Out and About: 1/19 of 19
Roundwood timber framing: the greener way to build
Maddy Harland
19th October, 2010
Using our native softwoods and 'in the round' construction, this innovative technique results in beautiful buildings with high environmental credentials more...
PHOTO GALLERY: The best of Britain's biodiversity
Eifion Rees
30th December, 2010
A new book featuring some of the best wildlife photographers working in the country celebrates the British natural world more...
Recycle your car, don't scrap it
Eifion Rees
7th December, 2010
Two million cars are disposed of every year in the UK, only half of them through the proper channels. Recycle materials and cut down on pollution by sending your old banger to an authorised treatment facility more...
Seoul: on course to be one of the world's greenest cities?
Anna Sheldrick
30th November, 2010
Seoul, host of this year's G20, is well on the way to achieving its goal of becoming one of the world's most eco-friendly cities. But, as Anna Sheldrick reports, there may be room for improvement elsewhere in South Korea more...
PHOTO GALLERY: Migratory animals and birds face a new battle for survival
Eifion Rees
26th October, 2010
Some of nature's most majestic creatures are migratory, but their future in a changing world is far from certain, as a stunning new book of photographs makes clear more...
Art for the Amazon: Natural History Museum uses art to tackle eco-crisis
Sam Phillips
12th October, 2010
A new exhibition draws inspiration from the plight of the Amazon and uses artwork to suggest and inspire creative solutions to an impending environmental catastrophe more...
Pedal power: ditch the headaches and cycle to work
Juliet Kemp
28th September, 2010
Commuting to work by bike is easier - and the reasons not to do it flimsier - than you think. Here's our guide to dealing with the excuses and improving pedal power in your workplace more...
Where am I? The world beyond sat-navs
Trevor Critchley
2nd July, 2009
Maps have lost their initial purpose of orientating lost travellers. Today they mean much more: they are tools to help re-connect us to the natural world, writes Trevor Critchley more...
Green holidays: Under the Thatch
Richard Hammond
1st July, 2008
Derelict cottages restored to former glory, happy holidaymakers and revived communities – all the result of one man’s vision. Richard Hammond reports more...
Will modern-day flaneurs help rebuild fragmented communities?
Nika Stella-Sawicka
1st September, 2009
In the age of high-speed travel, walking - alone or in groups - is the foremost way to reconnect to cities, our environment and one another more...
Green guide to summer festivals
Mariam Bhacker
7th July, 2009
Ten festivals worth digging your wellies out for this summer more...
UK holidays: Five of the best green getaways
Sophie Chamay
30th June, 2009
A converted watermill in Yorkshire, yurts in the Isle of Wight, an eco hostel in the Scottish highlands, a 16th century horticultural farmhouse in Kent and a Romany gypsy caravan in Wales... more...
Out and About: 1/19 of 19
Cutting council emissions could create 70,000 green jobs
Ecologist
25th June, 2009
A drive to persuade county councils to cut their carbon dioxide emissions by 40 per cent by 2020 could result in as many as 70,000 green jobs, new research reveals more...
Dilemma: How do you define unneccesary travel?
Matilda Lee
19th June, 2009
With plane, train and automobile emissions still increasing,are we being honest with ourselves about how and how often we travel? Matilda Lee looks at the bare necessities of transport more...
Radio station brings green agenda to festivals
Jan Goodey
19th June, 2009
Green Futures Radio brings environmental issues, as well as up and coming young musicians, to festival-going audiences more...
Glastonbury festival welcomes The Camp for Climate Action
Kevin Smith
11th June 2009
As the summer festival season gets into full swing join the the Climate Campers more...
Life on a canal boat - Part III
Paul Miles
19th June, 2009
In the final instalment from Britain’s historic waterways, the Ecologist’s narrowboat correspondent finds a literal and metaphorical light at the end of the tunnel on the Grand Union canal more...
Life on a canal boat - Part II
Paul Miles
1st June, 2009
In the second communiqué from the canals of Britain, a narrowboat newbie finds the pace of life slowing to the speed of the water, offering time for reflection and a deeper appreciation of the great outdoors more...
Life on a canal boat - Part I
Paul Miles
1st May, 2009
In the first of a three-part series, a repentant travel writer trades in his longhaul flights and luxury holidays for three months living on a narrowboatmore...
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