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The Clothing Industry: Modern day attitudes akin to those of historical slavery
By Sarah Compson
In the wake of the Bangladesh factory collapse Sarah Compson implores us all as consumers to take responsibility for what we wear and not to turn a blind eye. more...
Frontline Online: Where should we be looking for waste we can turn to energy?
January 13th, 2013
by Lorna Howarth
In her new weekly column, the Ecologist's Lorna Howarth reports on the stories that show standing up for what we believe in can and does make a real difference. more..."Greening" the Crisis: Turning Trouble into Opportunity
Diogo Verissimo
October 2nd, 2012
The winner of the 2012 ICUN /Thomson Reuters Environmental Media Award is Diogo Verissimo - a conservation biologist from Portugal. The award, now in its 10th year, was hosted for the first time this year on Facebook where Diogo's essay - one of 162 submitted - polled a staggering 5,352 of the 26,274 votes cast. Here is his winning essay. more...
The UK sees a huge rise in families turning to Food Banks
Paul Creeney
Earlier this week, the Trussel Trust reported the number of UK families using food banks has tripled in the last year and increased a staggering FIVE FOLD since the coalition came to power. Paul Creeney asks the big question ...more...
Why Aren’t My Fellow Americans Doing More Recycling?
Grace Lee
27th July, 2012
Grace Lee has just spent a month in Seoul, South Korea working as an intern for the Resource Recirculation Management Division under the Climate Change and Environment Bureau of Seoul City Hall. Here’s what she has to say to her fellow US citizens about their domestic waste… more...
Chemical weapon and radiation fear at Scottish RAF base
Ecologist
21st May, 2012
RAF Kinloss in Moray, Scotland, at the centre of an investigation into radioactive contamination and chemical weapons buried at the sitemore...
Nuclear waste 'may be blighting 1,000 sites' in the UK
Rob Edwards, guardian
2nd May, 2012
MoD under fire after DECC report finds number of sites contaminated with radioactive waste is far higher than previously estimated more...
Bottled water industry wages PR battle against tap water movement
Eifion Rees
4th April, 2012
Worried by an eco backlash, the bottled water industry is waging a PR battle to turn the public back onto plastic bottled water more...
Love Food Hate Waste: could you live without throwing food away?
Madeleine Cuff
30th March, 2012
Madeleine Cuff challenged herself to spend a week reducing her food and packaging waste. Did it work, and will other consumers and supermarkets take note? more...
How to… make your own Easter eggs
Rachael Stubbins
4th April, 2012
Less waste and fewer food miles make homemade Easter eggs the greener alternative to supermarket chocolate. Time to get creative more...
How to… make recycling pay
Bethany Hubbard
30th March, 2012
From turning old clothes into bags to making plastic cups into fabulous pencils, spring-cleaning just got lucrative more...
Battlelines drawn as Cumbrian residents square up over nuclear waste site
Matilda Lee
15th February, 2012
A decision looms on whether - and where - to build the UK's first deep disposal for nuclear waste. Two borough councils in Cumbria have 'volunteered' - but can the communities be convinced? Matilda Lee reports more...
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Five of the best... ways to green up your kitchen
Laurie Tuffrey
6th February, 2012
Home experts Andrew Leech and Chris Askew explain how to make your kitchen a greener place to be more...
The Ecologist guide to skills and courses 2012
Laurie Tuffrey
1st February, 2012
What does it take to make it in the low-carbon economy? The Ecologist takes a look at the skills and courses that will set you up for success more...
The Ecologist guide to skills, courses and employment
Laurie Tuffrey
1st February, 2012
What does it take to make it in the low-carbon economy? The Ecologist takes a look at the skills and courses that will set you up for success more...
Supermarket food waste to power renewable energy instead of tackling food poverty
Matilda Lee
23rd December, 2011
Food aid charities argue supermarket food waste could help prevent hunger in vulnerable people. Yet supermarkets' anaerobic digestion plans may eclipse food redistribution says Matilda Lee more...
Who's to blame for supermarket rejection of 'ugly' fruit and vegetables?
Sarah Bentley
29th December, 2011
Fields of wasted crops lie testament to our fussy shopping habits and the refusal of supermarkets to stock edible but less-than-perfect-looking food more...
Ecologist Film Unit
Investigative films on key environmental and climate change issues from the Ecologist Film Unit more...
Space junk: we're on a collision course in outer space
Eifion Rees
19th September, 2011
Following our look at plans to strip mine the moon, we report on the growing problem of space debris and why some now believe it has reached a 'tipping point'more...
San Francisco's scavengers: a story of gangs, poverty and recycling
Felicity Carus
16th August, 2011
Scavenging is on the rise in the US and is no longer the exclusive domain of the poor. Felicity Carus reports on San Francisco's attempts to close down this informal sector and its impact on a burgeoning recycling culture more...
The mission to build a toilet that utilises human poo
Paul Miles
11th August, 2011
The Gates Foundation has just announced a $42 million project over several years to develop a toilet that doesn't need water, mains power or sewerage and that will cost next to nothing more...
Ten of the best…ways to reuse your rubbish
Valentina Jovanovski
5th August, 2011
Whether it’s plastic bottles or old magazines, Valentina Jovanovski has a creative way to turn it into something entirely new more...
How the boom in climbing, biking and sailing is costing the earth
Isabella Kaminski
28th July, 2011
In the first of a two-part sport and environment special, Isabella Kaminski reports on how habitat damage, waste, nanotechnology and persistent organic pollutants are increasingly linked to our favourite outdoor pursuits more...
The Ecologist August 1971: Our battle with waste
The Ecologist
1st August, 2011
Forty years ago this month, Robert Allen prescribed some methods for the individual to cut down on their waste. Have we heeded this advice and is it still relevant today? more...
Burned: Merthyr's fight for clean air and green jobs
The Ecologist
27th June, 2011
What would you do if an American company planned to site a huge incinerator - bigger than the Millennium Stadium - above your town? How would you feel if you knew that no existing technology could prevent that incinerator pumping out toxic chemicals? more...Members
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