The Transition Town movement has produced a year-by-year timeline to lead us to a happier, healthier society. Shaun Chamberlin outlines this vision - beginning with a landmark 2010 climate change accord
A year-by-year vision of a sustainable future Shaun Chamberlin | 7th July 2009 Activism Climate Change And Energy Transition Town Climate Change Peak Oil transition-timeline.jpg The Transition Town …
Thirty years after diamonds were first discovered in Botswana's Kalahari desert, the Bushmen have been evicted, and the first diamonds have gone on sale. Happy Valentines!
Bushmen aren't forever - the diamonds of the Kalahari The Ecologist | 14th February 2015 News Botswana Indigenous Peoples Mining diamonds-cut.jpg Thirty years after diamonds were first discovered in …
As world leaders convene in Paris for the COP21 climate summit, the major task before them is to replace fossil energy generation with renewables, writes Paul N Edwards - and with the right incentives, it could happen fast. For developing countries it's different: they could skip over fossil fuels much as they have gone straight for mobile telephony. But will they seize the opportunity?
How fast can the world transition to a low-carbon energy system? Paul N Edwards University of Michigan | 30th November 2015 News Energy COP21 Renewables Technology urban-power-cut.jpg As world …
Ecological and energy literacy are necessary if we’re to understand what is happening to us and why, and to develop productive ways to respond.
Towards a climate activism curriculum Aaron Karp | 6th September 2019 News Thought Leaders Energy Literacy Ecological Literacy School Curriculum Learning Education classroom_of_social_geography.jpg …
The Oltenia Energy Complex took over people's land, mined lignite and increased coal production despite state climate action pledges.
Romania 'gave illegal permits' to own energy firm Marianne Brooker | 12th October 2018 News Deforestation Lignite Mining Coal Mining Romania Criminal wood-825792_1280.jpg The Oltenia Energy Complex …
The Civic Centre in Plymouth comes to life through a public art exhibition that champions love in the face of the climate emergency.
Poetry in motion Yasmin Dahnoun | 16th October 2023 | News Climate Breakdown Ben Okri Poetry Plymouth real_-_article_image.jpg The Civic Centre in Plymouth comes to life through a public art …
Ten years after promises of 'no mining' in Botswana's Central Kalahari Game Reserve, a $5 billion diamond mine opens a few miles from a Bushman village. Elsewhere in the Reserve, fracking is under way. And President Ian Khama, a director of Conservation International, denounces the Bushmen as 'poachers' and evicts them from their land.
Botswana government lies exposed as $5bn diamond mine opens on Bushman land Oliver Tickell | 4th September 2014 News Indigenous Peoples Botswana Hunting Mining Fracking kalahari-diamond-mine-cut.jpg …
After a run of low quality GM cotton crops with unusually short fibres, Burkina Faso has ended its love affair with Monsanto's Bt cotton, writes Claire Robinson. In a further blow to the company, growers are demanding $280 million compensation for their losses.
Burkina Faso calls time on Monsanto's GM cotton, demands $280m damages Claire Robinson GMWatch | 1st February 2016 News Burkina Faso Gm Cotton Africa Burkinabè Monsanto dadjan wassinatou, 34, holds a …
Pictures available online for the first time show that the effects of global warming are far worse than previously expeced. The images produced by the Hadley Centre, part of the UK Meteorological Office, show for the first time that the Stern Review's timeline for action is wrong.
Exclusive: Images Show Climate Change Worse than Previously Thought 19th January 2007 News Climate Change Stern Hadley Global Warming Global Warming Climate Change Campaigns Carbon Dioxide Comments …
The loveliness, power and strength in stone is the raw beauty of Nature herself. In every piece of stone there is a story told more magnificent than any creation myth; a story that shocked and astonished the Christian geologists of late-1700s England when they first started to decipher, through the fossil record, the history of life on Earth.
… Young | 1st November 2007 News Earth Rocks Timelines Natural History Lessons From Nature …
Green Books is an independent publishing company founded in 1986 which concentrates on environmental and ecological issues
Green Books 6th May 2010 Ethical Living green bks logo.gif Green Books is an independent publishing company founded in 1986 which concentrates on environmental and ecological issues We print all our …
Campaigners say approval for the genetically modified salmon would carry 'great risk' and pave the way for more GM animals to enter the market
US delays approval for fast-growing GM salmon The Ecologist | 22nd September 2010 News Food And Farming Gm Fish Salmon Health salmon.jpg Campaigners say approval for the genetically modified salmon …
There's an Alice in Wonderland flavour to the nuclear power debate, writes Jim Green. Lobbyists are promoting all sorts of new reactor types - an implicit admission that existing reactors aren't up to the job. But the designs they are promoting have two severe problems. They don't exist. And they have no customers.
'New' reactor types are all nuclear pie in the sky Jim Green | 2nd October 2014 News Technology Nuclear Corporations Energy ebr-argonne-cut.jpg There's an Alice in Wonderland flavour to the nuclear …
German chancellor Angela Merkel linked the building of a controversial Russian gas pipeline to the fate of her country’s coal industry.
Germany moves from coal - to gas Karl Mathiesen | 25th January 2019 News Angela Merkel World Economic Forum Climate Change x German chancellor Angela Merkel linked the building of a controversial …
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has started work on a scenario in line with the stretch target of the Paris Agreement for its influential outlook.
IEA climate pathway Karl Mathiesen Climate Home News | 17th June 2019 News Iea IPCC. IPCC 1.5C Report Climate Change ck65-idveaawezb.jpg The International Energy Agency (IEA) has started work on a …
The top 10 hottest years are (in order): 2014; 2006; 2011; 2007; 2017; 2003; 2018; 2004; 2002; and 2005.
10 hottest years since 2002 Emily Beament | 31st July 2019 News Climate Breakdown Met Office Science & Systems 21704139-1.jpg The top 10 hottest years are (in order): 2014; 2006; 2011; 2007; 2017; …
Coronavirus has finally made us recognise the illegal wildlife trade is a public health issue.
Biosecurity, public health and the wildlife trade Simon Evans | 25th March 2020 News Coronavirus Covid-19 Wildlife Trade China Animals Public Health tiger-alexa-avitto.jpg Coronavirus has finally …
Antonio Guterres, UN secretary-general, opens the COP27 conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt with 'we are in the fight of our lives – and we are losing...'
The 'highway to climate hell' Sophie Wingate Emily Beament | 7th November 2022 | News Climate Breakdown 52428900377_c12f0d8eae_k.jpg Antonio Guterres, UN secretary-general, opens the COP27 conference …
'You can’t declare a climate emergency and carry on investing in the very companies that are responsible for the climate crisis.'
Cardiff council must divest from fossil fuels Marianne Brooker | 3rd June 2019 News Fossil Fuel Divestment Cardiff Wales 18822809164_22fdf71bfd_b.jpg 'You can’t declare a climate emergency and carry …
It's all change in Canada with the dramatic ousting of anti-environment Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, writes Carol Linnitt. Under the new Liberal PM Justin Trudeau things are looking a lot better for climate, science, environment, transparency and First Nations. But Canada is still set to go into the Paris climate talks with the same weak level of commitment.
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