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Talking about the Why Generation
Ed Hamer and Jon Hughes
1st February, 2008
February 1968. From South Vietnam the explosive Têt Offensive has dealt a final blow to shattered US troops and sparked a worldwide appetite for insurrection. Left destitute by standards of living and provoked by a three-year war on their ideological comrades, student leaders across Europe rise up with a single voice ‘We shall fight. We will win. Paris, London, Rome, Berlin.’ Within six weeks, 20,000 protesters will besiege the American embassy in London’s Grosvenor Square. It is the Spring of Discontent, and revolution is the air. more...
The plastic party syndrome
Matilda Lee
27th November, 2007
Frustrated by the disposable hangovers from her kids’ parties, Hina Patel made it her business to make goodie bags green more...
Behind the label:Tampons
Pat Thomas
27th November, 2007
From synthetic fibres to lethal dioxins, some sanitary products are a lot less innocentthan those glossy television ads would have women believe. Pat Thomas reports more...
Box-scheme baby food
Matilda Lee
14th June, 2007
Keen to have your little one avoid the over-processed, additive-packed diet of today’s obesity-prone youth? Then give your weaning baby healthy eating habits for life by starting them off with nutritious food easily made at home writes Matilda Lee more...
Parents want to keep children indoors, survey says
News
5th June, 2007
43 per cent of parents won’t let their children play outside until they are aged 14, a new survey suggests. 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...
Cassandra
John Papworth
1st February, 2007
Don’t wait for Dave or Tony to give you a hug. If you are dissatisfied with your leaders, take control of your own more...
Cassandra: Youth
John Papworth
1st October, 2006
Did you say ‘youth problem’?It’s really the adult problem.
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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...
Suck On This
Pat Thomas
1st April, 2006
The human species has been breastfeeding for nearly half a million years. It’s only in the last 60 years that we have begun to give babies the highly processed convenience food called ‘formula’. more...
Let Our Children Roam Free
Tim Gill
23rd September, 2005
Fear of traffic risks and ‘stranger danger’ are holding our children captive indoors. For the sake of their health and development, and for the environment they will one day need to protect, we have to find ways of getting them into the wild.more...
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...
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Are you too well behaved
Diane Wilson
1st October, 2004
The US authorities have allowed Formosa Plastics and other chemicals corporations to poison the waterways of the Texas Gulf Coast for decades. When local shrimp-boat operator Diane Wilson found out what was going on she single-handedly set about forcing Formosa to clean up its act. more...
Advertising to children
Debate
1st April, 2004
With childhood obesity becoming epidemic in the UK, should food advertising to children be allowed to continue?FOR: Jeremy Preston vs. Neville Rigby AGAINST more...
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