eco house: 1/20 of 20
How to…give your cocktail a green-over
Amy Hall
8th May, 2012
Forget Pimms: eco-friendly cocktails not only taste great, they don’t cause a headache for the planet either. Amy Hall shows you how to give your tipple an eco-friendly spin more...
Are straw bales the future of sustainable building?
Mark Briggs
20th April, 2012
Straw bale is a low impact, low carbon building material making strides towards mainstream acceptance. So is it about time we took notice? Mark Briggs reports more...
Home retrofit experiment shows low carbon living for real people
Charlotte Sankey
24th January, 2012
A single mother, three teenagers and an East London terrace offer a living piece of research on retrofitting designed for real-time living more...
Green Business: Greenhouse Public Relations
Peter Salisbury
2nd August, 2011
Anna Guyer has made a name for her company by only taking clients with impeccable green credentials and refusing to ‘greenwash’ big brands. Peter Salisbury met her to find out more more...
United Vibrations: music with a message champions sustainable living
Helena Drakakis
18th April, 2011
Helena Drakakis reports on the London band using music to fund projects dispelling the myth that environmentally sustainable living is synonymous with low-tech, under-developed lifestyles more...
UK economic recovery 'poses threat to environment'
James Meikle
1st December, 2010
Any emergence from recession may erode shift towards more sustainable lifestyles, warns EU reportmore...
Turning our Victorian terrace into an ecohome: part five
Sue Wheat
14th October, 2010
Research over, it's crunch time in Sue's house, as materials are delivered, builders are educated in new eco techniques and wall insulation is fitted more...
Turning our Victorian terrace into an ecohome: part one
Sue Wheat
29th April, 2010
One family's journey to turn a draughty, turn-of-the-century terrace into a snug paragon of eco efficiency more...
Let's stop people scamming billions from the carbon market
Fionnuala Walravens
8th April, 2010
It was a loophole that most of us thought had been sewn up. But new research shows that companies are continuing to cash in on the 'super' greenhouse gas HFC-23 more...
Can direct democracy win a seat in Kilburn?
Jeremy Smith
1st April, 2010
Environmental activist Tamsin Omond is running for a Westminster seat on a platform of more collaborative democracy, and resurrecting the idea of the Commons as a shared public good more...
Cutting carbon through people-powered innovation
Ecologist
21st January, 2010
NESTA's Big Green Challenge inspired community groups to come up with innovative ways to reduce carbon emissions. Along the way, it has proved that change really can come from a grassroots level more...
10 groups pushing for cultural change
Ecologist
19th June, 2009
Inspiration for change comes in many guises – from downshifting your personal life to celebrating a community Apple Day to joining a movement for social justice. more...
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Change farming to cut CO2 emissions by 25 per cent
Eifion Rees
3rd July, 2009
A new report has revealed that a change in the way we manage agricultural land could help sequester a quarter of the world's carbon dioxide emissions every year more...
Greenwash taints most 'eco-friendly' claims
Ecologist
23rd June, 2009
Ninety-eight per cent of the products in our stores claiming to be environmentally friendly are guilty of greenwash, a US committee hears more...
Urban Composting
The Ecologist
1st February, 2005
Imagine you could turn 30 per cent of your household waste, at no cost, into high-quality compost for your plants, while also reducing toxic emissions from incinerator plants...more...
The North-South divide
Helena Norberg-Hodge
22nd June, 2008
Rich industrialised countries have a responsibility to help others stick to their green responsibilities, argues Helena Norberg-Hodge, not collude in helping shirk them more...
A bad appraisal
Rebekah Phillips
19th June, 2008
Forget environmental considerations, money’s in the driving seat when it comes to approving transport schemes. It’s time to reappraise the appraisers, says Rebekah Phillips more...
Eco-home ruled a danger to dormice
News
30th July, 2007
The Roundhouse, an eco-home in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, faces demolition after an ecological survey concluded that it threatened biodiversity. more...
Airport expansion: passenger demand means small airports plan to get bigger
News
28th February, 2007
Record demand for cheap flights has resulted in 21 (mostly regional) airports publishing expansion plans in the last 5 years. They have been spurred on to do so by the Government’s plans to raise plane passenger numbers from 200 million in 2003 to 500 million by 2030. more...
Enron bought Bush the White House
Greg Palast
1st September, 2004
…and it’s time to tape up the White House gate and hang the sign saying ‘crime scene… property to be confiscated… vacate premises immediately’. more...Members
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