Say sayonara to your standard tea and try a cup of one of the Ecologist’s 10 favourite Fairtrade and organic teas. Laura Sevier puts the kettle on
… Top 10...organic and fairtrade teas Laura Sevier | 13th April 2011 Ethical Living Tea Organic Fairtrade Food And Drink Food And … Say sayonara to your standard tea and try a cup of one of the Ecologist’s 10 …
Britain's favourite tipple faces big challenges over coming decades, writes Ann-Marie Brouder. A new report sets out the challenges and proposes sustainable solutions to keep the 'cup that cheers' on the nation's tables.
… Tea - a 'hero crop' for our times? Ann-Marie … Comment Food Farming Forests Corporations tea-plantation-watering.png Britain's … the 'cup that cheers' on the nation's tables. Tea is big business: three billion cups of it …
Human rights violations have been reported at plantations in virtually all major tea producing countries, while tea growing itself has a profound effect on the local environment. William McLennan reports
… damage and human rights abuses blight global tea sector William McLennan | 13th April 2011 News Tea Africa Food And Farming Pesticides billy-final-tea-image.jpg Tea being loaded in Indonesia. …
Unilever denies some female employees at its Rainforest Alliance-certified tea plantation in Kenya are subjected to sexual harassment. But Dutch research outfit SOMO paints a very different picture. Verity Largo and Andrew Wasley report
… PG Tips and Lipton tea hit by 'sexual harassment and poor … Largo Andrew Wasley | 13th April 2011 News Tea Natural World Food And Farming Africa tea-main-image.jpg Unilever denies some female …
It is time for the UK government to act if we want to stamp out the ongoing abuses perpetrated by corporations overseas and ensure an ethical weekly shop, argues Seb Klier
… Why supply chains for commodities like tea need urgent regulation Seb Klier | 13th … There are certain British favourites, like tea, which are available in houses across the … to obscure their true origins. In the case of tea, it is likely that what is on sale in the …
Watch this film examining how tea workers in the developing world struggle to get by on poverty wages while British supermarkets make huge profits
… | 13th April 2011 Other Food And Farming Tea Exploitation Supermarkets Video … Watch this film examining how tea workers in the developing world struggle … on Want's report, A Bitter Cup , focussing on tea workers in Kenya and India, revealed the …
Mountain gorillas in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest are at risk from tea plantations that would obliterate the adjacent Kafuga Forest, a vital buffer zone for local people, writes Richard Sadler. Deprived of foods, herbs, medicines and clean water from the forest, human pressure on the gorillas would inevitably increase, and expose them to potentially lethal diseases.
… Uganda: Save Kafuga Forest and gorillas from tea plantations Richard Sadler | 27th January … Bwindi Impenetrable Forest are at risk from tea plantations that would obliterate the … forest for farming. A group of more than 250 tea growers, backed by district government …
The British cuppa is an institution. But how many of us have actually wondered what goes into our favourite drink, or where the principal ingredients come from? The Ecologist investigates
… | 13th April 2011 Comment Food And Farming Tea Milk Sugar Comment … times of distress. The great British cup of tea – or cuppa as it is more widely known – is … classic British cuppa as a whole, examining tea , milk and sugar simultaneously. The …
Millions of trees are cut down for paper cups every year, the majority of which end up in landfill. With that in mind, isn’t it time you swapped your paper cup for something more sustainable?
… Ecologist | 18th February 2011 Ethical Living Tea Coffee Recycling Homes Waste And Recycling … sustainable? According to the United Kingdom Tea Council , the British drink a staggering 160 million cups of tea per day and 70 million cups of coffee on …
As part of the Ecologist's special investigation into the hidden costs of tea, milk and sugar, here's how to get involved in cleaning up your cuppa
… Organic Agriculture Dairy Farming Sugar Tea Supermarkets cuppapic.jpg How to get … investigation into the hidden costs of tea, milk and sugar, here's how to get involved in cleaning up your cuppa Tea War on Want has revealed the continuing …
Invasive species, exploitative land use, pollution and climate change threaten to turn the lush South Indian Nilgiris into a green desert.
… into a green desert. Annavi worked on a tea plantation as a young man. Now he is … swiftly return to their task at hand. Annavi tears off a tea shrub after laboriously decapitating the …
So the love of your life went all vegan during Veganuary. And now there is just a week until you have to present them with the best of vegan gifts. But don't fear. The Ecologist is here! BRENDAN MONTAGUE breakfasts on a huge range of the best teas, chocolates and gins so you don't have to...
… breakfasts on a huge range of the best teas, chocolates and gins so you don't have … waking up on Valentine’s than with a luxury tea. Newby London , the luxury tea makers, have brought out a three even more …
The Tea Party of Miami put up a convincing demo last week to oppose a 'land grab' that would see 46,000 acres of sugar farm land restored for Everglades conservation. Just one problem - the 'protestors' were actors each being paid $75 for the two-hour shift.
… Tea Party's fake protestors for Big Sugar … Waste Water big-suar-protest.jpg The Tea Party of Miami put up a convincing demo … Palm Beach Post the protest was sponsored by Tea Party of Miami and Florida Citizens …
Coal mining companies in SIberia are destroying indigenous communities, before exporting the fuel to the UK. MAT HOPE of DeSmog UK reports
… what do you think about? The lovely cup of tea that’s about to mask a myriad of … The wonder of a modern power grid that means tea can go from concept to reality in under a … fair enough — you just wanted a cup of tea. In the circumstances, pausing for respite …
Anne Power, Professor of Social Policy Housing and Social Exclusion at the London School of Economics, on why nearly all homeowners can afford to insulate properly, and how to save energy on a budget
… you mention? AP : I use the analogy of the tea pot. You make very hot tea in it, and within 15 to 20 minutes your tea isn't very hot anymore. The houses we live …
How to develop a sustainable sourcing model based on shared value and community.
… Sustainable Sourcing Energy Renewable Energy Tea growing-tea-20150416161606.jpg How to develop a … I speak from experience of converting English Tea Shop to run on a Creating Shared Value …
From dim sum to tea tastings, ring in the year of the dragon in a planet friendly way
… Celebrations Home holding.jpg From dim sum to tea tastings, ring in the year of the dragon … www.instituteofchinesemedicine.org Take some tea If you fancy a change from English Breakfast, head over to The Chinese Tea Company, a teahouse and shop on Portobello …
The coalition government is lining up in two camps for a right royal battle over the environment, writes Ecologist political corresponder, Bibi van der Zee
… Taking on the Tea Party Tories ... Bibi van der Zee | 28th … 2012 News LibDems Ed Davey Coalition Tea Party Tories Renewables Energy Climate … opponents in what they are now calling the “tea-party” part of the Tories. Interestingly …
India's tea capital, Assam, has been hit by devastating floods for the second time in three years, writes Sneha Krishnan. But the government has failed to address key environmental issues like deforestation and soil conservation, or involve local communities in developing solutions. So ever more fertile land is lost to erosion, and millions of the country's poorest people suffer.
… Forests morigaon-dist-300612-cut.jpg India's tea capital, Assam, has been hit by … and poor working conditions on local tea plantations, while armed conflicts between … even more unstable. Perfect conditions for tea - and flooding Assam is best known for its …
Thich Nhat Hanh's 'engaged Buddhism' promotes the individual's active role in creating change, and calls on us to boycott unethical products and to confront social injustice.
… world, leading retreats and passing on his teachings. Travels across the US and Asia are … the deeply misunderstood Buddha to renew his teaching" Peaceful solutions He continues: "I … the way we train ourselves. "It is like the tea. When you pour the hot water in the tea, …
Farmers in the İşkencedere Valley, a region drowning in tragedy, are fighting against government-backed ecocide.
… ecocide. Rainfall gracefully soaks into the tea fields in a picturesque valley covered in … on our website . Stunned The villagers grow tea, potatoes, corn, and green beans, and … It all began in late April 2021, at the plateau of the pandemic pandemonium in Turkey. …
Before you start popping Lemsip Max, experiment with these herbal and spicy alternatives. Or there's always good old chicken soup...
… And Flu Natural Remedies Chicken Soup Herbal Teas honeycropped.jpg Honey can ease a sore … then I mix some of that in too. I use about 1 teaspoon of each dried herbs or 2 teaspoon of each fresh herb per cup. If the …
Tackling the unfair buying practices of the big supermarkets is a vital step forward for securing the rights of over a million workers. From fruit to textiles to cut flowers, abuses in the supply chain are rife. Now we must guard against lobbying from the retail giants, says Murray Worthy
… Chains Workers Food And Farming Comment tea-main-image.jpg Tackling the unfair buying … And War on Want in 2010 warned millions of tea drinkers in Britain that their breakfast … a month. The report also revealed that tea factory workers in central Kenya supplying …
Green party deputy leader AMELIA WOMACK tried to cut plastic out of her life after witnessing haunting images of a bird struggling because its stomach was lined with waste. But the ingrained nature of plastic in modern society made the task much harder than expected. This is her story.
… the milk of mother dolphins toxic. Completely tea-free Just as Blue Planet has inspired many … shocking discovery was finding out that even tea bags contain small amounts of plastic . … hard it would be for me to live completely tea-free for longer than twenty-four hours. …