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Nature Engagement & Cycling
by Susan Clark
In week three of e-biking to work, a chance encounter with a fox leaves Susan Clark asking why we don't do more to stop habitat loss and protect our wildlife more...
Electric Bikes - A New Generation
by Susan Clark
With the World Electric Bike Championship looming at the end of the month, Ecologist Managing Editor Susan Clark is spending June getting to grips with two wheels, plus the bonus of a handy throttle for those long Devon hills. It's been some time since she got on any kind of bike - here's how she is getting on ....more...
The Eco Technology Show 2013
Green and Sustainable Technology Workshop with Satish Kumar at The Eco Technology Show UK 14th-15th June more...
Coal and Corruption: The Battle for Gerze
Chris Walker and Morgan Hartley
17th August, 2012
After years of protest, plans by the Anadolu Group to build a coal power plant in the seaside town of Gerze are awaiting the go-ahead from the Turkish government. But protest group YEGEP are not giving up without a fight more...
Creating the future: How 'Zero Carbon Britain' is inspiring positivity in today's artists
Paul Allen
16th August, 2012
The Centre for Alternative Technology's Emergence Summit must develop positive versions of the future, as if we can't imagine it - there won't be one, says Paul Allen more...
Texaco's pollution of Ecuador's indigenous lands brought to light in new DVD
Nicola Peel
8th August, 2012
Nicola Peel talks about her new DVD, Blood of the Amazon, telling of her travels through the rainforest and her investigations on the effects of reckless oil drilling on indigenous communities more...
Big brother gone green: using technology to tackle the eco-crisis
Hugh Knowles and Martin Wright
6th April, 2012
The revolution in remote monitoring should help solve environmental problems, but might it also increase our distance from the natural world? more...
How green is your fuel?
Andrew Simms
12th April, 2012
In an exclusive extract from 'Ampera We're Electric', Andrew Simms takes a closer look at what powers our cars and asks whether motoring has a greener future to look forward to more...
The A to Z of retrofitting
Chloe Barrow
27th March, 2012
Cutting emissions at home doesn’t just help the planet; it saves you money too. Chloe Barrow explains how to get started more...
The rise of nutraceuticals: how the ‘placebo-driven’ industry has got us hooked
Bethany Hubbard
23rd March, 2012
Big companies, from PepsiCo to Kellogg’s, are cashing in on our interest in health food ‘quick fixes’ while continuing to sell us high fat, sugary foods more...
Dietary supplement and functional food industry is ‘placebo-driven’ warns expert
Bethany Hubbard
23rd March, 2012
Monsanto, Kellogg’s and PepsiCo are just a few of the companies cashing in on our addiction to nutraceuticals - the fast-growing pharma food and supplements sector more...
TAKE ACTION: Just Label It - Americans demand GM food labelling
Priyanka Mogul
31st January, 2012
Join the growing chorus of individuals and organisations demanding the right to know what's in their food... all GM foods should be labelled, say Just Label It campaigners more...
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Too clever by half: is technology killing the planet?
Ian Michler
28th December, 2011
Technology is constructive but also hugely destructive. It’s high time that we begin to think seriously – and innovatively – about tempering its damaging effects more...
'Soundscape ecology': the new science helping identify ecosystems at risk
David Hawkins
16th December, 2011
As industrial development and human encroachment intensifies globally, academics believe the study of natural soundscapes could teach us much about how ecosystems function - and how they are under threat more...
Shipping containers: could they tackle the housing crisis for a growing population?
Sophie Laggan
6th December, 2011
With bricks and mortar proving environmentally unsustainable, a dearth of affordable housing available, and charity Shelter maintaining that homelessness persists, could shipping containers be a solution? more...
Risks of mobile phones to children are being 'downplayed'
Vicky Fobel, MobileWise
14th November, 2011
Industry repeats the mantra 'children should be discouraged from using mobiles excessively' while doing nothing to ensure it happens, says Vicky Fobel from the campaign group MobileWise more...
Ecologist Film Unit
Investigative films on key environmental and climate change issues from the Ecologist Film Unit more... Hell For Leather – investigating the leather industry in Bangladesh
Jim Wickens
1st June, 2008
Must-have handbags? shoes to die for? From cheap trinkets to luxury car interiors, Jim Wickens discovers the startling facts behind what we buy into when we buy leather goods more...
Water trading: how the world's most vital resource is up for sale
Debika Ray
21st September, 2011
Like carbon trading, REDD and food speculation before it, the buying and selling of water is just the latest example of market principles being applied to natural resources. But just how ethical is it? Debika Ray reports more...
Five of the best…eco friendly mobile apps
Rosie Spinks
9th September, 2011
Who says technology can’t be good for the environment? Rosie Spinks rounds up the apps that are making the planet a greener place to be more...
Behind the Brand: Google
Peter Salisbury
7th September, 2011
Unless you live on the moon, Google is an integral part of your day to day life, but just how ethical is the all-conquering search giant whose motto is ‘Don’t be Evil’? Peter Salisbury investigates more...
How the boom in climbing, biking and sailing is costing the earth
Isabella Kaminski
28th July, 2011
In the first of a two-part sport and environment special, Isabella Kaminski reports on how habitat damage, waste, nanotechnology and persistent organic pollutants are increasingly linked to our favourite outdoor pursuits more...
Ethical fashion takes a new direction with 'catalytic clothes' that purify polluted air
Matilda Lee
15th July, 2011
London College of Fashion recently unveiled a dress that purifies polluted city air through a chemical reaction on the surface of the fabric more...
Power: keeping it green
Henry Gass
3rd June, 2011
Angela Merkel’s decision to dispense with nuclear power has left environmentalists around the world exploring alternatives. Henry Gass weighs up the options more...
The Ecologist guide to data activism
Christine Ottery
4th March, 2011
You don't have to be a web geek to join the growing ranks of activists who have told powerful stories using data visualisation. Christine Ottery outlines how you can use data as a powerful tool to press for change more...Members
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