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Earth in 100 Groundbreaking Discoveries
Hannah Corr
22nd September, 2011
Packing 4.5 billion years of history into 416 pages is a truly Herculean task, but it's one, says Hannah Corr, that Douglas Palmer has managed to do in style more...
Kazakhstan fights to save its corner of a divided Aral Sea
Matilda Lee
9th September, 2011
On the Kazakh side of the Aral Sea, water levels are rising, and fishing communities are being rebuilt. The future of the South Aral Sea, bordering on Uzbekistan, is still in doubt. Matilda Lee reports from Aral City more...
CAMPAIGN HERO: Diana Vogtel, 350.org
Matilda Lee
7th September, 2011
The European coordinator of international climate campaign group 350.org talks to the Ecologist about civil disobedience outside the White House and why she's gearing up for September 24th more...
China exports its environmental problems as consumer culture booms
Gervase Poulden
6th September, 2011
China is attempting to pursue the same impossible path as the rest of the world: generating consumer demand and wealth without destroying its natural resources and the planet more...
TAKE ACTION to stop nuclear weapons build in the US
Matilda Lee
31st August, 2011
In Kansas City, Missouri, people have lost jobs, schools have closed and hospitals have moved away. Now the government has subsidised a new federal nuclear weapons plant with $815 million in municipal bonds... more...
Kazakhstan’s nuclear legacy offers lessons for Fukushima
Matilda Lee
30th August, 2011
The Semipalatinsk region suffered under four decades of Soviet nuclear testing. Now, the country wants to become an international research hub for the effects of radiation on future generations. Matilda Lee reports from Kazakhstan more...
The young activist’s guide to building a green movement
George Blacksell
24th August, 2011
Sharon J. Smith’s book acts as an inspirational guide for the youth of today to taking environmental matters into their own handsmore...
Endgame for polar bears as Arctic habitat melts away
Gavin Haines
24th August, 2011
The recent polar bear attack in Norway is the latest reminder that time is running out for these iconic mammals, with runaway climate change and habitat loss. Gavin Haines reports more...
Can Positive Money help fix a fatally flawed banking system?
Sarah Bentley
17th August, 2011
A new campaign group is trying to push through reforms that would give customers a choice in investments and make banks more socially useful. But can it break through the banking bottleneck? more...
CAMPAIGN HERO: Joey Tabone, Chief Executive of the Prince of Wales's charity Start
Matilda Lee
12th August, 2011
The new head of the Prince's green living charity speaks to the Ecologist about ways of engaging individuals and the benefits of corporate partnerships more...
Why we need to stop trying to 'save the planet' and just realise our place in it
Peter Baker
9th August, 2011
In an extract from his new book the Jolly Pilgrim, Peter Baker argues that a Gaian consciousness is slowly emerging out of our efforts to overcome climate change and other environmental challenges more...
Sceptics told they'd be 'foolish' to ignore potential of geoengineering
Eifion Rees
25th July, 2011
As global climate talks stall, calls for more trials of ideas to alter the world's climate known as 'geoengineering' are likely to grow more...
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The Rainforest Saver
Daniel Elkan
February 2005
After more than 20 years work, Mike Hands, a British tropical ecologist has come up with a groundbreaking way to stop vast areas of rainforest destroyed more...
Himalayan glaciers are 'not just melting, they are dying'
Jonathan Mitchell
13th July, 2011
Many glaciers are melting away at a rapid rate. This could have serious consequences for half a billion people who depend on the ‘eternal snows’ to water their crops and for drinking. But as Jonathan Mitchell reports from Nepal, not everyone appears concerned more...
Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis
Mark Newton
7th July, 2011
Combining hard science with a sympathetic approach to the realities of family life; Raising Elijah is one of the most important books you’ll ever read, says Mark Newton more...
Where next for eco-activism in the UK?
Bibi van der Zee
6th July, 2011
After the failure of the Copenhagen climate talks, the undercover police scandal, the disbanding of Climate Camp - and the sudden rise of UK Uncut - Bibi van der Zee takes the temperature of Britain's green activism movement more...
Joss Garman: coal and runways looked unstoppable until we stopped them
Joss Garman
6th July, 2011
Co-founder of activist group Plane Stupid, Joss Garman reflects on the environmental movements' successes and why, when things look bleaker than ever, we need to remember this more...
How to inspire the next generation of eco-activists
Tom Youngman
6th July, 2011
Constructive engagement, optimism and campaigns that benefit local residents are the best tactics to move eco-activism forward more...
Where next for eco-activism?
Matilda Lee
6th July, 2011
As a new film encourages people to Just Do It, Matilda Lee looks at the future of eco-activism in the UK more...
Britain's richest man to build giant Arctic iron ore mine
Terry Macalister, guardian energy editor
5th July, 2011
Lakshmi Mittal's 'mega-mine' is believed to be the largest mineral extraction project in the region but threatens unique wildlife more...
Tools of resistance: the insiders guide to grassroots direct action
Molly James & Dan Glass
6th July, 2011
Molly James & Dan Glass outline the most powerful tools in the grassroots action toolbox - plus information on how you can get involvedmore...
Just Do It: the story of modern-day outlaws
Matilda Lee
6th July, 2011
A new film launching on July 15th gives an in-depth look inside the clandestine world of environmental direct action more...
Peak oil is 'getting closer' but the world is not ready
Tom Levitt
28th June, 2011
The end of cheap oil has got governments panicking to control prices rather than planning for a post-oil era. Tom Levitt reports more...
European airlines to start controversial biofuel-powered flights
William McLennan
24th June, 2011
The use of plant-based fuels for flights, backed by the EU, could contribute to higher food prices and increased greenhouse gas emissions more...
Don't believe the spin on thorium being a ‘greener’ nuclear option
Eifion Rees
23rd June, 2011
It produces less radioactive waste and more power than uranium but the UK would be making a mistake in looking to it as a 'greener' fuel. The Ecologist reports more...Members
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