As fierce public debate rages over how to manage the Somerset Levels, a Task Force of farmers, wildlife groups, official Agencies and Councils has agreed a new 'Vision 2030' for the Levels - one the mainstream media have entirely missed ...
… Somerset Levels - a vision for 2030 Somerset Levels Moors Task … Agencies and Councils has agreed a new 'Vision 2030' for the Levels - one the … mainstream media have entirely missed ... A 'Vision' of what the Somerset Levels and Moors …
The London Cycling Campaign has demanded that 'direct vision' lorries become the standard on city streets - to save the lives of cyclists, pedestrians and other road users.
… Cyclists demand 'direct vision' lorries on city streets The Ecologist … 2014 News London Cycling Transport direct-vision-econic.png The London Cycling Campaign has demanded that 'direct vision' lorries become the standard on city …
The new Vision for Nature report highlights what young people want to see politicians doing to protect the environment. And there is nobody better qualified to make these demands than the generation that will inherit the future, writes MATT WILLIAMS
… Wildlife Environment Sir David Attenborough Vision For Nature UK Youth Nature Network vision for nature.jpg The new Vision for Nature report highlights what young …
The West Papuan independence movement wants to make ecocide a crime - and is calling for international help to save its rainforest.
… Indigenous leaders' green state vision Catherine Early | 8th November 2021 | … United Liberation Movement for West Papua Provisional Government (ULMWP), at the launch of … formation of a temporary constitution and provisional government, with leader Wenda as …
A Vision for Science and Society, in today’s technological vista, sounds an honourable aim. Guy Cook reads between the lines of this new UK government paper
… The UK Government paper, A Vision for Science and Society, is no clear … 20th January 2009 Comment Science Technology Vision Document UK Government Technology … And Technology Sense_science_MAIN.jpg A Vision for Science and Society, in today’s …
A huge raft of environmental reforms is promised in the Labour Party's draft manifesto, writes Oliver Tickell. Among the highlights: a ban on fracking; a clean energy policy based on renewables and efficiency; no commitment to new nuclear power; to meet our Paris Agreement obligations on climate; to give companies a legal obligation to protect the environment; to retain all EU environment laws post-Brexit; and multilateral nuclear disarmament.
… Corbyn's green vision wins: leaked manifesto promises huge … the Climate Change Act under threat, Labour's vision of the UK's future just looks all the … such as a commitment to expanding aviation provision, controversial port expansion, and …
Local direct democracy groups across North America are assembling a revolutionary confederation.
… from 18 September of this year. Shared vision Z, a co-founder of Black Socialists of … moving in a social or economic sense on the vision we share for a democratic and … shared resources, and honing a common vision of how to create together the genuinely …
Reflecting on the take home messages from the weekend's UK Green Party conference ELIZABETH WAINWRIGHT says she was listening to a party seeking out new spaces for us to come together - to create a new vision and make it reality
… for us to come together - to create a new vision and make it reality Storytelling is a … imagine other possibilities; we lose sight of vision and we stop believing that a good … to stand for something; to present a bold vision of what could be, and then anchor it …
This book by Wangari Maathai is a manifesto for change whose message is as vital for aid agencies and governments as it is for a woman farming a Kenyan hillside
… The Challenge for Africa - A New Vision Will Bugler | 19th June 2009 Reviews … help; it is a call to arms. And though her vision is directed squarely at the African … and cleaner water to name but a few. Her vision moves African nations away from the …
Just imagine: gas for your cooking and heating made by composting home-grown British grass, writes Almuth Ernsting. What's not to like? Well, it would need almost all the UK's grassland to match our gas demand, leaving cows and sheep to starve or forcing them into sheds to eat foreign-grown feeds. And methane leakage could easily wipe out any climate benefit.
… fracking - but can we believe Ecotricity's vision of 'green gas from grass'? Almuth … almost every home ". Ecotricity's bioenergy vision looks far more attractive than many … would be anything but benign. Ecotricity's vision of flowering meadows grown for …
Pressure groups question whether Defra has the power to drive reforms in the food sector
… Can Defra deliver its 2030 food vision? The Ecologist | 11th August 2009 News … decades, according to Defra. Outlining its vision for the UK's food system in 2030 , … whether Defra will be able to deliver on its vision. 'Although it has recognised the need …
The Transition Town movement has produced a year-by-year timeline to lead us to a happier, healthier society. Shaun Chamberlin outlines this vision - beginning with a landmark 2010 climate change accord
… A year-by-year vision of a sustainable future Shaun … society. Shaun Chamberlin outlines this vision - beginning with a landmark 2010 climate change accord The Transition Vision is of a resilient, more localised …
Every city has its graveyard of nonprofits, cooperatives, social clubs, and community centers. Without a strategic vision, local projects cannot possibly amount to a systemic alternative to capitalism. The latest contribution from the SYMBIOSIS RESEARCH COLLECTIVE
… and community centers. Without a strategic vision, local projects cannot possibly amount … this series , we alluded to a new strategic vision that is emerging across many different … In this next installment, we sketch this vision of a transition out of capitalism …
With Brexit the UK will have to chose between two visions of our farming future, writes Keith Tyrell. Will it be heavily subsidised corporate agribusiness that ravages both nature and small, high quality farmers. Or will we seize the chance to build a sustainable food and farming system that supports wildlife, landscape, family farms, organic production and diverse rural economies?
… Brexit the UK will have to chose between two visions of our farming future, writes Keith … to occupy the space and presenting competing visions for the future of UK farming and the countryside. One vision is for the UK to tear up environmental …
Agroecology has the capacity to synthesise human needs and the needs of the natural world.
… presents an inspirational and pragmatic vision of what is necessary and possible as we … purposeful, and realistic hope. It's a global vision that has been dreamed and then acted … are needed to take up and follow the vision now. Thus I write for all, not just …
How do you get your GM crops and herbicides into countries that don't want and can't afford them? Simple - you just wait for a crisis, and offer a helping hand...
… to some established NGOs such as the World Vision. Monsanto established 'Monsanto Fund' … inspire them to enroll others in their vision.' Monsanto has also Monsanto Fund … community and cultural organizations.' World Vision is one of the recipients of the ' …
Rewilding is now firmly on the agenda, writes Paul Jepson, and that brings a huge opportunity to re-invigorate conservation. But we must look to creating new functional ecosystems for the future, rather than trying to recreate a lost and perhaps imagined past.
… exciting and timely. However George Monbiot's vision of bringing back 15 iconic species falls short of the rewilding visions being discussed in universities. These … ecology and Earth system science. The vision of rewilding is more ambitious: it is …
A bold project encompassing clean air, a light rail system, open spaces, and green pathways for cyclists and pedestrians, is beginning to transform some of America's poorest and most polluted communities. As Brian Barth reports, the Atlanta Beltway is taking shape.
… cities and best places to live. Yet the vision of sustainability carried in the hearts … Power to Change plan. Five years later, the vision is beginning to take root, bringing … participatory urban planning. An optimistic vision and a 'can do' attitude Why doesn't …
Sarah Bentley reports on the UK radical media conference asking what's next for the non-corporate press
… Ceasefire, Red Pepper, Undercurrents TV and Vision On TV alongside the NUJ, the … time (to hold the conference).' Radical visions for the media Program highlights … Media; Changing The System: Radical Visions for Transforming the UK's Media; …
Sooner or later, humanity will have to accept the constraints of a finite world, writes Guy Shrubsole. But two rival economic visions offer conflicting paths to sustainability. In fact, it's time to stop arguing and get on with it - going for green growth in the near term, while aiming for a deeper societal transformation.
… Green growth or steady state? Rival visions of a green economy Guy Shrubsole | … writes Guy Shrubsole. But two rival economic visions offer conflicting paths to …
A Canadian film about an Inuit boy's views on climate change and cultural transformation wins prestigious Commonwealth film prize
… 2009 Other Climate Change Inuit Commonwealth Vision Awards Greg Hemmings commonwealth-vision-film.jpg A Canadian film about an Inuit … won First Prize in this year's Commonwealth Vision Awards at a ceremony held at the …
On the 50th anniversary of Aldous Huxley's death, Matt Williams remembers a little-known passage from his 'Brave New World', and asks if Huxley's dismal vision of our relationship to nature is coming to pass ...
… New World', and asks if Huxley's dismal vision of our relationship to nature is coming … citizens taught to hate nature. But is his vision of our relationship to the countryside … In the UK today I would argue that Huxley's vision of our relationship to nature is on its …
The Alternative Indaba initiated by faith-based groups eight years ago is a forum to discuss alternatives to the mining rush that brought more doom than gloom over the African continent and beyond. JASPER FINKELDEY reports back from this month's forum which called for the mining industry to be made more accountable
… his audience that "there is a lot of common vision in the mining industry." Some … contentious issues was the African Mining Vision which was adopted by African heads of … discussing the merits and shortfalls of the vision, hailed the document for not being …
We need a renewable energy revolution, an end to fracking, no new nuclear power, efficient homes, and the break up of our energy cartels, writes Jeremy Corbyn, All that, and strong protection for wildlife and oceans, no TTIP trade deal with the US, clean air to breathe, and massive investment in public transport. Is there anything not to like?
… must be at the heart of the Labour Party's vision of a fairer, more prosperous future. … To win, we must show we have a modern vision of an innovative country that has a new … aspirations must lie with a greener vision of Britain. And we must reach out to …