green economics: 25/50 of 101
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Greens should revel in Christmas, not shun it
Molly Scott Cato
21st December, 2009
No hairshirt or sandals for Molly this year - she's bellowing carols and splashing the cash (in her local currency, of course) more...
10 ideas for sustainable economies and businesses
Ecologist
19th June, 2009
Business and the wider economy can become sustainable parts of the ecosystem - here are some ideas more...
CASE STUDY: 85, and still campaigning for local democracy
Paul Kingsnorth
1st September, 2006
Nobody meets John Papworth and forgets about it in a hurry. Paul Kingsnorth reports on a man who can inspire people – or get right up their noses more...
Green taxes would benefit environment and employment
Ecologist
26th October, 2009
A major shift towards green taxes and 'pay as you burn, not pay as you earn' would benefit the environment and the economy more...
Call for publicly-owned green bank in UK
Ecologist
23rd October, 2009
National green bank would help finance major renewable projects like offshore wind that might not otherwise get off the ground more...
How can we tell which companies are really green?
David Ord
6th October, 2009
Green claims are everywhere: surely there must be some simple way of measuring exactly what impact a company is having on the climate? more...
Green jobs are welcome. But will they be good jobs?
Rory O'Neill
30th September, 2009
'Green jobs' are part of economic recovery plans across the globe. But in the rush to create environmental employment, do we risk forgetting the most important things about work: safety and security? more...
A green tax? James Tobin would be spinning in his grave
Gaian Economics
3rd September, 2009
Lord Adair Turner - head of the FSA and the Climate Change Committe - has ruffled feathers by suggesting a tax on currency trading. Here's why more...
Public oppose carbon pricing policies
Ecologist
2nd September, 2009
While we accept the threat of climate change the majority of us are still opposed to compulsory changes such as carbon pricing, new survey shows more...
Modern economics is one step away from measuring buttocks
Molly Scott Cato
17th August, 2009
Molly gets her knuckles rapped for not including standard economic models in her university teaching, and wonders if the profession is disappearing up its own regression formula... more...
Bailed-out banks should fund the Green New Deal
Dan Box
17th August, 2009
They emptied the public purse to fund their continuing largesse. Now it's time for the banks to pay us back. At phenomenally good rates... more...
American junk food imports hit poor
Ecologist
12th August,2009
Influx of high-fat and high-sugar foods into Central America has increased obesity levels more...
green economics: 25/50 of 101
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The 300-350 Show: the case against carbon offsetting
Phil England
11th August, 2009
The 300-350 Show takes the argument against large-scale carbon offsetting under the CDM to the European Commissioner in charge; and hears from a co-author of the most accessible report yet on the case against carbon offsetting under the CDM. more...
UK urged to triple nuclear power
Ecologist
5th August, 2009
Former Minister's call to triple the contribution of nuclear power in UK dismissed as scare tactics more...
The 300-350 Show: Climate Camp 2008 revisited
Phil England
3rd August, 2009
Climate Camp 2009 looms... so what better than to look back on last year's event and marvel at how misreported the whole thing was more...
Money Matters by David Boyle
Andrea Kayne
27th July, 2009
This easy-to-understand guide demystifies the economic system and explains how the 'eco' can be put back into 'economics' more...
Sustainability 'undone' by Treasury and BIS, says Porritt
Ecologist
6th July, 2009
The outgoing chief of the Government's independent sustainability watchdog, Jonathon Porritt, has criticised the Treasury and Department for Business for a failure to advance the sustainable development agenda more...
Transition meets local government
Transition Culture
24th June, 2009
What can happen when a Transition Initiative and its local authority work together: the Stroud story more...
Climate change professionals are rich, male and secure. Should we care?
Dan Box
19th June 2009
What happens when the market research on the good guys starts looking a lot like the profile of the bad guys? You breathe a sigh of relief, argues Dan Box more...
Visionaries: Ann Pettifor
Ecologist
1st April 2009
Ann Pettifor has changed the world once; now she wants to do it again.more...
The inefficency of delivery systems
Molly Scott Cato
19th June, 2009
What do a privatised post office and jogging have in common? They’re both inefficient, obsolete and all about the bottom line. more...
The Tesco Chainstore Massacre
Paul Kingsnorth
1st May, 2006
How one small English town took on a superstore - and won more...
European elections - will Brussels go Green?
Joss Garman
3rd June, 2009
It probably isn’t too much of an exaggeration to suggest that most people are hard pushed to name a politician they really admire. In Britain, however, one name will come up time and again. more...
A career in environmentalism - the US experience
Joe Franke
1st May, 2009
In a story that will resonate with environmentalists everywhere, Joe Franke explores the US experience of an underpaid, poorly supported and largely unappreciated workforce. more...
An eco injection
Joss Garman
30th April, 2009
Barack Obama and Ban Ki Moon, Labour and the Conservatives, green groups and trade unionists, Nicholas Stern and even Peter Mandelson - everybody is talking about a 'Green New Deal'. Faced with an economic downturn, climate breakdown and an energy system in need of billions of new investment anyway, the idea is simple and attractive. more...Members
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