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United Kingdom Without Incineration Network (UKWIN)
UKWIN represents more than 85 anti-incineration groups in the UK and advocates more sustainable approaches to waste management. Compared to incineration, recycling and re-use are cheaper, more flexible and better for both the environment and the economy.more...
How to...have an eco-friendly Halloween
Ben Hudson
26th October, 2011
Creating extra waste and encouraging over-consumption; Halloween isn’t the greenest holiday. But as Ben Hudson explains, you can still have a scarily good time without it costing the planet 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...
Don't believe the spin on thorium being a ‘greener’ nuclear option
Eifion Rees
23rd June, 2011
It produces less radioactive waste and more power than uranium but the UK would be making a mistake in looking to it as a 'greener' fuel. The Ecologist reports more...
Ask the Ecologist: cotton, hemp and bamboo - which is the green choice?
Ruth Styles
22nd June, 2011
Green Living Editor Ruth Styles answers your eco-lifestyle dilemmas. This week, we're talking textiles more...
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CAMPAIGN HERO: Lindsay Boswell of community food network FareShare
Matilda Lee
21st June, 2011
Inspiring businesses to reuse food that would have otherwise be sent to landfill, the pioneering group FareShare collects and distributes it to homeless shelters: feeding the needy, saving CO2 and diverting waste from landfill more...
Erin O' Connor: 'World Without Bottles'
Ruth Styles
2nd June, 2011
A behind-the-scenes look at the British supermodel's shoot for SodaStream's 'World Without Bottles' campaign more...
How to combat the growing menace of e-waste
Anja ffrench
31st May,2011
More robust enforcement of laws designed to tackle the growing problem of e-waste is urgently needed, says Anja ffrench of Computer Aid, along with improved management of electrical waste by governments more...
TAKE ACTION to ban 'killer jeans'
Matilda Lee
25th May, 2011
Join Labour Behind the Label in a week of action from 30th May to 5th June to lobby brands to ban the technique of sandblasting denim more... Five minutes with…Erin O’Connor
Ruth Styles
24th May, 2011
She’s one of the world’s most successful models and a seasoned environmental campaigner. Now Erin O’Connor has the packaging problem in her sights. Ruth Styles met her to find out more more...
Egypt faces 'environmental crisis' following ousting of Mubarak
Joseph Mayton
19th May, 2011
The political future of the Arab world's largest country could look brighter following the recent uprising in Tahrir Square and beyond. But the country faces an ecological catastrophe - much of it tourism related - reports Joseph Mayton from Cairo more...
UK company implicated in toxic e-waste trail from London to West Africa
Andrew Wasley
14th May, 2011
The Environmental Investigation Agency and BBC Panorama use GPS to prove British electronic waste is being exported to poor African nations where it threatens the environment and human health. Andrew Wasley reports more...
Should future generations be forced to deal with our nuclear legacy?
Tom Levitt
13th May, 2011
In producing nuclear power we are taking the benefits today but leaving the burden of cleaning up waste and accident risks to future generations, argues a study on nuclear ethics more...
Top 10…cheap ways to green your home
Sella Oneko
29th April, 2011
Greening your home doesn’t have to bust the budget. Sella Oneko rounds up 10 inexpensive ways to make your home a more eco-friendly place more...
Crawford Hollingworth: only corporations can solve global issues
Matilda Lee
28th April, 2011
Crawford Hollingworth's new book - Global Over Development - parodies the typical annual report with an provocative look at the dark side of progress more...
Lost Property of London
The Ecologist
13th April, 2011
Can sustainability be stylish? If Lost Property of London’s eco-accessories are anything to go by, yes it can 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...
Love Food Hate Waste: how to eat sustainably
The Ecologist
21st March, 2011
Food production has a huge carbon footprint made worse by the enormous quantities thrown away. There's no need to become a fregan, but isn’t it time you started making the most of leftovers? Celebrity chef Richard Fox shows us how it's done more...Members
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