As fracking hits the headlines UK protests against the practice of blasting natural gas from shale rock are on the increase. Jan Goodey reports on the latest flashpoint in the urgent - and escalating - anti fracking battle
… process in their area. Summing up the local campaigns, Ben Johns from UK-based campaign … For regular updates on Sussex anti fracking campaigns see: Frack-free Sussex page on …
Coca-Cola has announced a "zero tolerance for land grabs" policy aimed at protecting communities from having their land stolen by big landlords and agro-industrial enterprises.
Coke joins Oxfam's fight against land grabs Oliver Tickell | 8th November 2013 News Land Farming Sugar Campaign Society Coca-Cola has announced a "zero tolerance for land grabs" policy aimed at …
Musician Sophie Stammers visited Balcombe, the site of Cuadrilla’s controversial exploratory shale well, with a song to sing at the gates of the oil and gas firm’s operations. She returned with the sense of having become part of something much bigger, something which is steadily gaining momentum.....
This is bigger than Balcombe Sophie Stammers | 22nd August 2013 Comment Climate Change Protest Society balcombe4.jpg The blade of a wind turbine that is destined to be dropped off at the office of …
As a new generation discovers the potency of non violent activism, Ian and Jennifer Hartley - the authors of Paths Are Made By Walking - explain why Non Violent Direct Action is as relevant today as it was during the Cold War
… - before it is too late." War on Want senior campaigns officer for militarism and security, …
Author Ken Saro-Wiwa spear-headed the resistance of the Ogoni people of the Niger Delta against environmental devastation from oil drilling and ruptured oil pipelines. He was executed in 1995. Dr Laurence Cox introduces his last letters.
… book is designed to be suitable for use in campaigns and education; it is also a gripping …
To Mia MacDonald and Wanjira Mathai the demonstrations that began in Istanbul to protest the leveling of Gezi Park to make way for the redevelopment of adjacent Taksim Square rang a familiar bell......
The Ecology of Public Space: from Uhuru to Taksim Mia MacDonald Wanjira Mathai | 25th June 2013 Comment Society Politics protest.jpg Taksim Gezi Park protesters. To Mia MacDonald and Wanjira Mathai …
We do not have to be constrained by our current dysfunctional system of capitalism, argues Michael Townsend. People are already finding and implementing more attractive alternatives. A quiet revolution is under way ...
… driven by stakeholder pressure - thanks to campaigns like Bill McKibben's 350.org . This … it can. There are already a number of active campaigns, calling for changes to our monetary … money system works and develops proposals and campaigns for change. It raises awareness of …
In the wake of the Bangladesh factory collapse Sarah Compson implores us all as consumers to take responsibility for what we wear and not to turn a blind eye.
The Clothing Industry: Modern day attitudes akin to those of historical slavery Sarah Compson | 17th May 2013 Comment Society Waste & Recycling Politics & Economics shutterstock_51736120.jpg In the …
James Woodward, Client Services Manager at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), has won this year’s Green Impact Universities and Colleges Environmental Hero Award. James, 37, explains the importance of green IT to the Ecologist’s Paul Creeney
Manchester Met University’s James Woodward wins 2013 Ecologist Environmental Hero award Paul Creeney | 21st June 2013 News Energy Society Science & Technology environmental hero.jpg James Woodward …
Deborah Doane believes that the idea of development should be rooted in empathy and solidarity....
Pity the freezing children of Norway Deborah Doane | 25th October 2013 Other Society Aid Development radi-aid-africa-for-norway (1).jpg The Radi-Aid campaign turns the concept of charity on its head …
A dynamic environmental activism movement pioneered by highly engaged youth from native communities is spreading across North America. Ben Whitford reports......
… fact that, unlike some previous indigenous campaigns, it put environmental issues front … peoples, Diabo says, and the young activists' campaigns against extractive-industry projects …
As three more supermarkets drop their bans, the industry is accused of caving in to cartels and GM food giants
UK supermarkets renege on anti-GM stance Jamie Doward | 14th May 2013 News Food And Farming Health Society shutterstock_93016576.jpg As three more supermarkets drop their bans, the industry is …
Robin Millam from the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature is encouraged to by the progress being made by those countries and communities small and large who are seeking to give legal rights to nature.....
Rivers and Natural Ecosystems as Rights Bearing Subjects Robin R Milam | 3rd June 2013 Comment Natural World Politics Society shutterstock_47105743.jpg Giving nature rights makes it much harder for …
The Awá have been driven to the brink of extinction as waves of illegal loggers, settlers and ranchers have flooded their land. Toby Nicholas reports that there is hope on the horizon ...
Loggers against Earth's most threatened tribe Toby Nicholas | 11th November 2013 News Forests Logging Tribal People Society The Awá have been driven to the brink of extinction as waves of illegal …
Jenny Jones - now Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb - is the Green Party's first peer to be appointed. A week after her 'introduction' she shares her first impressions ...
Slog, robes and fake fur. Jenny Jones | 14th November 2013 Comment Politics Green Party Society jenny-jones.png Jenny Jones - now Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb - is the Green Party's first peer to be …
Allowing tar sands oil into Europe would be a victory for ‘profit-before-planet’ politics warns Lorna Howarth
Leaked Papers Show UK Government Will Backtrack on Tar Sands Extraction Being Classified As Highly Polluting Lorna Howarth | 17th May 2013 News Energy Politics + Economics Society Climate Change …
Last week's 'million mask march' is a telling example of the mainstream media's structural hostility to any realisation of a participatory, deliberative or active public, argues Jamie Mackay.
… of activities including anti-corruption campaigns in Africa, the hunting down of …
The Peruvian Government is yet again failing to protect the rights of its Indigenous citizens, and if history is anything to go by it is no wonder that the Matses tribe fear for themselves and other nearby tribal peoples. Sarah Gilbertz reports.
Canadian oil company threatens the survival of Peru’s ‘Jaguar people’ Sarah Gilbertz | 12th May 2013 News Society Energy Indigenous Peoples peru-mats-rs-2012-5929_original.jpg The Peruvian Government …