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The Ecologist guide to ethical investments
Ruth Styles and Ben Hudson
17th October, 2011
If the thought of investing makes you go cold, it might be time for a rethink. As Ruth Styles and Ben Hudson discovered, there’s a growing number of ethical investment funds out there making your money work hard for the planet more...
The Ecologist guide to ethical investments
Ruth Styles and Ben Hudson
17th October, 2011
If the thought of investing makes you go cold, it might be time for a rethink. As Ruth Styles and Ben Hudson discovered, there’s a growing number of ethical investment funds out there making your money work hard for the planetmore...
Can Positive Money help fix a fatally flawed banking system?
Sarah Bentley
17th August, 2011
A new campaign group is trying to push through reforms that would give customers a choice in investments and make banks more socially useful. But can it break through the banking bottleneck? more...
Cash-free living: how to survive and thrive without money
Christine Ottery
31st August, 2010
Pounds and pence are important to some but not vital for anyone. From skinny dipping to dustbin dining, there are many ways to live without paying for it. Here are some top tips more...
RBS should become the UK's Green Investment Bank, say NGOs
Ecologist
26th July, 2010
Campaign groups say turning the publicly-owned RBS into the Green Investment Bank would save money and also provide a model of sustainability for the rest of the banking sector more...
Bond markets, not politicians, control our future
Dan Box
29th April, 2010
We've lost control of our spending and debt to international bond markets and whoever wins the election won't be able to take it back more...
I've picked 5 good firms; 5 bad. Who will do best?
Dan Box
2nd April, 2010
Dan launches a highly unscientific experiment to track the financial fortunes of five green companies, and five less-than-green... more...
Metric measurements divorce us from the natural world
Molly Scott Cato
19th March, 2010
Molly would glady have been tied to the stake with the other Metric Martyrs... but, being that she wasn't, she's keen to point out why weights and measures matter to all more...
Farmers' markets, coops and repair shops will seed the new economy
Tim Jackson
26th January, 2010
It's called the 'Cinderella economy'. You know it as the local, sustainable businesses that don't make the GDP figures soar, but do provide jobs and glue communities together... more...
Economics without land is a disaster
Molly Scott Cato
13th January, 2010
Economists have all but forgotten about the source of real wealth - the land under our feet. They do so at their peril more...
Look at 'real wealth' and you'll see we're getting poorer
Dan Box
5th January, 2010
Politicians talk a good green economy, but when it comes down to it, they're still only interested in seeing the GDP figures tick upwards... more...
Five radical things to do with your money
Matilda Lee and Laura Sevier
22nd December, 2008
Why not consider ploughing your green into green? Matilda Lee and Laura Sevier explore a radical response to the credit crunch more...
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Food riots will mark the end of oil
Dan Box
23rd November, 2009
The end of the oil age won't be a pretty thing, but a new report by Deutsche Bank suggests it could be even uglier than we feared... more...
Five things to do instead of shopping
Richard Docwra
25th August, 2009
Avoid buying pointless stuff and start saving cash - here are some cheap, fun and interesting things to do more... We should all know how RBS spends our money
Dan Box
26th October, 2009
Officials can sternly lecture the City on its excesses as much as they like: when it comes to actually regulating it, politicians just don't care. And don't want us to know... more...
The End of Money and the Future of Civilization
Jaswinder Kaur
29th September, 2009
Thomas H Greco Jr's new book on money challenges the growth fetish and gives practical examples of how community-based exchange systems can save the economy, and the environment, from collapse more...
Launch of the Brixton Pound
Positive TV
24th September, 2009
Last week saw the launch of Brixton's local currency, the Brixton Pound, with much fanfare. In this interview, we get the details on the new notes from Duncan Law more...
Ecologist guide to ethical finance
Ecologist
14th October, 2009
Banks, building societies, ethical funds, pensions or people - where should the discerning environmentalist put their money? more...
Government pledges smart meters for all by 2020
Ecologist
19th June, 2009
As the Government commits to a high-tech revolution in the home - meters that can be read remotely and may help alter energy habits - questions are raised about data security... and whether any of us will be interested more...
How to raise a green baby on a budget
Anna Shepard
1st June 2009
Limited funds and a concern for the environment don’t have to be incompatible when it comes to raising a child. Anna Shepard shows how. more...
We have to let you go
Tom Hodgkinson
1st May, 2009
Why are we clinging to the outmoded employment aspirations of an ailing system? You’re not redundant, you’re job-free, says Tom Hodgkinson more...
Visionaries: Bill Drayton
Ecologist
1st April 2009
Bill Drayton is a slight, eager man who straddles worlds. He knows his stuff, having graduated from Harvard, Oxford and Yale, and has a theory of everything. more...
The money pit
James Bruges
7th August, 2008
Commercial banks should be forbidden from creating ‘virtual’ money, argues James Bruges – our debt-and-interest economies can only lead to collapse or war. more...
Six Home Energy Saving Tips
Laura Sevier
1st November, 2007
According to the Energy Saving Trust, the average UK household spends more than £870 per year on fuel and power, and produces around six tonnes of CO². £300 of this cost (and around two tonnes of CO²) could be saved by being more energy efficient. more...Members
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