What does it take for a company producing skincare or haircare products to be truly 'natural' or 'organic'? Laura Sevier sorts fact from fiction in the health and beauty stakes
… Can I trust my 'natural' or 'organic' body cream? Laura Sevier … 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Health Natural Skincare Organic Cosmetics Eco … skincare or haircare products to be truly 'natural' or 'organic'? Laura Sevier sorts fact …
Recognising nature as a legal stakeholder with inalienable rights in environmental law proceedings is a powerful counterbalance to corporate dictatorship, writes Mumta Ito. It empowers people and governments to stand up for nature - the underlying basis of our economy and our lives. And it stands in contrast to feeble approaches based on the financialisation and commodification of nature, which may be twisted to justify more destruction.
… to human beings - as resources, property or natural capital - rather than seeing it as the … right is therefore more accurate. It shows a natural hierarchy of systems because without … there's no economy. This then leads to a natural hierarchy of rights with nature's …
People of colour in the west spend significantly less time in nature, an absence rooted in traumas of racism and loss.
… racialised narratives about our place within natural settings. Environmental organisations … knowing that we are part of nature. But Natural England found that just 25.7 … and how we’re received and responded to in natural settings. Relationships with nature …
A new book aims to get children off their mobile phones and back where they belong: in the great outdoors. It's packed with well thought-out, purposeful activities to get children interacting with nature, but Martin Spray wonders: is it all trying too hard? Has the essential nature of 'play' somehow been forgotten?
… play Martin Spray | 28th January 2015 Reviews Natural World Education Books mud-pies-cut.jpg … Chris Packham in his foreword, "that of a naturalist, I sincerely fear for the future of … will lead to their own enthusiasm for things 'natural'. It looks rather as though there is …
Existing models of protecting nature are failing, write Atus Mariqueo-Russell & Rupert Read. They serve to regulate, rather than prevent the destruction of nature, and are now adopting the very 'market' approaches that are largely responsible for the problem. The answer is to give formal effect to the Rights of Nature.
… Why we need to assign formal rights to natural ecosystems For many of you, the idea … the supporting of beings that live within the natural environment. Whether or not you … conservation, with terms such as 'natural capital' and 'ecosystem services' …
Oxford Economics Professor and former head of Development Research at the World Bank, Paul Collier on reconciling romantic environmentalism and mainstream economics to help poor countries
… | 14th May 2010 Comment Politics & Economics Natural World Interviews Paul Collier World … that we've got fewer rights over how we use natural assets than over how we use man-made … environmentalists spot immediately - is that natural assets and liabilities are different …
Our relationship with nature has emerged as one of the most valuable sources of resilience and pleasure during lockdown.
… and open spaces, in cities in particular, natural settings have been an oasis of peace … there is an emotional relationship with natural settings. This also means that we are … locally and not travel by car to access natural settings raises the importance of …
The term ‘natural capital' was cited a number of times in the UK government’s 25-year environment plan. Yet measuring the value of our environmental resources in purely economic terms is both short sighted and dangerous, argues BEN KITE
… Gove musn't regard our planet as just 'natural capital' Ben Kite | 23rd April 2018 Comment 25 Year Environment Plan Natural Capital … The term ‘natural capital' was cited a number of times … issues, including the need to protect UK 'natural assets'. The plan states that "the UK …
As the destruction of the biosphere continues, we need to establish new legal systems to protect what remains. Mumta Ito proposes a new beginning for environmental law based on extending 'civil rights' to the natural world.
… Being Nature - extending civil rights to the natural world Mumta Ito | 24th April 2014 Activism Law Natural World Ecocide nature-kurdistan.jpg As … law based on extending 'civil rights' to the natural world. Despite the proliferation of …
Naturalist and wildlife photographer Matt Adam Williams asks whether childhood experiences are the key to the long-term health of nature and the conservation sector........
… the background. By Matt Adam Williams, 2009. Naturalist and wildlife photographer Matt Adam … to the conservation movement and to the natural world. Experiencing nature can lead to … the long-term health of conservation and the natural world. Conservation victories in …
At its Spring Conference in Harrogate yesterday the Green Party of England & Wales gave formal recognition to the Rights of Nature in an overwhelming vote, committing it to passing a new law to that effect at the earliest opportunity.
… | 29th February 2016 News Law Politics Natural World UK Ecuador … conservation, with terms such as 'natural capital' and 'ecosystem services' … ecosystems or the permanent alteration of the natural cycles." It is moreover 'the people' …
The Green party wants to give nature rights equivalent to people through a Rights of Nature Act.
… be reclaimed by nature to create viable natural systems across the landscape. The … and physical health – to their very survival. Natural spaces should be accessible to all, … public transport, and there needs to be re-naturalisation of towns and cities, driven by …
The government classifies household paint as hazardous waste. For a toxic-free zone, use natural paint instead.
… Natural house paints...good enough to eat May Abdalla | 1st May 2005 Ethical Living Natural Paint Volatile Organic Compounds VOCs … hazardous waste. For a toxic-free zone, use natural paint instead. In the 1970s Herman …
We need a new economy that supports humans as part of nature rather than profits and investments.
… view. We have to create a new economy; a natural economy. To build this new, natural economy, we can learn everything we … By nature. There is no waste in the natural abundance. The apples that are not …
The idea of "Natural Capital" as a way of seeing the world has caught on in a big way. There is a Natural Capital Coalition, a Natural Capital Protocol, and the Government even has a Natural Capital Committee. But what assumptions lurk within this term "Natural Capital"? A new University of Anglia arts-funded project aims to find out and one of those involved VICTOR ANDERSON will be giving us regular updates on the issues being raised
… Nature vs natural capital Victor Anderson | 26th July 2016 Comment Nature Natural Capital Natural World Conservation Climate Change …
In a world of synthetic fragrances it's important to remember that there are natural alternatives. Here's where to buy them, what to look for and... how to go beyond patchouli
… Perfume: how natural are you willing to go? Laura Sevier | … Ethical Living Green Living Health And Beauty Natural Scents Perfume Phthalates Musk … Jo Wood Lavera Synthetic Fragrences rose.jpg Natural perfume: smell the roses In a world of …
Robin Millam from the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature is encouraged to by the progress being made by those countries and communities small and large who are seeking to give legal rights to nature.....
… Rivers and Natural Ecosystems as Rights Bearing Subjects … Robin R Milam | 3rd June 2013 Comment Natural World Politics Society … in process. Granting legal standing to natural ecosystems is not isolated to these …
Satish Kumar talks with Jane Goodall about her new book.
… to establish a spiritual connection with the natural world. We need to encourage outdoor … artificial fertilisers we are upsetting the natural balance of life. We need to go back to … the writing on the wall, that we’re using the natural resources faster than Nature can …
The term 'ecosystem services' is used increasingly in conservation. But does it actually serve its intended purpose?
… object. When faced with the complexity of the natural world and its connections to us, these … they continue to be the dominant method of natural valuation. If the monetary valuation … between nature, humans, and the natural world, and most species remain …
The new Vision for Nature report highlights what young people want to see politicians doing to protect the environment. And there is nobody better qualified to make these demands than the generation that will inherit the future, writes MATT WILLIAMS
… young people have for the future of the natural world. We've taken into account the … believe it's important to take care of the natural world for future generations Two …
Springwatch Unsprung presenter Lindsey Chapman talks poetry, Blue Planet II and why we need to amplify diverse voices in the fight against climate change in the first of our new Voices for Nature interview series from our nature editor ELIZABETH WAINWRIGHT
… the colour palette but continuing the natural drama. The BBC stalwart reminds us that the natural world is an ever evolving spectacle … Chapman, to talk about our shared love of the natural world, our role in it, and some of the …
A new movement has been launched at COP21 in Paris to give legal effect to the rights of nature and communities, writes Hal Rhoades, providing effective protection against the gross environmental damage and human rights violations that accompany extractive industries from mining to oil development and agri-business projects, and which underlie climate change.
… of violence that is a result of "treating the natural world as property to fuel economic …
Our bond with the natural world is ever changing. To look at how books capture this shifting relationship, new research project ‘Land Lines’ is looking for the nation’s favourite nature book. And The Ecologist will be launching a new series of book reviews to celebrate and learn from nature writing, writes ELIZABETH WAINWRIGHT. Interested? -- You can get involved in both.
… Lines: capturing our relationship with the natural world Elizabeth Wainwright | 15th … Reviews 405709.jpg Our bond with the natural world is ever changing. To look at how … in both. What's your favourite book about the natural world? Perhaps you have a vivid memory …
MPs will be lobbied today by wildlife supporters desperately concerned at the declining state of Britain's nature, writes Martin Harper. Despite clear warnings that both 'protected' sites and threatened species are faring badly, politicians find it all too easy to look the other way. Hence the need for a Nature and Wellbeing Act.
… Harper RSPB | 9th December 2014 Comment UK Natural World Law Politics … deficit. We are in danger of passing on our natural environment to our children in a …