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 …
Robin Maynard tells the Ecologist why he is trying to encourage environmental NGOs to have the courage to move beyond a politically correct stance on issues of population growth and really engage with the big questions......
People or Polar Bears? Robin Maynard | 30th August 2013 Comment Population Politics Economics polarbear.jpg Robin Maynard tells the Ecologist why he is trying to encourage environmental NGOs to have …
The Government is reneging on its pledge to be the "greenest ever," but there's still time to turn it around. Gavin Haines explains how the Coalition could make good its promise.
The Greenest Government Ever? Gavin Haines | 22nd January 2013 News clegg-cameron-coalition-small-300x225.jpg Nick Clegg and David Cameron (source: Flickr Creative Commons) The Government is …
Dan Crossley, of the Food Ethics Council, talks to the Ecologist about their work on developing an 'ethical food manifesto' ahead of the next general election
Food matters: 'Politicians need to focus on our failing food system' The Ecologist | 22nd July 2013 Comment Food And Farming Food Ethics Council Blogs And Comment Politics shopppppppingngigg.jpg Dan …
Libby Grundy, Food for Life Director at the Soil Association, talks to the Ecologist about the food challenges facing the planet and what's inspiring her work...
Food matters: why feeding the world should be a 'public health project' The Ecologist | 12th July 2013 Comment Food And Farming Soil Association Blogs childrenschool.jpg Libby Grundy, Food for Life …
The success in UK wetland conservation owes much to pioneering environmental charities who have painstakingly restored these unique and beautiful ecosystems.
42 years on from Ramsar: what have we achieved? 1st February 2013 News 1022516.jpg Image of water lillies on lake courtesy of Ben Hall (rspb-images.com) The success in UK wetland conservation owes …
As COP19 draws to a close in Warsaw today, India and Saudi Arabia blocked an agreement which could prevent the release of up to 100 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by 2050.
COP19 - India and Saudi Arabia join the 'Climate Saboteurs' Oliver Tickell | 22nd November 2013 News As COP19 draws to a close in Warsaw today, India and Saudi Arabia blocked an agreement which could …
The Ecologist's Lorna Howarth reports on news and action from the environmental frontline....
Frontline Online: Is this the point of no return? Lorna Howarth | 1st February 2013 News gp02fdu.jpg Open Cut Coal Mine in Collinsville, Australia. Despite climate change causing a severe heat wave, …
Yesterday, as climate talks degraded into a sideshow for the coal industry, more than 800 conference participants walked out. So where now for the climate movement? Alexander Reid Ross argues for an end to collaboration, and the beginning of a deeper resistance.
The Warsaw Walkout and the Climate Movement Alexander Reid Ross | 22nd November 2013 News COP19 Climate Energy Fossil Fuels Unfccc cop19-mass-walkout.png Yesterday, as climate talks degraded into a …
The Angara, the only river draining Lake Baikal, might disappear by 2020, as it is progressively dammed for massive hydroelectric schemes designed to aid the development of ... China.
Siberia: Sold down the river Margarita Baranova | 9th November 2013 News Russia Siberia Natural World Energy China Hydropower plotina.png The Angara, the only river draining Lake Baikal, might …
Chris Lloyd reflects on the patient and respectful approach to photographing the ever-changing natural world
Moments To Conserve Chris Lloyd | 4th June 2013 Other Natural World chrislloyd.jpeg Ringer Plover, Shetland Isles. Copyright Chris Lloyd. Chris Lloyd reflects on the patient and respectful approach …
What's at stake in wolf conservation? It isn't just the survival of the species but the survival of wilderness, writes Ros Coward
The Language of Wolves Ros Coward | 24th June 2013 Other wolves.jpg What's at stake in wolf conservation? It isn't just the survival of the species but the survival of wilderness, writes Ros Coward …
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 …
When Andy White realised that there would be no green knight coming to save an ancient woodland from 'death by quarry', he refused to join the ranks of people who had all but despaired and decided to take action.........
The Ballad of Oaken Wood Andy White | 15th August 2013 Activism Natural World Activism quarry.jpg Oaken wood in Kent has been approved for destruction in order to expand a quarry. When Andy White …
Two and a half years on from the tsunami that caused several reactors to meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant north of Tokyo and we are still in the dark about the true extent of the danger to human life and ecosystems writes Lynn Batten......
Fukushima: the nightmare continues Lynn Batten | 27th August 2013 Comment Nuclear radioactive.jpg Radioactive water used to cool the nuclear reactors at Fukushima continues to leak into groundwater, …
A global hangover haunts the world economies, but Gar Smith says there may just be a cure.....
Last Call for Capitalism Gar Smith | 15th January 2013 Reviews capitalism paper.jpg A global hangover haunts the world economies, but Gar Smith says there may just be a cure..... In 1978, Jerry …
Last Friday 2,000 people joined a massive 'die-in' to protest at recent death of six London cyclists - and their public demonisation by London Mayor Boris Johnson. Catherine Nelson was there, demanding a radical re-balancing of London's transport priorities.
Dying-in for cycling sanity Catherine Nelson | 2nd November 2013 Comment London Cycling Transport mass-cyclist-die-in-london-2.png Last Friday 2,000 people joined a massive 'die-in' to protest at …
Dr. Friederike Scholz reports on how studies of the movements, habits and even genetics of wildcats are being used to establish migration corridors for these elusive felines.
… Of equal importance are BUND’s campaigns to erect wildlife crossings, which …
Environment minister Tony Burke says the government has done its best to stop downgrading of UN heritage status
Great Barrier Reef on the brink as politicians bicker Oliver Milman | 17th June 2013 News Politics Natural World Energy great-barrier-reef-via-shutterstock.jpg The Great Barrier Reef has lost half …
The UN has described the Gaza Strip as a 'disaster area' following the onslaught of Storm Alexa and called on the international community to lift the blockade and allow recovery efforts to proceed.
… in the Strip have faced - Israeli bombing campaigns aside. As blogger Mohammed Omer …
Unsustainable farming systems that damage the environment and public health thrive at the expense of sustainable producers. Patrick Holden makes the case for "true cost accounting" ...
True-cost accounting in food and farming Patrick Holden | 29th November 2013 Comment Food Farming Economics Green Economy patrick-holden.png Unsustainable farming systems that damage the environment …
Every COP has been subject to the influence of polluting corporations - but none so completely as COP19 in Warsaw. Now 70 organisations are demanding new rules to protect future climate talks from the influence of the fossil fuel industry.
Never again - end fossil fuel influence in UN climate talks! The undersigned organisations | 25th November 2013 Comment Climate Change Unfccc COP19 Fossil Fuels unfccc_gag.png Every COP has been …
The Ecologist website's new Editor has been in place for about a month. Here he takes a break from his ever-burgeoning email inbox to share a few thoughts
One month on - the Editor blogs Oliver Tickell | 21st November 2013 Comment The Ecologist green-eye.png The Ecologist website's new Editor has been in place for about a month. Here he takes a break …