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Lake swimming, wild berries and traditional smoke saunas: summer at Lake Saimaa
Ruth Styles
11 August, 2011
With its ultra-clean water and unspoilt countryside, Finland’s Lakeland is a paradise for nature lovers and foodies alike, says Ruth Styles more...
Freshwater lakes and rivers contributing to climate change
Tom Levitt
12th January, 2011
Study estimates emissions of methane from freshwater systems to be 103 million tonnes per year - equivalent to 25 per cent of all the carbon dioxide absorbed by the world's land areas more...
Love your Lakes: a campaign to get phosphates out of the Lake District
Laura Sevier
16th December, 2010
Following the closure of some of the UK's most stunning lakes, a dynamic campaign has been set up to stop phosphates from washing detergents causing algal blooms more...
Wild swimming: top tips for a natural dip
Laura Sevier and Kate Rew
17th August, 2010
Forget the chemical depths of your local swimming pool: wild swimming is the more refreshing, natural way to cool off this summer more...
An industrial antidote: yurts and Wordsworth in the Lakes
Tafline Laylin
25th March, 2010
A yurt holiday near Wordsworth's ancestral home offers a chance to discover the Lake District's powerful beauty more...
The Crimson Wing movie: how beauty can help save the world
Laura Sevier
24th September, 2009
A pioneering Disney nature film has become a powerful tool to protect threatened flamingos on Tanzania's Lake Natron more...
Behind the Label: cut flowers
Pat Thomas
18th August, 2009
What's the real price of your bouquet? Pat Thomas dishes the dirt on cut flower production in less-industrialised countries more...
Flamingos threatened by soda-ash mining
News
12th July, 2007
A huge soda-ash mining plant to be built on the banks of Lake Natron in Tanzania will push the lesser flamingo to the brink of extinction, the Guardian has reported. more...
Radley Lakes public inquiry, 20th - 22nd June
Lynda Pasquire
12th July, 2007
The continuing story of one community's struggle against nPower who are still planning to fill Thrupp lake with ash from their Didcot coal-fired power station.more...
nPower faces prosecution over tree felling
News
2nd April, 2007
Electricity geneator nPower is facing prosecution over its actions at Radley Lakes in Oxfordshire. more...Radley Lakes
Mark Anslow
23rd March, 2007
nPower is preparing to fill an Oxfordshire beauty spot and cradle of biodiversity with pulverised fuel ash. The Ecologist Online is running an ongoing investigation into their activities... more...
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