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
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It provoked an absolute storm. CNN’s ticker screamed that Britain was ‘under siege’ from environmental activists. Sky News dubbed it ‘the world’s most organised protest’ and the New Statesman ‘the most important protest of our time’
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Co-founder of activist group Plane Stupid, Joss Garman reflects on the environmental movements' successes and why, when things look bleaker than ever, we need to remember this
… new battles for a safer planet. Joss Garman campaigns on climate change for Greenpeace UK. … in an effort to undermine its direct action campaigns HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE The …
The climate secretary has been lauded for his coal-fired proposals, but beyond the smokescreen it’s business as usual says Joss Garman
Miliband's leadership on climate is tested Joss Garman | 19th June 2009 Comment Blogs Commentators Climate Change Energy Kingsnorth Ed Miliband joss_garman_headshot.jpg The climate secretary has been …
'We're here because our parents' generation has failed us and it's up to young people to stop climate change by whatever peaceful means we have left.'
Youth driving the environmental movement Joss Garman | 25th March 2009 Comment Youth Youth Activism Protests Generations Children Protest Children Climate Change Society itsallaboutus_main.jpg 'We're …
As an excuse to do nothing itself, this Labour Government has often hidden behind US intransigence on climate change, so it’ll be interesting to see how Gordon Brown might respond to a US President more progressive than he on global warming.
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‘Britain’s astounding retreat from reason is now legitimising anarchy.’ That was the conclusion of the hotblooded screaming radical Melanie Phillips, writing for The Spectator.
'This is big' Joss Garman | 1st November 2008 Comment Kingsnorth Six Eco-terrorism Kingsnorth Climate Change Lord Devlin Al Gore Gm Products UK Environment Justice Human Rights Gm Products Risk Food …
The coast of Peru is being blighted by a fishmeal industry that's sprung up to satisfy the West’s voracious appetite for salmon – now marine life, human health and whole ecosystems are paying the price. Andrew Wasley and Jim Wickens report
How our growing appetite for salmon is devastating coastal communities in Peru Andrew Wasley Jim Wickens | 1st December 2008 News Fish Food And Farming Salmon Peru fishybusiness.jpg The coast of Peru …
It probably isn’t too much of an exaggeration to suggest that most people are hard pushed to name a politician they really admire. In Britain, however, one name will come up time and again.
European elections - will Brussels go Green? Joss Garman | 3rd June 2009 Comment Green Party Caroline Lucas Ballot Vote European Parliament Environment Politics And Economics BallotBoxing_MAIN.jpg It …
Joss Garman hopes Barack Obama will make good on his green promises
Barack Obama's green promises Joss Garman | 7th August 2008 Comment Currents US Presedential Election Obama McCain US Climate Change Politics And Economics Society joss_garman_headshot.jpg Joss …
Burmese migrants working onboard Thai fishing boats suffer brutal exploitation. And the boats involved supply so-called 'trash fish' for use in feed given to farmed prawns exported globally. The Ecologist Film Unit's Jim Wickens reports
The slavery behind our seafood Jim Wickens | 20th September 2012 News Ecologist Film Unit Shrimp Prawns Food And Farming News Analysis Slavery sorting the catch every 4hrs 7days a week life jim …
Britain lingers near to the bottom of the European league table for renewable energy, so why does it seem that the government are willing to add more coal nails to the coffin?
Coal is over Joss Garman | 22nd June 2008 Comment Coal Renewable Energy Kingsnorth CCS Coal Global Warming Carbon Off-Setting Nuclear UK Energy Pollution Science And Technology smoke-stack.jpg …
Must-have handbags? shoes to die for? From cheap trinkets to luxury car interiors, Jim Wickens discovers the startling facts behind what we buy into when we buy leather goods.
Hell for leather Jim Wickens | 1st June 2008 News Science And Technology Bangladesh Pollution Environmental Standards Leather Tanneries Chemicals Archive_243.jpg Must-have handbags? shoes to die for? …
Barack Obama and Ban Ki Moon, Labour and the Conservatives, green groups and trade unionists, Nicholas Stern and even Peter Mandelson - everybody is talking about a 'Green New Deal'. Faced with an economic downturn, climate breakdown and an energy system in need of billions of new investment anyway, the idea is simple and attractive.
An eco injection Joss Garman | 30th April 2009 Comment Green New Deal Recession Green-collar Jobs Labour Gordon Brown Economics Sustainable Development UK US Economics Sustainable Development …
In the first of the Ecologist's new 'If I...' series, the co-founder of aviation campaign group Plane Stupid imagines what he would do if he were in charge of the government's aviation policy.
Plane Stupid's Joss Garman plays minister Joss Garman | 1st December 2006 News Aviation Taxation Pollution Climate Change Plane Stupid Aviation Climate Change Politics And Economics investigates.jpg …
The coastal towns and villages of Peru are being blighted by an industry that has sprung up to satisfy the West’s voracious appetite for fish – now marine life, human health and whole ecosystems are paying the price. The Ecologist Film Unit investigates
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With planning permission for Britain's biggest dairy at Nocton about to be re-submitted, The Ecologist travels to California to examine intensive milk production - and finds factory farms, conflict, intimidation, pesticides, pollution and small-scale farmers driven out of business...
The shocking cost of US 'mega-dairies' Jim Wickens | 21st September 2010 News Dairy Factory Farming Milk Pesticides Pollution Food And Farming rotary-parlour-cropped.jpg If Nocton 'super-dairy' gets …
Must-have handbags? shoes to die for? From cheap trinkets to luxury car interiors, Jim Wickens discovers the startling facts behind what we buy into when we buy leather goods.
Hell for leather Jim Wickens | 1st June 2008 News Leather Tannery Pollution Corporate Lobbying Southern Elites Regulattion Human Rights Violations Risk Chemical Poisoning Industrial Globalisation …
Western consumers are inadvertently driving the Sumatran elephant to extinction by eating, washing and wearing - in cosmetics - the derivatives of a fruit that is destroying the animal's last remaining forest habitat. Jim Wickens reports
Palm oil's forgotten victims: Sumatran elephants suffer in rush for 'liquid ivory' Jim Wickens | 30th June 2013 News Wildlife Natural World Food And Farming News Investigations Palm Oil Forests …
We can’t tackle today’s threats using Cold War weapons. That’s why what the UK does with its nuclear arsenal has never been more pertinent.
UK’s nuclear arsenal - time to disarm Joss Garman | 10th March 2009 Comment Nuclear Cold War Weapons Diarm Disarmamnet Comment And Analysis Science And Technology Society Gone_Fission_MAIN.jpg We …
Another strain of MRSA is emerging from the factory farms of Northern Europe, and it is linked to the insatiable demand for cheap meat on our plates. The Ecologist Film Unit investigates
Sick as a pig Jim Wickens | 26th March 2009 News Pig Farming MRSA Hospital-acquired Infection Tetracycline Intensive Farming Factory Farms Antibiotic Resistance Netherlands Factory Farming Animal …