologist takes a closer look more...
Turning our Victorian terrace into an ecohome: part six – ventilation
Sue Wheat
19th November, 2010
Better insulation means more warmth but also more mould and condensation. Sue Wheat's eco retrofit continues with a look at a super-efficient ventilation system that recycles heat while stamping out damp more...
PassivHaus construction: the future of UK housebuilding?
Laura Sevier
22nd October, 2010
German design, British location, tropical climate. Super-efficient PassivHaus construction makes for warmer homes and lower energy bills. So why aren't we all building this way? more...
Where did all the green funding go?
Harriet Williams
2nd December, 2009
There's still money to be had for good environmental projects, but it's a fraction of what's being spent in other areas, says Harriet Williams more...
Behind the Label: cut flowers
Pat Thomas
18th August, 2009
What's the real price of your bouquet? Pat Thomas dishes the dirt on cut flower production in less-industrialised countries more...
'Whitewash' at court of appeal for pesticides campaigner
Ecologist
9th July, 2009
Pesticides campaigner Georgina Downs has seen her high court victory against the Government overturned by a court of appeal, but vows to take her campaign to the House of Lords more...
Jatropha overtakes food crops in oil swindle
Ecologist
19th June, 2009
The use of the jatropha plant as a source of biofuel has gone from environmental hero to zero in the space of two years. more...
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The pearl of great price
Fergus Drennan
12th June, 2008
It's been a strange week. Within an eight-day period I found beauty, pain and death. more...Government cuts DEFRA funding - climate change departments at risk
News
6th February, 2008
Environment department ministers will meet today to discuss funding cuts of almost £1bn over three years. more...
Backing the Bad Guys
Noreena Hertz
1st December, 2004
As the world’s poorest countries sink further and further into debt, Western corporations grow fat from government-backed projects that fuel conflicts, harm the environment and have built-in kickbacks.more...
Who needs a traditional fishmonger?
Joanna Blythman
1st September, 2004
Lying on tilted beds of glistening ice, fish from around the world gaze unblinkingly at bored supermarket shoppers. Red snappers, ‘air freighted for freshness’ from the Indian Ocean; Chilean seabass ‘previously frozen’ from the Southern Atlantic; Farmed salmon from the Isles of Scotland; exotic, seemingly abundant fresh fish. more...Members
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