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TAKE ACTION to stop Canadian tar sands
Matilda Lee
15th June, 2011
A day of action is planned this Saturday to highlight the destructive impact of Canada's tar sands industry. In London, this includes a demo-fest at the Canadian High Commission more...
Dr Bronner’s: the activist's beauty brand
The Ecologist
6th April, 2011
Not only are its own products Fairtrade and organic, beauty pioneer Dr Bronner’s is taking on big business to get to the truth about how organic their ranges really are more...
CAMPAIGN HERO: Shlomo Dowen, UK Without Incineration Network
Matilda Lee
5th April, 2011
The head of the UK's grassroots anti-incineration network on working towards a zero waste economy, encouraging community engagement and avoiding 'defeatist' language more...
Revealed: paper giant 'linked to Indonesian forest trashing' targeted activists
Mandy Haggith
30th March, 2011
A little-reported legal battle in Italy between paper company Pigna and eco-activists from Terra! is leading to fears that it may open the way for big companies to muzzle legitimate environmental protests. Mandy Haggith reportsmore...
Human Rights Watch film festival: young film-makers tackle eco-issues
Matilda Lee
30th March, 2011
From the next Erin Brokovitch, to a group of teens cleaning up Kenya's Kibera slum, a clutch of innovative youth film-makers are documenting crucial issues and demanding social and environmental justice more...
The Ecologist guide to turning 'clicktivists' into activists
Christine Ottery
25th March, 2011
Continuing our series on how to successfully campaign, Christine Ottery reports on the best ways to motivate armchair activists to take offline action - and gets tips from some of those who've pioneered new forms of protest more...
CAMPAIGN HERO: Neil Kingsnorth, head of activism at Friends of the Earth
Matilda Lee
22nd March, 2011
The Ecologist talks to Neil Kingsnorth about Friends of the Earth's most (and least) successful campaigns and why community groups are vital to the future of UK activism more...
Climate Week is too cosy with EDF, RBS and Tesco - join an activist group instead
Danny Chivers
17th March, 2011
Danny Chivers, author of the all-new No-Nonsense Guide to Climate Change, gives his verdict on the upcoming RBS-sponsored Climate Week more...
The film that stood up to banana giant Dole over pesticide poisoning (and won)
Tom Levitt
14th March, 2011
The documentary Bananas! highlighted plight of Nicaraguan banana plantation workers who brought a legal case in the US against the use of a banned pesticide DBCP by the Dole Food Company. Tom Levitt reports more...
Celebrating women activists: South Africa's Mphatheleni Makaulule
The Ecologist
8th March, 2011
On international women's day, a remarkable lady fighting to maintain the ancient traditions, local knowledge and sacred sites of one of South Africa's last indigenous clans talks to the Ecologist more...
The Ecologist guide to data activism
Christine Ottery
4th March, 2011
You don't have to be a web geek to join the growing ranks of activists who have told powerful stories using data visualisation. Christine Ottery outlines how you can use data as a powerful tool to press for change more...
They took on Dow and Halliburton... but who are the Yes Men?
Sarah Bentley
1st March, 2011
Their parodies of Dow Chemicals, Halliburton and the US Chamber of Commerce have propelled activist duo Andy Michlbaum and Mike Bonanno into the spotlight. They've gotten under the skin of corporate America - but what's next, asks Sarah Bentley? more...
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Dow Chemical in the dock as activists confront corporate spies
Tom Levitt
25th February, 2011
Chemical giant dismisses allegations that it inflitrated Greenpeace in an effort to undermine its direct action campaigns more...
CAMPAIGN HERO: Tom Crompton, Change Strategist at WWF-UK
Matilda Lee
8th February, 2011
What motivates people to act? Tom Crompton, WWF's point man on behaviour change, believes he has the answers. And they go against the grain of conventional campaigning... more...
Undercover police scandal: why we urgently need a judge-led inquiry
Dan Glass
21st January, 2011
With daily revelations about police spying on activists, we need an independent judicial investigation into the scale and nature of infiltration and use of agents provocateurs, says Ratcliffe defendant Dan Glass more...
Activist families: the parents and children protesting against climate change
Sarah Bentley
21st December, 2010
Can families play a frontline role in the fight against climate change? The Ecologist meets the parent-child activists who believe they can more...
Top FTSE companies face investor backlash on biodiversity
Tom Levitt
20th December, 2010
Drug companies and the construction sector, both heavily reliant on natural resources, among the worst when it comes to acting to reduce their negative impact on biodiversity, says report more...
The Ecologist guide to video activism
Eifion Rees
23rd November, 2010
The video camera is the weapon of choice for activists and campaigners around the world, with campaign films an effective way to get a message across and fight back against mainstream media bias. Here's our guide to taking your stand... 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...
Climate protesters block the Coryton oil refinery in Essex
Felix Gonzales
19th October, 2010
A film runs through the highlights of last weekend's protest at the Coryton oil refinery in Essex, UK 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...
Activists win historic ruling on 'people's law on the environment'
Tom Levitt
26th August, 2010
Crippling costs of legal action prevents people mounting challenges over environmental damage, finds UN Committee more...
Climate activism: is the trial more important than the protest?
Andrew Hickman
25th August, 2010
As nine climate change activists are fined by a Scottish judge for breaking into Aberdeen airport, we look at how courtroom manoeuvres form a crucial part of the package more...
Just do it movie: direct action in the UK
Ecologist
6th July, 2010
A documentary that follows UK climate activists as they take on the combined forces of global capitalism, run-away climate change and the metropolitan police. Set for release in early 2011 more...
Spilling oil over the Tate: the activists' story
Felix Gonzales
30th June, 2010
'Is it art?', a bystander asked of the demonstration against a ceremony at the Tate celebrating BP's support for British art. A good question - if it ain't, it's certainly effective more...Members
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