Can lawyers really save the world? James Thornton from UK law firm ClientEarth believes they can - and is leading the way in achieving ecological justice
… started ClientEarth, there are a wide set of campaigns going on in climate, marine, human … really important to pick issues and design campaigns strategically. There are some that …
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 …
The battle of local communities against Tesco is much larger than first thought with over 80 local campaigns against the supermarket.
… January 2007 News Tesco Campaign Supermarket Campaigns Supermarkets Tesco Farming Campaigns Society News web pic 2_38.jpg The … larger than first thought with over 80 local campaigns against the supermarket. Last week's …
Campaign groups from Indonesia, Kenya and Peru have called on planners in the UK to turn down opencast coal mines in Co Durham and Derbyshire, write Anne Harris & Hal Rhoades. Not only do the mines damage local health and environment, say the activists. They also threaten global climate stability - and all countries must play their part in ending the world's coal addiction.
Global South campaigners tell UK planners: no new opencast coal mines! Anne Harris Hal Rhoades | 7th October 2015 Activism Energy Climate Change Coal UK opencast-coal-wales-cut.jpg Campaign groups …
West Papua is one of the world’s forgotten conflicts, where human rights violations are endemic. Now Lush has taken up the cause. Ruth Styles has more
… October 2011 Ethical Living West Papua Lush Campaigns Smell Of Freedom Human Rights … and finding out more about their latest campaigns, which includes one to help 73 men, …
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 …
A combination of community resistance, phase out commitments by governments, cities and businesses, and rapid cost reductions in renewable energy has resulted in a huge slump in construction of new coal plants. CATHERINE EARLY reports
Old king coal loses crown as worldwide phase-out campaign gains momentum Catherine Early | 22nd March 2018 News Coal Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy China Coal; Fossil Fuels; Renewable Energy; China: …
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 …
"Fossil fuel backed stocks and bonds - which are based on long term revenues from fossil energy production - should be downgraded to junk status."
Fossil fuel divestment campaign for Europe Hoda Baraka | 26th October 2013 Activism Fossil Fuel Coal Oil Gas Energy Climate Climate Change 350-ffe.jpg "Fossil fuel backed stocks and bonds - which are …
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 …
With 80% of the world's fossil fuel reserves 'unburnable' if the world is to meet its climate targets, writes Melanie Mattauch, the divestment movement is moving from strength to strength. As investor confidence in fossil energy ebbs away, 2015 is where the endgame for a dying industry begins.
… just over a year ago in Europe. Since then campaigns urging local authorities, … up at a dizzying pace, adding up to 94 active campaigns throughout the continent. The … social change. What started with student campaigns at US college campuses, now …
To coincide with World Day for Laboratory Animals, Lush turned their Regent Street shop window into a human testing zone to highlight the plight of the millions of animals worldwide who suffer at the hands of the beauty industry
… Living Animal Testing Health And Beauty Campaigns Society Green Living Lush Cosmetics … have on the petition. Tamsin Omond is the Campaigns Manager for Lush and says the time …
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 …
Norway's sovereign wealth fund, worth over $900 billion, has today announced that it will divest from coal, a move expected to force the sale of investments worth $13.3 billion. Campaigners say that other funds have now 'run out of excuses' not to follow suit.
Norway's $1 trillion wealth fund to divest from coal The Ecologist | 5th June 2015 News Fossil Fuels Finance Coal Renewables Norway norway-divest-march-cut.jpg Norway's sovereign wealth fund, worth …
It’s never been easier to show support for a cause. To make online armchair campaigning even easier still, Ellie O’Donnell and ALEXANDRA HEAL and ELLIE O'DONNELL have compiled a list of 10 ongoing campaigns they think Ecologist readers would like to know about
… 10 animal and environment campaigns you can support right now Alexandra … Heal Ellie O'Donnell | 29th May 2018 Activism Campaigns Animal Rights Friends Of The Earth … O'DONNELL have compiled a list of 10 ongoing campaigns they think Ecologist readers would …
Caerphilly councillors yesterday refused permission for a huge open cast coal mine in South Wales that's fiercely opposed by local people furious at its impacts on air, landscape, tranquillity and climate, writes Guy Shrubsole. Coming so soon after the rejection of fracking in Lancashire, the message is clear: fossil fuels are best left safely underground.
Campaigners celebrate as Caerphilly councillors vote: the coal stays in the ground Guy Shrubsole | 7th July 2015 News Energy Fossil Fuels Coal Fracking UK Wales Climate Change …
Dame Anita Roddick, founder of the Body Shop and life-long campaigner, has died at the age of sixty four.
… 2007 Activism Anita Roddick Bodyshop Campaigns Culture Change ARODDICK_MAIN.jpg … She was also heavily involved in Greenpeace campaigns, specifically those against toxic …
Greenpeace's 'Unfriend Coal' campaign is calling on the world's biggest social networking site to free its energy-intensive business from coal power
Just how green is Facebook? The Ecologist | 5th April 2011 Other Climate Change Coal Facebook Greenpeace Video Energy facebook-480x360.jpg Greenpeace's 'Unfriend Coal' campaign is calling on the …
Campaigners 'left with no choice but to take Banks Group to court' over habitat destruction.
Coal firm faces court for alleged wildlife crime Brendan Montague | 14th November 2018 News Great Crested Newt Banks Group Coal Change Makers 7488499966_e8ebd2bfe9_b.jpg Campaigners 'left with no …