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Come get a proper education with the Idler Academy
Tom Hodgkinson
30th July, 2010
Tom launches the Idler Academy to teach us good grammar, sadly lacking practical skills like carpentry and lastly, of course, merriment more...
EU's 'dangerous' move to nationalise GM decision-making
Ecologist
14th July, 2010
Individual countries will be allowed to ban GM crops in a move the EU hopes will stop them blocking new crops being grown by farmers in other member states more...
EU votes against compulsory GM food labelling
Ecologist
7th July, 2010
Campaigners angry at EU's decision to keep consumers 'in the dark' over food from animals given genetically modified (GM) feed more...
FSA accused of running PR exercise for GM industry
Ecologist
27th May, 2010
Member of steering group resigns claiming the Food Standard Agency's (FSA) £500,000 public dialogue on genetically modified (GM) food is ignoring key issues about GM feed and labelling more...
Jackie Schneider: local authorities must protect children, not catering firms
Laura Sevier
23rd March, 2010
Vocal school food campaigner Jackie Schneider on parent power, the importance of cooking from scratch and why free school meals would be the most cost-effective solution more...
The Gaia Warriors by Nicola Davies
Grace ter Haar
9th February, 2010
An accessible, enjoyable book on climate change for the next generation of eco-warriors. Contributors include James Lovelock more...
Ecologist guide to green skills and education
Eifion Rees
2nd February, 2010
Weaning ourselves off carbon will mean a profound change in every aspect of daily life, every sector of society and every job. For that to happen we need a new mindset and a new set of tools...more...
Ecologist guide to green skills and education
Eifion Rees
2nd February, 2010
Weaning ourselves off carbon will mean a profound change in every aspect of daily life, every sector of society and every job. For that to happen we need a new mindset and a new set of tools... more...
Was 2009 the year the world turned against GM?
Claire Robinson and Jonathan Matthews
11th January, 2010
Despite promising the world in 2009, biotech corporations have increasingly raised the hackles of scientists and citizens worldwide more...
How to fix a leaky tap
Sian Berry
5th January, 2010
Fixing a tap could help save tens of thousands of litres of clean water in a year, and save yourself money in the process. In her new book, Mend It!, Siân Berry explains how more...
Marine mammals under threat from ocean noise pollution
Ecologist
21st December, 2009
Oceans becoming noisier as sounds travel further in increasingly acidic water more...
Schools using art to learn about climate change
Rebecca Heald
27th July, 2009
Can climate art help save the world? Rebecca Heald reports on a school art installation and its ambitious 'Cool it Schools' global online initiative more...
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A school built for green education
Ecologist/Positive TV
4th December, 2009
The newly opened Langley science academy in Slough ticks just about every box - airy, light, modern interiors make for good learning environments, and the school building is stuffed full of eco features more...
Million Belay: Ethiopia doesn’t need or want Bill Gates
Tom Levitt
16th November, 2009
Ecological campaigner Million Belay talks about why protecting Ethiopia's biodiversity is so important and why he opposes the intervention of philanthropists like Bill Gates more...
CASE STUDY: protesting without making a sound
Jonathan Rowe
6th April, 2009
John Francis spent 17 years walking... in silence. His pilgrimage is testament to the fact that you don't have to speak to be heard and that the tools to combat global warming are in all our hands. more...
CASE STUDY: getting good, local food into hospitals
Dixe Wills
22nd January, 2009
It’s fresh, organic and locally produced. It’s hospital food, but not as we know it – yet. Dixe Wills meets the catering manager who’s transforming the canteen kitchen more...
CASE STUDY: making breast-feeding easy
Mike Stones
1st May, 2008
Why does only one in 100 mums follow government advice to feed her baby solely on breast milk for the first six months? Mike Stones meets the woman determined to change that. more...
CASE STUDY: keeping local areas distinctive
Paul Kingsnorth
1st December, 2006
The UK’s most successful NGO is based in a Dorset village, with no members or PR team. Paul Kingsnorth meets the duo behind it… more...
Call for publicly funded research into GM crops
Ecologist
20th October, 2009
Technologies to increase agricultural productivity will allow the UK to help feed the world, says Royal Society report more...
Killing fields: the true cost of Europe's cheap meat
Andrew Wasley
13th October, 2009
Cheap meat has become a way of life in much of Europe, but the full price is being paid across Latin America as vast soya plantations and their attendant chemicals lead to poisonings and violence. Andrew Wasley reports more... Killing fields: the true cost of Europe's cheap meat
Andrew Wasley
13th October, 2009
Cheap meat has become a way of life in much of Europe, but the full price is being paid across Latin America as vast soya plantations and their attendant chemicals lead to poisonings and violence more...
Can we trust the FSC?
Matilda Lee
22nd September, 2009
It's the logo we all look for when buying furniture and wood products. But the Forest Stewardship Council has come in for some serious criticism. Matilda Lee looks at both sides of the argument more...
The Other CO2 Problem
Kate Herbert
1st September, 2009
Students at Ridgeway School in Plymouth show concern for ‘the other CO2 problem’ in an award-winning animated film about ocean acidification more...
Q & A: 1 Giant Leap, musicians and filmmakers
Laura Sevier
16th July
Jamie Catto and Duncan Bridgeman on music, insanity and saying 'YES' more...
Mr. Bean to explain quantitative easing policy
Molly Scott Cato
16th July, 2009
The deputy-director of the Bank of England is on a national tour to convince us of the seriousness of its policies to ease the recession. Molly Scott Cato can't wait for the punchline more...Members
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