The waste warrior behind the You Tube hit and now book 'The Story of Stuff', on banning children's advertising, making manufacturers responsible for waste and shifting our values
Annie Leonard: 'computers are great, but do they have to have neurotoxins in them?' Laura Sevier | 15th June 2010 Comment Waste And Recycling Consumerism Marketing Advertising Consumption Built-in …
Greenpeace's most recent green electrics guide shows that PC manufacturers are still not meeting their obligations in terms of phasing out toxic substances
Computer companies breaking promises on toxins The Ecologist | 7th July 2009 News Investigations Science And Technology Green Living Greenpeace Electronic Computer Mobile Phone PVC BFR Brominated …
The US company has been singled out for its failure to remove dangerous chemicals from computers
Hewlett-Packard = Hazardous Products, says Greenpeace 28th July 2009 News Waste And Recycling Science And Technology Computers Greenpeace Chemicals computer.jpg HP has backtracked on pledges to …
The internet once represented something like freedom for Tom Hodgkinson, but the honeymoon ended when the problems of the virtual life became all-too-real
… Hodgkinson | 6th June 2008 Comment Internet Computing Freedom Facebook Social Networking …
More robust enforcement of laws designed to tackle the growing problem of e-waste is urgently needed, says Anja ffrench of Computer Aid, along with improved management of electrical waste by governments
How to combat the growing menace of e-waste Anja ffrench | 31st May 2011 Comment E-waste Computers Pollution EIA WEEE Directive Waste And Recycling Comment nigeria-e-waste-(15)-1.jpg More robust …
Greenpeace’s campaign for greener electronics shows promising results as HP release an almost toxin-free product
Greenpeace forces HP to go toxin-free The Ecologist | 30th September 2009 News Waste And Recycling Greenpeace Hewlett-packard Electronics computer.jpg HP were accused of backtracking on pledges to …
Far from being a cranky relic of a pre-Enlightenment dark age, belief in telepathy would seem to be confirmed by contemporary science and might even help secure the planet’s survival.
Telepathy: a new way of seeing Jeremy Smith | 1st September 2005 News Telepathy Seventh Sense Human Instinct Animal Intelligence Society TELEPATHY_JULY03_MAIN.jpg Far from being a cranky relic of a …
The main claim used to justify nuclear is that it's the only low carbon power source that can supply 'reliable, baseload electricity', writes Mark Diesendorf - unlike wind and solar. But not only can renewables supply baseload power, they can do something far more valuable: supply power flexibly according to demand. Now nuclear power really is redundant.
Dispelling the nuclear 'baseload' myth: nothing renewables can't do better! Mark Diesendorf | 10th March 2016 News Renewables Energy Nuclear UK Wind Solar Australia …
The world's growing waste mountain of mobile phones, computers and other electronic goods is being illegally recycled in unregulated and primitive conditions in China and causing significant toxic pollution
Low-cost e-waste recycling in China releasing catalogue of pollutants The Ecologist | 3rd September 2010 News Waste And Recycling China Pollution E-waste Electronics Mobile Phone chinaewastemain.jpg …
As awareness grows of the huge and swelling carbon footprint made by the world’s IT infrastructure, the government has launched a task-force to green our PCs.
Time to green your PC 11th June 2007 News Pc Pcs Green Phil Woolas Energy Energy Efficiency Computer Computers Technology Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Science And Technology News web pic 2_40.jpg As …
Thinking of trading in your old fridge? We’ve got the lowdown on how to get hold of electricals that are genuinely green
Green home appliances: a buyer’s guide Hannah Corr | 24th January 2012 Ethical Living Mobile Phone Washing Machine Eco Green Apple Ipod Computer Society holding.jpg Thinking of trading in your old …
A new computer software package developed in the US puts a financial value on the ecosystem services trees perform, from reduced air pollution to the amount of carbon dioxide removed... can it now work in the UK?
Torbay adopts i-Tree software that 'puts a value on trees' Chris Baker | 10th December 2010 Activism Natural World Climate Change Forests Ecosystem Services I-Tree Torbay Forestry Commission …
It may have billion-pound profits and gushing praise for technological innovation but Apple is increasingly in the spotlight over its labour rights and environmental record. Eifion Rees reports on the 'sweatshop brand'
… products, and ensure services hosted on cloud-computing platforms are run on renewable …
No more disability. Brain implants to boost intelligence. Ageing counteracted. The next stage of evolution or a nightmare we can never wake up from? Jim Thomas on ‘converging technology’.
Future Perfect? Jim Thomas | 1st May 2003 News Nanotechnology Science Technology Companies Nanotechnology Science And Technology No more disability. Brain implants to boost intelligence. Ageing …
A six-month investigation finds that the revolving door between government and the chemical industry has led the EPA to rely on easily manipulated toxicology research carried out entirely on computers - and this 'in silico' science often trumps both biology and epidemiology when it comes to regulatory action, or lack of it. The result? Toxic substances remain in everyday products.
Triumph of digital toxicology: why the US won't regulate deadly chemicals Valerie Brown Elizabeth Grossman | 27th November 2015 News Science Toxics Regulation USA Health computer-cut.jpg A six-month …
Putting down some of our hi-tech gadgets and hi-octane pastimes might help us make a lot less impact...
Shakespeare had no Blackberry: let's have a technological Sabbath Tom Hodgkinson | 9th November 2009 Comment Society Tom Hodgkinson Science And Technology tom_hodgkinson_crop.jpg Putting down some of …
Environmentalist and Humanitarian, Satish Kumar introduces the new trinity that he believes captures the essence of his ecophilosophy - one that cares about and for all life
Soil, Soul and Society Satish Kumar | 7th December 2012 Comment satish.jpg Environmentalist and Humanitarian, Satish Kumar introduces the new trinity that he believes captures the essence of his …
Sue immerses herself in the addictive world of ecogadgetry, including water-powered alarm clocks and a crash course in cooking with blankets...
Turning our Victorian terrace into an ecohome: part four - ecogadgets Sue Wheat | 13th August 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Energy Housing Eco Home Eco Retrofit Energy Saving Electricity Monitor …
Ever wondered where computers go when they die? Or what the endless expanse of a Chinese factory floor actually looks like? This film is a meditation on the consumer world
Manufactured Landscapes Laura Sevier | 1st May 2008 Reviews E-waste China Edward Burtynsky Jennifer Baichwal Manufactured Landscapes Industrial Technology Computers Politics And Economics Pollution …
In February 2009 the Environment Agency began its first prosecution against an individual for an e-waste crime, and claims to have prevented 33 shipments in the previous six months.
The dangers of e-waste Dr Keith Baker | 4th June 2009 News E-waste Technology Computers Technology Computers Pollution Science And Technology e-waste_MAIN.jpg In February 2009 the Environment Agency …