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CASE STUDY: installing green roofs
Matilda Lee
29th January, 2009
Can there be wildlife in our urban jungles? Matilda Lee meets a man campaigning to let nature live on city rooftops more...
CASE STUDY: getting good, local food into hospitals
Dixe Wills
22nd January, 2009
It’s fresh, organic and locally produced. It’s hospital food, but not as we know it – yet. Dixe Wills meets the catering manager who’s transforming the canteen kitchen 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...
CASE STUDY: drought resistant farming in Africa
Brad Lancaster
21st November, 2008
Brad Lancaster meets an inspirational farmer proving just how much is possible for farmers in Africa, even in times of extreme drought more...
CASE STUDY: greening a football stadium
David Craik
1st October, 2008
With its grass roof, solar panels and low-energy lighting, the beautiful game now has its own beautiful eco home. David Craik meets the man making it happen more...
CASE STUDY: starting a local biofuel bus service
Jan Goodey
1st October, 2008
Crude oil may be running out, but Brighton's transport revolution is powering up. Jan Goodey meets Tom Druitt, the driving force behind the Big Lemon Bus more...
CASE STUDY: making breast-feeding easy
Mike Stones
1st May, 2008
Why does only one in 100 mums follow government advice to feed her baby solely on breast milk for the first six months? Mike Stones meets the woman determined to change that. more...
CASE STUDY: green funerals
Laura Sevier
22nd May, 2008
Why mourn a death when you can celebrate a life? Laura Sevier meets a pioneer in his tranquil and tree-filled field, determined to take the fear and formality out of funerals more...
CASE STUDY: local food needs local supply chains
Laura Sevier
2nd February, 2008
'I can tell you what farm every cow came from, how long it's been in the family, where it's been killed and if it had a name.' Laura Sevier meets an inspirational Orcadian food supplier more...
CASE STUDY: learning from ancient wisdom
Nicola Graydon
1st January, 2008
What can indigenous wisdom teach us about how to better live within our environmental means? Maestro Tlakaelel has some tips more...
CASE STUDY: changing our perspectives through art
Jon Hughes
1st January, 2008
Sometimes, choosing not to think like a scientist can be a good thing. Jon Hughes sits down with the Harrisons, environmental activists and conceptual artists more...
CASE STUDY: creating Transition Towns
Ed Hamer
27th November, 2007
From theory to practice, how one man in Totnes is helping a community respond to the threat of peak oil – from its own currency to relearning lost arts. Ed Hamer reports more...
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CASE STUDY: part eco restaurant, part cookery school
Paul Kingsnorth
17th May, 2007
Paul Kingsnorth meets the Bristol-based chef with an eco-friendly restaurant and a mission to take real food to a wider community. more...
CASE STUDY: setting up an organic market garden
Laura Sevier
26th April, 2007
Septuagenarian Mehr Fardoonji is still to be found with her hands in the soil after forty-five years of organic market gardening more... CASE STUDY: local, sustainable fishing from bait to plate
Carol Trewin
1st February, 2007
Many global fish stocks are on the verge of collapse but, nearer home, Cornish fishermen have found a sustainable way of earning a living. more...
CASE STUDY: keeping local areas distinctive
Paul Kingsnorth
1st December, 2006
The UK’s most successful NGO is based in a Dorset village, with no members or PR team. Paul Kingsnorth meets the duo behind it… more... CASE STUDY: 85, and still campaigning for local democracy
Paul Kingsnorth
1st September, 2006
Nobody meets John Papworth and forgets about it in a hurry. Paul Kingsnorth reports on a man who can inspire people – or get right up their noses more... CASE STUDY: Alan Simpson MP - my super energy-efficient house
Ecologist
1st May, 2006
Alan Simpson, MP for Nottingham South, is on a mission. ‘We can’t survive this century unless we change fundamentally the built environment and move from thinking of buildings as consumers of energy, to thinking of them as generators of electricity.' Ben Willis meets the rarest of breeds, an MP who’s walking the talk. more... CASE STUDY: how to green your local pub
Andrew Purvis
1st February, 2006
Andrew Purvis talks to Geetie Singh, owner of the UK’s only all organic pub, The Duke of Cambridge more...Members
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