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The Greed of Feed – the hidden cost of your cheap farmed salmon
1st December, 2008
Andrew Wasley & Jim Wickens
A major investigation by the Ecologist reveals a host of unreported environmental and social costs linked to the fishmeal production industry in Peru more...
Goldman Sachs makes $1 billion profit on food price speculation
Tom Levitt
19th July, 2010
'Risky and secretive' gambling on the price of coffee, cocoa and wheat is leading to unstable food prices and exacerbating poverty and malnutrition but creating billions of pounds for the banking sector more...
Food crisis 'hidden' from public say campaigners
Ecologist
6th January, 2010
Government is talking about issues like food security, climate change and oil dependency but failing to take the 'inconvenient' but necessary action says the Soil Association more...
CASE STUDY: local, sustainable fishing from bait to plate
Carol Trewin
1st February, 2007
Many global fish stocks are on the verge of collapse but, nearer home, Cornish fishermen have found a sustainable way of earning a living. 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...
Face it: orthodox economics messed up
Molly Scott Cato
14th July, 2009
In drowning out the voices of those economists that don't adhere to neoclassical orthodoxy, the current global financial collapse was inevitable more...
The End of the Line film
Ecologist
8th June, 2009
The End of the Line is the first major feature documentary film revealing the impact of overfishing on our oceansmore...
Concerns rise about the effect of fish farming on smaller 'prey' species
Ewan Kingston
1st April 2009
A new report from Oceana warns that plundering the seas to fuel our fish farms is having serious and far-reaching effects... more...
Fishy business
Andrew Wasley and Jim Wickens
1st December 2008
The coastal towns and villages of Peru are being blighted by an industry that has sprung up to satisfy the West’s voracious appetite for fish – now marine life, human health and whole ecosystems are paying the price. The Ecologist Film Unit investigatesmore...
To farm or to fish - does aquaculture have the answer?
Matilda Lee
3rd March, 2009
Our oceans are suffering from chronic overfishing - but are fish farms any better for the environment? Matilda Lee weighs up the piscine pros and cons in the battle to save world stocks from collapse. more...
Goodbye to growth
Richard Heinberg
7th January, 2009
The contraction of the global economic system bodes nothing but good for global ecosystems. Growth is dead – long live sustainability more...
What the flux?
Joss Garmen
16th December, 2008
History will remember 2008 for its ‘crisis of capitalism’. The crash on Wall Street was the game-changer in the US election race, and it could soon be remembered as the gamechanger on climate change, too. more...
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Ecologist Film Unit: Consumer guide
Anna Baubock
5th December, 2008
Seven easy tips to sustainable fish more...
How to be free: non-action in action
Tom Hodgkinson
1st October, 2008
From all sides, the cry is the same: something must be done. More must be done. more...
Only 4% of untouched ocean left: global report on oceans shows devastating damage
News
15th February, 2008
The North sea is amongst the worst affected seas in the world a global investigation into the impact of human activities on marine ecosystems revealed yesterday. more...
Landfill-on-sea
Daisy Dumas
7th February, 2008
Plastic rubbish gets tossed away in far-off places that we rarely get to see. Daisy Dumas assesses its impact on the world's largest floating landfill. more...
Food and energy: a clash of giants
Maryann Bird
18th October, 2007
Two critical markets are pursuing a stressed planet’s renewable resources, presenting policymakers with complex and difficult choices. The Worldwatch Institute’s latest look at Earth’s “vital signs” sees dangerous times ahead as the “sustainability crisis” unfolds. China Dialogue's Maryann Bird investigates more...
Reef protection stepped up a gear
News
3rd October, 2007
The Government of the Phillipines has tightened regulations to stop fishing on the country's largest coral reef, Reuters has reported. more...
Tuna stocks at record low
News
28th August, 2007
The Indian tuna fish haul is at its lowest level for twelve years, Reuters has reported. more...
EU Limits Tuna Fishing
news
1st March, 2007
The preservation of dwindling tuna fish stocks is set to receive a boost as the EU prepares to introduce cuts in the allowed size of catches, web-based environmental news service ENN reports. more...
After the Gold Rush
Charles Clover
1st December, 2004
The biggest and most indiscriminate killers of wildlife on the planet, commercial fishing fleets have brought us to the edge of a maritime ecological disaster, with fish stocks facing extinction all around the world.more...
Are you too well behaved
Diane Wilson
1st October, 2004
The US authorities have allowed Formosa Plastics and other chemicals corporations to poison the waterways of the Texas Gulf Coast for decades. When local shrimp-boat operator Diane Wilson found out what was going on she single-handedly set about forcing Formosa to clean up its act. more...
Who needs a traditional fishmonger?
Joanna Blythman
1st September, 2004
Lying on tilted beds of glistening ice, fish from around the world gaze unblinkingly at bored supermarket shoppers. Red snappers, ‘air freighted for freshness’ from the Indian Ocean; Chilean seabass ‘previously frozen’ from the Southern Atlantic; Farmed salmon from the Isles of Scotland; exotic, seemingly abundant fresh fish. more...
High Seas Drifters
Ben Belton
8th July, 2004
The reckless deep-sea gold rush that could turn the North American continental shelf into one giant factory-style fish farm more...
Bush ruling threatens US salmon’s survival
Chris Floyd
8th July, 2004
In May the Bush administration struck another blow against the US’s crumbling environmental protections with a ruling that allows hatchery fish to be counted along with wild fish in determining the protection status of salmon in accordance with the US’s Endangered Species Act (ESA). more...Members
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