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7 ways to help stop tropical deforestion & illegal logging
Peter Dauvergne & Jane Lister
11th March, 2011
A store like Walmart can wield more power than a country over a logging company - especially in the global South. But what's good for Walmart is not always good for the planet. Peter Dauvergne & Jane Lister outline 7 key tools for retailers to limit the impacts of timber consumption more...
Study of spiders shows species may be able to adapt to global warming
William McLennan
10th March, 2011
Species may be able to adapt to gradual increases in temperature preventing the collapse of biological communities in the face of global climate change more...
Fleeing Vesuvius: Overcoming the Risks of Economic and Environmental Collapse
Tom Antebi
3rd March, 2011
Although arguably reductive in its initial analysis, Fleeing Vesuvius is a refreshingly uncompromising critique on almost every aspect of current global trends more...
Q&A: Helena Norberg-Hodge
Jemima Roberts
2nd March, 2011
Filmmaker, campaigner and environmental pioneer Helena Norberg-Hodge talks to Jemima Roberts about her latest film - The Economics of Happiness - the damage globalisation is doing, and what can be done to counter itmore...
Do indigenous peoples hold the key to tackling global hunger?
Peter Giovannini
22nd February,2011
Competition for land, water and energy are increasing, exacerbated by climate change and a growing population. But why does the Food and Agriculture Organisation now believe indigenous people could provide a solution? Peter Giovannini investigates more...
CAMPAIGN HERO: Trewin Restorick, CEO of Global Action Plan
Matilda Lee
22nd February, 2011
The founder of the carbon reduction charity Global Action Plan on past failures, launching the UK's first on-line carbon calculator and why we must work with the corporate sector to create change more...
Q&A: Govinda Sah ‘Azad’
Ruth Styles
17th February, 2011
Are clouds a metaphor for climate change? Artist Govinda Sah ‘Azad’ talks to Ruth Styles about how art can play a part in the fight against global warming more...
Climate, Culture, Change: Inuit and Western Dialogues with a Warming North
Ali Thomas
17th February, 2011
In his fascinating account of the dialogue on climate change between Western and Inuit voices, Timothy B. Leduc argues that it’s time to start paying attention to the ecological wisdom of native peoples because it might just hold the key to halting global warmingmore...
Arctic
Ruth Styles
3rd February, 2011
Part travelogue, part lament for a threatened way of life, Ruth Styles says that Bruce Parry’s latest book, Arctic, shows us exactly what we stand to lose if global warming isn’t stopped - todaymore...
The Economics of Happiness
Ecologist
12th January,2011
A sneak preview of Helena Norberg-Hodge's epic documentary which examines how 'going local' is a powerful strategy to help repair our fractured world - ecosystems, societies and individuals more...
Revealed: how demand for shark fin soup fuels bloody harvest
Nick Kettles
11th January, 2011
As Gordon Ramsay tackles shark finning as part of Channel 4's Big Fish Fight, Nick Kettles investigates how the increasing popularity of fin soup is leading to the massacre of millions of sharks globally more...
January 2011 Printable Subscribers Newsletter
Ecologist
11th January, 2011
This month we examine the hurdles facing the creation of a Green Investment Bank, assess whether a new generation of stock exchanges can tackle global woes; meet the families tackling climate change and report on the mega port threatening Kenya's coastal communities... to access this exclusive content plus other articles, log in and scroll down to the bottom of the page... more...
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Campaign Hero: Caroline Fiennes of Global Cool
Matilda Lee
11th January, 2011
Global Cool is the green lifestyle organisation that uses celebrities and mainstream culture to market low-carbon living. Its director Caroline Fiennes talks to the Ecologist more...
Bonaire: the last healthy coral reef in the Caribbean
Chris Pala
4th January, 2011
Over the past 30 years, the Caribbean’s corals have been decimated by overfishing, disease and pollution. Last Summer’s heat spell raises the question: can the remaining corals survive global warming? The answer may lie in Bonaire, home to the region’s healthiest corals more...
CAMPAIGN HERO: Richard Miller of ActionAid UK
Matilda Lee
14th December, 2010
The Director of ActionAid UK talks to us about ending global poverty, achieving trade justice and making supermarkets accountable more...
Anger at opening of Shell-sponsored climate change exhibition
Tom Levitt
6th December, 2010
Campaigners accuse oil giant of trying to 'buy itself goodwill' within government and academia by donating £1 million to a new exhibition at The Science Museum in London more...
Kiribati and Tuvalu will drown without global climate action
Scott Leckie and Dan Lewis
11th November, 2010
The causes of climate change are far from their shores, but these tiny Pacific nations face growing social strife and eventual annihilation unless western governments wake up and take responsibility, argue Scott Leckie and Dan Lewis more...
Heat pumps no more eco-friendly than gas-fired boilers - new research
Tom Levitt
8th October, 2010
Government subsidies to replace oil or traditional electric heating with heat pumps ignore the global warming impact of their HFCs, argues new analysis more...
Revealed: how seed market is controlled by Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer, Dow & DuPont
Tom Levitt
7th October, 2010
Graphic illustrates how just five biotech giants have increased their control of the global seed market, promoting monoculture farming and making it harder for farmers to find alternative sources of seeds more...
Seagrass may be 'uncharismatic' but it still needs protecting
Richard Unsworth
4th October, 2010
It may be not be as visible as tropical rainforests or wetlands but seagrass plays a vital role in the global ecosystem, says Richard Unsworth, filtering pollution and providing food to fish more...
Growing conflicts over Tanzania's 'charismatic carbon'
Thembi Mutch
7th September 2010
The country's forests are at the centre of a new global scramble to 'buy up' carbon, but as Thembi Mutch reports, is the process really going to benefit the environment or people? more...
Dark nights: the global effort to tackle light pollution
Carrie Madren
31st August, 2010
The energy, financial and health costs of lighting up our homes and streets could be saved through better lighting and an end to wasteful illuminations more...
Global rise in hydroelectric dams threatens tribal peoples
Ecologist
10th August, 2010
A new wave of hydropower projects is under way in the quest for clean renewable energy but tribal and indigenous peoples continue to be ignored by those pushing through the plans more...
Marine food chain hit by ocean global warming
Ecologist
29th July, 2010
The entire marine food chain is in danger of collapse because of a decline in tiny phytoplankton, which scientists are linking to climate change and rising ocean surface temperatures. more...
Atlantic Rising: Guyana using mangroves to defend itself from sea-level rises
Tim Bromfield
19th July, 2010
Global sea level rise poses a big challenge for the small country of Guyana but mangrove planting offers a cost-effective way of protecting coastal regions more...Members
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