Government and big business are countering resurgent eco activism with spies, strongarm tactics and news manipulation. Who are they calling terrorists? asks Andrew Wasley
… Infiltration Plane Stupid News Management CampaignsCampaigns Politics And Economics Society … – there are well-established residents campaigns concerned about noise, about air …
From chasing endangered parrots to hunting for the environmental holy grail with Friends of the Earth, one of Britain's pre-eminent eco campaigners wants to take his quest for a better, greener world to the halls of Westminster.
Dixe Wills meets a man on a mission
… Friends Of The Earth Parliament Cambridge Campaigns Animal Rights Species Extinction … running tropical rainforest and biodiversity campaigns, six years as campaigns director, and six years as the …
Writer turned climate change activist Bill McKibben is organising a global day of witness on 24th October. Mark your calendars now
… Matilda Lee | 9th July 2009 Activism Campaigns Climate Change And Energy Bill … the US on the same day. He says that these campaigns have pioneered a new organising … acknowledges the power of the web to make big campaigns possible – quickly and cheaply. ‘We …
A new book by WWF 'Meeting Environmental Challenges: The Role of Human Identity' makes the case for a new kind of campaigning that sees the person behind the behaviour. Pat Thomas is impressed
What campaigners need to know about human nature Pat Thomas | 22nd July 2009 Reviews Society Environmental Campaigning Identity Campaigning WWF reviewwwf2.jpg A new book by WWF 'Meeting Environmental …
How can we be healthy on a sick planet? Especially when many still believe that health is unaffected by what is in the environment. These organisations could save your life
… Guide to Pesticides in Produce . EWG also campaigns for policy change, using the … Network Established in 1998, WEN ‘s health campaigns have tackled issues such as breast … website, quarterly journal and booklets it campaigns for women’s rights for normal, …
When a Victorian tea party took over Heathrow's Terminal 1 earlier this year, it was a clear sign that environmental campaigning had taken a large step away from time-worn methods of protesting.
… direct action is the frontline of many big campaigns. Marina Pepper of Climate Rush, …
Join the thousands of people, companies and organisations pledging to cut emissions by 10 per cent in 2010 as part of a new campaign launched by The Age of Stupid team
Make your 10 per cent CO2 cut for 2010 Laura Sevier | 2nd September 2009 Activism Green Living Cutting Carbon Emissions Reducing Carbon Footprint Climate Campaign 1010-photos3.jpg Join the thousands …
Sylvia Rowley examines Rebecca Hosking's tips to rid your town of plastic bags
… | 15th April 2009 Activism Plastic Bags Campaigns Rebecca Hosing Modbury Campaigns Plastics Supermarkets Health … for them. Keep up with other plastic bag campaigns by signing up for Google news alerts …
Reporting from the frontline of environmental activism, Andrew Wasley takes a closer look at those who fight the abuse of marine environments.
… threatened and subjected to constant smear campaigns by governments and law-enforcement … more information and to keep up with current campaigns: www.greenpeace.org.uk …
Battling superstore monopolies needn’t be a lone crusade. Kate Eshelby looks at some of the resources available
How to stop a supermarket opening in your area Kete Eshelby | 19th June 2009 Activism Food And Gardening Supermarkets Tesco Superstore how_to_istock_july.jpg Battling superstore monopolies needn’t be …
Illegally caught 'dirty' fish threatens local fishermen, consumer health and the future of the world's fisheries. The EJF's Pirate Fishing Campaign is tackling the problem head on
… Sevier | 22nd June 2009 Activism Wildlife Campaigns Save The Seas Environmental Justice …
Pesticides campaigner Georgina Downs has seen her high court victory against the Government overturned by a court of appeal, but vows to take her campaign to the House of Lords
… Ecologist | 9th July 2009 News Take Action Campaigns Investigations Food And Farming …
Breathable air, healthy soil, fresh water and the stability of our climate all rely on our planetary life-support systems – like rainforests and oceans – being healthy.
… on the environmental front line. Greenpeace campaigns include protecting ancient … 100,000 square kilometres of rainforest. It campaigns to influence national and … the political and cultural mainstream through campaigns, advocacy and education. …
So what connects Prince Charles and a large green frog? This modern spin on the fable of the frog and the Prince relates to the launch on 5th May of an online video and social networking campaign in support of the Prince’s Rainforest Project (PRP).
… Frog Rainforest Online Campaign Deforestation Campaigns Green Living Climate Change …
The first blows may be struck on Canadian ice, but it's at the checkout that the coup de grace is delivered. Andrew Wasley explores the UK companies profiting from the trade in seal fur
… Hunting Fur Trade Animal Rights Animal Rights Campaigns Conservation Animal Rights Conservation Campaigns Free Trade Politics And Economics …
Tracy Worcester's film <i>Pig Business</i> exposes the abuses of factory farming and challenges consumers to make a stand. Phil Moore meets a woman on a mission.
… won't leave it there. Working with a host of campaigns, NGOs and other groups, Pig Business …
She's applying the same principles to environmental campaigning as her forebears did to fighting for universal suffrage. Laura Sevier meets the founder of the Climate Rush
CASE STUDY: campaigning against climate change Laura Sevier | 1st May 2009 Activism Climate Change And Energy Case Study Suffragette Campaigner Action Climate Change local_hero_may_02.jpg She's …
From ‘First’ to ‘Failed’, student activist group People & Planet has created a new way of ranking the UK’s universities – according to their environmental credentials.
… Bronwen Smith-Thomas, P&P’s climate change campaigns officer. In February 2008, 39 …
The Campaign against Climate Change aims to bring people together both in the UK and around the world to produce the biggest, most visible and loudest possible demand for urgent, radical and resolute action on climate – both from our own government here in the UK and from the nations of the world acting together.
Campaigners have rejected claims that December’s Copenhagen climate summit cannot produce a legally binding climate deal, and called on the EU to stand up to US negativity
Campaigners reject Copenhagen deal fears The Ecologist | 5th November 2009 News Copenhagen Climate Change Cop 15 copenhagen.jpg Hopes of a binding agreement at the Copenhagen summit in December are …
What started as a pub chat evolved into Greenpeace’s most audacious coup yet. Joss Garman reports on a plan to pull the carpet out from under BAA ’s third runway at Heathrow – by buying up the very land beneath its feet
… Garman Airport Third Runway Heathrow Land Campaigns Climate Change Airplot_MAIN.jpg What … Sarah North and Laura Yates. North is the campaigns director at Greenpeace UK, Yates a …