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Drugs on tap
John Naish
30th April, 2009
Britain has a serious and unnecessary drug habit, but the implications of our pill-forevery-ill culture go far beyond the adverse effects on human health. The complex chemicals in modern pharmaceuticals, as well as the manufacturing processes involved, leave a massive industrial footprint on the natural world that is largely ignored by both science and government. more...
Alternate current, intelligent current
Mark Anslow
1st April, 2009
Instead of spikes in demand and coal-fired solutions, fridges and washing machines may soon be available that can regulate their own energy usage. more...
The third green revolution?
Jim Thomas
2nd April, 2009
The thing is, I like urban farming. Rooftop gardens and window boxes excite me. Balconies filled with beans and tomatoes give me hope. Nonetheless, the ‘next big thing’ in urban horticulture has left me cold. more...
Park life - reassessing the value of public spaces
News
18th March, 2009
Most councils value their public parks at a mere £1, says the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment more...
Between you and me...
Tom Hodgkinson
16th March, 2009
No more financial meltdown, poor communication and substandard food – if we ditch the middlemen and get co-operative, what couldn’t we achieve? more...
Capital Growth: London’s floating gardens
Louise Downing
26th February, 2009
Capital Growth and British Waterways have teamed up in a bid to convert London’s canals into flourishing floating vegetable gardens. more...
Don't get back to work
Tom Hodgkinson
12th February, 2009
How to deal with the job crisis? Try saving your soul by retreating as far as possible from the system that landed us all in this sorry mess more...
Allotments are not for building on
Paul Kingsworth
28th January, 2009
Paul Kingsnorth on the battle to keep land for people to grow their own food, rather than for developers to grow rich. more...
Rural depopulation isn’t just a social problem: it affects wildlife too
News
23rd January, 2009
When communities are broken apart by migration towards towns and cities, rural life suffers. more...
Guerrillas in our midst
Olly Zanetti
21st January, 2009
Under cover of darkness, a dedicated team of activists is slowly rescuing unloved pockets of land from botanical meltdown. Olly Zanetti meets the guerrilla gardeners lighting up London. more...
Efficiency be Damned
Nicols Fox
19th January, 2009
Far from being a silver bullet for climate change, efficiency is the driving force for ever more gluttonous consumption patterns and all the health and environmental consequences they entail more...
Regional Destruction Agency: Why SWRDA would rather demolish than make sustainable
Simon Fairlie
8th January, 2009
The South West Regional Development Agency is letting down planet and people despite promises to redevelop the former site of Morland leather works 'sustainably'. more...
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What Was The Life That We Were Living?
Billy Talen
6th January, 2009
We interrupt our regular programming for a moral advisory... more...The Desire and the Doom
Bill Talen
7th November, 2008
We interrupt our regular programming for a moral advisory more...
The Time Has Come... Are You Ready To Die?
Billy Talen
30th October, 2008
We interrupt our regular programming for a moral advisory... more...
Sustaining communities
Phil Moore
1st October, 2008
With the global credit crunch grabbing all the headlines, issues concerning economies on a lesser scale are easily sidelined. more...
How to be free: non-action in action
Tom Hodgkinson
1st October, 2008
From all sides, the cry is the same: something must be done. More must be done. more...
A lot of fun - why allotments are good for the soul
Tony Baldry
19th June, 2008
Allotments are good for the soul and enjoying a resurgence in interest, says Tony Baldry, which is why local councils and developers should be required to grow their ownmore...
Ecovillages: A model life?
Laura Sevier, Mike Henderson & Nritijuna Naidu
3rd June, 2008
More people are turning to eco communities as a viable alternative to urban life. Laura Sevier reports more...
Hydroponics in the city
Mark Anslow
1st May, 2008
Mark Anslow considers whether new generation hydroponics can feed the world's cities more...
Taking your spare room off-grid
Nick Rosen
11th April, 2008
So you want to go off-grid? Or maybe you want to find out what it’s like before taking the plunge? How about taking one room of your house off grid? It’s a less expensive way of learning the technology, before committing yourself. more...
Government's ecotowns shortlist announced
News
3rd April, 2008
The governments ‘ecotowns’ shortlist was released today amidst controversy about their suitability and sustainability. more...
Grow your own
Tim Lang
1st April, 2008
The World Bank’s 2008 World Development Report makes a grim prediction of what is to come: more...
The end of an affair
Robert Llewellyn
14th February, 2008
I’ve just been shopping. I went to London, walked into shops and bought things. New things. Not many – in fact my little pile of shopping bags is tragically small. I rapidly got bored and tired, and came back home. more...
Farming despair
Raj Patel
1st November, 2007
As the bluetongue virus sinks its teeth into British livestock, there is one appalling certainty: like the outbreaks of Mad Cow Disease and foot-and-mouth before it, some farmers will see no way out, and take their own lives. Farmers in Britain are the profession second most likely to commit suicide (after, bizarrely, dentistry). more...Members
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