
Solar lighting spells the end of kerosene in Africa
Charlotte Webster
8th February, 2010
A simple but effective solar kit is helping to bring light to homes in the less-industrialised world without the choking side-effects of kerosene lamps
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Cancer and pesticides: victims fight for justice
Diana Smith
4th February, 2010
After long battles, three farmers in France have won legal claims that their cases of cancer and Parkinson's disease were caused by working with pesticides. Now they want to help others fight similar cases
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Letter: why are you promoting beef?
Robert Goodland
4th Febuary, 2010
Should the Ecologist run articles on meat without highlighting its ecological impact?
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I failed. I caught a plane
Ewan Kingston
3rd February, 2010
Thousands of miles by train, coach, bus, boat and foot and, at the last hurdle, Ewan finds that there's no way to cross the Tasman Sea except on metal wings...
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Letter: Fred Pearce is in a muddle about population
Chris Padley
3rd February, 2010
The charge of 'racism' against population campaigners does not sit with the rest of Fred Pearce's argument
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What the carbon market did after Copenhagen: nothing
Dan Box
2nd February, 2010
Come 31st of January - the day when international emissions cuts were supposed to be announced - carbon markets should have rocketed. They didn't, and that's a bad sign
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Atlantic Rising: Ghana's slums recycle Western waste
Tim Bromfield
28th January, 2010
The slums of Accra in Ghana are being used as a dumping ground for Western consumer waste, including toxic electrical components.
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Label EU pork: 'offspring of a sow in a crate'
Tracy Worcester
26th January, 2010
Simply labelling pig meat products with their country of origin won't change consumer behaviour. Telling people how it was produced just might
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Biochar could work, but not if linked to the market
James Bruges
25th January, 2010
Biochar's potential to improve tropical soils and store carbon in the ground is huge; but if linked to current market mechanisms it would be ripe for exploitation
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Letter: A market for tigers
JP Floru
20th January, 2010
Freedom Alliance director argues that overturning the ban on the sale of tiger parts would safeguard their future
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I failed. I caught a plane
Ewan Kingston
3rd February, 2010
Thousands of miles by train, coach, bus, boat and foot and, at the last hurdle, Ewan finds that there's no way to cross the Tasman Sea except on metal wings...
more...
Atlantic Rising: Ghana's slums recycle Western waste
Tim Bromfield
28th January, 2010
The slums of Accra in Ghana are being used as a dumping ground for Western consumer waste, including toxic electrical components.
more...
Solar lighting spells the end of kerosene in Africa
Charlotte Webster
8th February, 2010
A simple but effective solar kit is helping to bring light to homes in the less-industrialised world without the choking side-effects of kerosene lamps
more...
Cancer and pesticides: victims fight for justice
Diana Smith
4th February, 2010
After long battles, three farmers in France have won legal claims that their cases of cancer and Parkinson's disease were caused by working with pesticides. Now they want to help others fight similar cases
more...
Letter: why are you promoting beef?
Robert Goodland
4th Febuary, 2010
Should the Ecologist run articles on meat without highlighting its ecological impact?
more...
Letter: Fred Pearce is in a muddle about population
Chris Padley
3rd February, 2010
The charge of 'racism' against population campaigners does not sit with the rest of Fred Pearce's argument
more...









