Forty years ago this month The Ecologist reported on the environmental implications of the rise of the Japanese economy. In the wake of the recent earthquake and associated nuclear fears has it cleaned up its act?
The Ecologist December 1971: Japan’s ‘economic miracle’ George Blacksell | 1st December 2011 Other Archive 40 Years Ago Politics And Economics Japan Air Polltuion Smog Fukushima december 1971 480 x …
Financial speculation in key commodities, like wheat and maize, is being linked to recent volatile food prices but attempts to regulate are being delayed by lobbying from the banking sector. Tom Levitt reports
… UK 'sceptical' about role of speculators The EU is due to publish its recommended reforms … markets to less-regulated ones overseas, like Europe. The UK government says it remains … this objective – including through the EU and other international forums.' The Food …
A surge in financial speculation on maize is causing vastly inflated prices for corn tortillas - a sacred staple in Mexico - and threatening the health and livelihoods of the country's poor. Tom Levitt investigates
… form.’ Olivier de Schutter, the UN’s rapporteur on the right to food, is adamant that … which is a lot higher than the expenditure in Europe or North America,’ says Ken Shwedel, …
In a major investigation and film, the Ecologist takes a look at how volatile financial speculation on food commodities is causing hunger and poverty in Mexico - and around the world
Food speculation 'boom' linked to volatile food prices The Ecologist | 13th September 2011 Comment Food Speculation Banking Finance Politics And Economics foodspec.jpg In a major investigation and …
A surge in financial speculation on maize is causing vastly inflated prices for corn tortillas - a sacred staple in Mexico - and threatening the health and livelihoods of the country's poor. Tom Levitt investigates
… form.’ Olivier de Schutter, the UN’s rapporteur on the right to food, is adamant that … which is a lot higher than the expenditure in Europe or North America,’ says Ken Shwedel, …
It's time we stopped listening to the banking sector and started pressuring MPs and MEPs to regulate food speculation, argues Deborah Doane
… real teeth, and a lot hinges on whether the European Union brings in effective regulation. European proposals are expected to be announced imminently and the European commissioner for the internal market, …
As London fashion week kicks off, the problem of unfair labour practices tarnishing UK high street brands isn't going away. Rosie Spinks reports
… gracing the catwalks of fashion week and Europe’s biggest urban shopping centre opening … none of the promised payment. Martje Theuws, who co-authored the report, says that … were expressed by means of this statement’, Theuws said. Since then, the Ethical Trading …
The Ecologist Film Unit's second release documents how espionage, news manipulation, legal threats and even violence have become the knee-jerk response of Government and big business to the increasingly vocal concerns of environmental protesters in the UK
… industry head on. Operating under the pseudonym Ken Tobias, Kendall, 24, spent a year …
In an exclusive investigation, the Ecologist Film Unit reveals the impact of Indonesia's plans to privatise its entire 90,000 km coastline
Selling The Sea – revealing Indonesia’s little-known plans to privatise huge swathes of coastline for aquaculture Jim Wickens | 30th September 2011 Other Politics And Economics Natural World Prawn …
A surge in financial speculation on maize is causing vastly inflated prices for corn tortillas - a sacred staple in Mexico - and threatening the health and livelihoods of the country's poor. Tom Levitt investigates
Food speculation – how betting on food commodities fuels Mexico’s tortilla crisis Tom Levitt | 13th September 2011 Other Food Speculation Food And Farming Banks Trading Politics And Economics …
The Ecologist investigates allegations a coal power project in India, approved under the UN's Clean Development Mechanism, is destroying forests and livelihoods
… meat has become a way of life in much of Europe, but the full price is being paid …
Investigative films on key environmental and climate change issues from the Ecologist Film Unit
Ecologist Film Unit 30th September 2011 Other Ecologist Film Unit Climate Change Food And Farming Energy Health Politics And Economics Science And Technology Natural World Society Waste And Recycling …
The Jewish National Fund UK has always denied a swirl of claims over its history and activities in the Middle East, including allegations of land grabbing Palestinian villages. But campaigners want the organisation stripped of its charitable status
UK charity dogged by 'monocultures and rights violations' claims The Ecologist | 7th October 2011 News Politics And Economics Investigations Forests Middle East sunthroughtrees.jpg The Jewish …
As a new oil-fever gathers pace in Arctic countries such as Greenland the lesson from history is that where there is oil, corruption will quickly follow. Eifion Rees reports
… powerful president is also alleged to be Europe’s richest man. Greenland does not yet …
Vandana Shiva explains to the Ecologist how the global anti-GM food movement resonates with the Occupy Wall Street protests
CAMPAIGN HERO: Vandana Shiva, anti-GM activist and head of Navdanya Rosie Spinks | 19th October 2011 Activism Gm Food Campaigning India Politics And Economics image.php.jpg Vandana Shiva explains to …
Peak oil sceptics argue the real problem for climate change and our planet may be too much fossil fuel, not too little. Lionel Badal explains why he disagrees
… won't be a pretty thing, but a new report by Deutsche Bank suggests it could be even uglier …
It started in Wall Street but has now spread to cities all over the world. The Ecologist visited the London demonstration against financial greed and inequality to hear what activists had to say...
Occupy the Streets: voices from inside the London protest Catuxa Argibay | 26th October 2011 News Protest London Politics And Economics Food Speculation kasrani and james teo 480x360.jpg It started …
Controversial 'fracking' technique to extract gas from the ground was the 'highly probable' cause of earth tremors, report finds
… gas from the cracks. The report, by a team of European seismic experts not usually employed … damage and community rights NEWS Europe's scramble for gas sees controversial … to bring the so-called 'fracking' process to Europe, reports Luke Starr NEWS UK's …
Ahead of the latest UN climate conference, leading academic Anthony Giddens explains why it's time to switch to smaller agreements between major world powers
… in Durban given the economic situation in Europe, which is supposedly one of the main …
The high price of gold has sent thousands into the informal mining sector and exposed workers and the environment to the devastating effects of mercury poisoning
… have long been banned in the west, with the EU going as far as forbidding the sale of … which caught the imagination of 100,000 amateur miners during the 1890s, hundreds of … is 'a higher savings rate than in the U.S. or Europe.' His organisation, the Artisanal Gold …
Charity group Tools for Self Reliance empower the disadvantaged - providing tools and skills so that others can go on to create small businesses in hands-on occupations such as carpentry and tailoring
… to succeed, in a company or as an entrepreneur. Glyn states that one of her greatest …
A law of ecocide could potentially see politicians who approve environmentally-damaging projects, like the tar sands pipeline between the US and Canada, face a court trial
Could politicians be charged with 'ecocide' if they approve tar sands pipeline? Rosie Spinks | 29th November 2011 News Investigations Politics And Economics Tar Sands Oil President Obama …
The 2011 Energy Act provides for a ‘Green Deal’ in which households will be encouraged to borrow money on easy terms to finance energy saving home improvements. But will it work?
… and you could hardly have missed the Southern European bond market bubble. It is as if we … 30-40 per cent lower than in the rest of Europe. Indeed it is because UK energy prices … be successful in the short run, generating euphoria and new lending in equal measure as …