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Ignorance & Ineptitude
Tony Juniper
31st October, 2012
Sooner or later economics and ecology will need to be recognised as the two complementary faces of the same coin, writes environmentalist Tony Juniper more...
Update from Satish
Satish Kumar
Our Focus on Food, plus why we need to defend the rights of Nature more...
Thich Nhat Hanh: in 100 years there may be no more humans on planet earth
Tom Levitt
22nd March, 2012
The acclaimed buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh talks to the Ecologist about the loss of biodiversity and why human vulnerability is not something we should despair about more...
Humanity has already had four major ecological collapses: how can we avoid a fifth?
Tom Levitt
27th February, 2012
Theologian Martin Palmer tells Tom Levitt how we can learn from previous man-made ecological collapses in Britain and create a 'new narrative' that challenges our dominant consumer culture more...
UK needs scientific research into agroecology not GM
Patrick Mulvany
25th January, 2012
The greatest challenge facing agricultural scientists is how to work with farmers producing more ecological and healthier food - not GM, argues Patrick Mulvany, chair of the UK Food Group and advisor to Practical Action more...
An Ecology of Mind: film interprets a life of unconventional thought
Rachel Fleming
11th January, 2012
A new documentary, An Ecology of Mind, directed by Nora Bateson, celebrates her father Gregory - anthropologist, philosopher, ecologist and systems theorist more...
Durban climate change conference: why farming is the biggest issue for Africa
Rosie Spinks
4th November, 2011
With little hope of a binding deal on climate change at the latest UN summit, campaigners are hoping that Africa's COP will tackle the issue that plagues the continent most: agriculture more...
Climate Change Denial
Jeremy Williams
12th May, 2011
Haydn Washington and John Cook’s work has wise words for climate change activists and deniers alike, says Jeremy Williams more...
Agroecological farming 'can double food production in Africa over next 10 years'
Tom Levitt
8th March, 2011
Low-input farming projects, not reliant on chemical fertilisers and pesticides, have brought significant increases in food production in Africa, south-east Asia and South America, according to a UN report more...
Worldwatch report attacks criminalising of seed saving and promotes agroecology
Tom Levitt
13th January, 2011
Green revolution approach of expensive fertilisers and seeds is failing and needs replacing with projects that prevent food waste, build resilience to climate change, and strengthen city farming more...
China counts £130bn cost of economic growth in ecological damage
Jonathan Watts, Guardian Asia environment correspondent
29th December, 2010
Cost of pollution, deteriorating soil and other impacts surged to 1.3tr yuan in 2008 - equivalent to 3.9 per cent of country's GDP - as officials warn of threats to ecology, food safety and flood control more...
Controversial pesticides linked to 'total ecological collapse' of insects and birds
Dearbhla Crosse and Tom Levitt
16th November, 2010
Widespread use of insecticides affecting bee populations but also causing decline in numbers of birds, butterflies and moths, warns Dutch toxicologistmore...
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Ecologist guide to ethical investments
Eifion Rees and Matilda Lee
5th November, 2010
All you need to know to start putting your money where your mouth is more...
'Stop robbing land from the poorest' urges UN food expert
Tom Levitt and Jemima Roberts
25th October, 2010
Improving smallholder rights to the land they depend on is becoming more of a necessity as farmland speculation and competition between food and energy crops threatens their tenure more...
Ecologist guide to ethical investments
Eifion Rees and Matilda Lee
5th November, 2010
All you need to know to start putting your money where your mouth is more...
How to protect UK rivers from invasive mitten crabs, and eat locally as well!
Eifion Rees
22nd July, 2010
Chinese mitten crabs are pushing indigenous species out of UK rivers and damaging river banks and habitats. It's time to look at how we could control them, and maybe find a new seafood delicacy to boot more...
The Ecologist July 1980: Our broken healthcare system
Edward Goldsmith
July-Aug-Sept 1980
In the tenth anniversary edition of the Ecologist, Edward Goldsmith took aim at a misguided approach to healthcare in industrialised countries, arguing instead for an ecological approach to both our physical and social illsmore...
Agroecological farming methods being ignored, says UN expert
Ecologist
28th June, 2010
Success of agroecology in Brazil, Cuba and Africa should be replicated in place of current support for intensive farming techniques more...
The Living Machine: an ecological approach to poo
Tafline Laylin
8th June, 2010
By mimicking the purifying behaviour of wetland ecosystems we can deal with our sewage using one quarter of the energy, and a fraction of the smell... more...
Water companies, not farmers, to blame for river pollution
Ecologist
15th April, 2010
Household sewage waste rather than farm slurry should be the target of tough pollution measures to reduce phosphorus levels in English rivers, says study more...
Journey to Arne Naess's Cabin
Paul Miles
24th December, 2009
Arne Naess, the father of the deep ecology movement, spent much time in his cabin on top of a mountain. Paying homage, Paul Miles recreates the trip more...
Copenhagen: peasant farmers can save the planet
Ed Hamer
15th December, 2009
Carbon reduction potential of ecological farming methods is highlighted at Copenhagen, as protests against industrial agriculture gather strength more...
CASE STUDY: saving marine life with flowerpots
Emma Bocking
27th October, 2009
Although sea walls are a strong form of coastal defence they effectively wipe out rock pools which are important oases for marine life. Scientists in Sydney have found a solution involving flower pots... more...
What use is evolution to environmentalists?
Amelie Wachner
10th November, 2009
Evolution may be a brilliant model by which to explain the diversity of the natural world, but it doesn't contain the slightest hint as to how human beings should act towards that world more...
Africa doesn't need a green revolution. It needs agroecology
Dan Taylor
23rd September, 2009
Green Revolution architect Norman Borlaug is credited with 'feeding India'. But the feat took more than hybrid varieties and fertiliser, and it will take a much more sophisticated approach to help Africa feed itself more...Members
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