consumer culture: 1/15 of 15
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...
10 approaches to tackling over-consumption
Ecologist
19th June, 2009
'There is enough for everyone’s need, but not for everyone’s greed,’ said Gandhi – but how much does each of us need? more...
Five things to do instead of shopping
Richard Docwra
25th August, 2009
Avoid buying pointless stuff and start saving cash - here are some cheap, fun and interesting things to do more...
CASE STUDY: independent media
Laura Sevier
1st January, 2009
It’s the polar opposite of the glossy celebrity and lifestyle magazine, celebrating the personal and the everyday. Laura Sevier meets the creative force behind Karen more...
Buy nothing day
Conrad Schmidt
27th November, 2008
Buy Nothing Day is an annual event to protest our consumerist culture. Consumers are encouraged across the world to stay out of malls and put their wallets back in their pockets for just one day. Started back in 1992 in Vancouver, Canada by Ted Dave, it was popularized by the Adbusters media foundation and it has spread to become an international day of action. more...
Japanese turn to farming to find fulfilment
Hiroyo Hasegawa
23rd July, 2009
Growing in popularity in Japan, a new environmental lifestyle choice is helping people grow their own food, reconnect with the land and pursue more fulfilling vocations more...
EU approves 'stepping stone' legislation for cloned meat
Ecologist
24th June, 2009
European Union ministers have given an initial thumbs-up to the Novel Foods Regulation, a draft proposal that could lead to meat from cloned animals entering the human food chain more...
The Visionaries
Ecologist
20th March, 2009
Mark Anslow, Laura Sevier, Dan Box and Matilda Lee profile 10 visionaries with 10 big ideas for a better world.more...
US Department of Agriculture worried about GM food imports
News
6th March, 2009
Having exported largely untested GM crops around the world for decades, the US is suddenly starting to worry about what genetically modified organisms other countries might send their way. more...
Climate change - a rare opportunity?
Bill McKibben
1st February, 2007
Happiness is... Climate change isn’t just a threat. It’s an opportunity for us to live happier, more fulfilling lives. more...
School Uniformity
Rachel Ragg
22nd September, 2006
The exuberance of childhood celebrated in books such as Just William is now frowned upon as inappropriate behaviour, resulting in more and more children being prescribed behavioural drugs. Rachel Ragg investigates more...
Everyday Green
City Hippy
28th August, 2006
Follow my efforts to create a green lifestyle roadmap for the mainstream. more...
consumer culture: 1/15 of 15
Say It Without Flowers
Venetia Hargreaves-Allen
1st October, 2003
Say: ‘I am happy to pay for environmental degradation, chronic illness and labour rights abuses in countries that grow flowers for Western consumers but cannot feed their own people.’ more...
Blood is Thicker...
Ros Coward
1st February, 2003
Ros Coward reports from Murcia in southern Spain, the driest place in Europe, where tourism and intensive agriculture is draining its meagre water supplies and causing a growing environmental crisis. more...
Modifying protests: how the biotech industry is garnering support
Jonathan Matthews
1st February, 2003
After years of failing to make its modified products do its bidding, the biotech industry is changing tack – now its modifying the protestors. Jonathan Matthews reports from South Africa more...Members
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