An editorial by editor Zac Goldsmith. Published in the 28 page exclusive <i>Ecologist</i> supplement that appeared in the <i>Independent</i> Information magazine on 27 May, 2006
… The changing face of the environment Zac Goldsmith | 27th May 2006 Comment Ecologist Environmental Movement Green Lifestyle Green … political vacuum when only the most dramatic environmental stories made it onto the front …
Alan Simpson, MP for Nottingham South, is on a mission. ‘We can’t survive this century unless we change fundamentally the built environment and move from thinking of buildings as consumers of energy, to thinking of them as generators of electricity.' Ben Willis meets the rarest of breeds, an MP who’s walking the talk.
… unless we change fundamentally the built environment and move from thinking of … our profligate use of energy is crippling the environment. In an ideal world, Simpson says, … unless we change fundamentally the built environment,' he says. 'We have to move from …
Convenient, flimsy, costly, cynical, manipulative, wasteful, deadly...we'll never forget the plastic bag
… Plastic Bags Supermarkets Waste Packaging Environment Homo Sapiens Plastics Packaging … bags certainly contribute to a degree of environmental chaos, but ask most shoppers and … allowing our memories to slip regarding the environmental consequences. Plastic is an …
Npower, owner of the UK's third largest coal-fired power station, says it will have to black out two million customers if it can't fill this lake with poisonous ash. Paul Kingsnorth investigates
… trust have not objected. Neither has the Environment Agency. All that stands between … me what a good job her company does for the environment. She’s also keen to stress that, … was presented as an attempt to protect the environment, it classified PFA as a ‘waste …
The secretive side of nuclear power that uses chemicals 10,000 times more potent greenhouse gases than CO2...and is fuelling a nuclear arms race
… issues Enrichment plants are highly toxic environments, using myriad chemical compounds … waste and cancer-causing chemicals into the environment. In Ohio, the soil and underground … clean-up operation led by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). When it …
Obesity is a problem that is chronic, stigmatised, costly to treat and rarely curable. Why? Because we are looking in the wrong places for a solution. Pat Thomas reports
… titled Obesity: Developmental Origins and Environmental Influences, the US National … a visiting Fellow at the Occupational and Environmental Health Research Group, Stirling … that explained how toxic chemicals in the environment were affecting the fertility of …
Is he really green? This is the speech given by David Cameron to a packed audience of environmentalists at the Green Alliance Annual Debate...
… by David Cameron to a packed audience of environmentalists at the Green Alliance Annual … year hasn’t been without some pain on the environmental front for me. I remember … on it, and particularly all of you in the environmental movement united together and …
Is it worse than Mc Donalds? The BLT sandwich is an icon, the ultimate symbol of convenience culture. Tesco alone sells 5 million a year. This is what the £1.80 you pay for your BLT buys...
… and aquifers. The OECD say, ‘Impacts on the environment include the degradation of aquatic … aquifers are being plundered causing untold environmental damage, destroying wetlands, … salad ingredients in a wholly unsuitable environment resulted in the International Soil …
Stop worrying about major accidents such as Chernobyl, nuclear reactors legally emit radioactive particles that are causing clusters to erupt around the country.
… and they release into the atmosphere and the environment a range of dangerous … Faculty of Medicine, and co-founder of the environmental consultancy group Green Audit, … become contaminated is linked to the unique environmental conditions of the area. …
Remote, unregulated and...running out. Why the business of fuelling nuclear power can't give us energy sovereignty
… it has to be mined and milled – both environmentally destructive processes. While … and toxic metals are dumped into the local environment and aquifers. Dumping the waste … more susceptible to dispersion in the environment. By rights this waste should be …
By radically changing the way we acquire our food, the development of agriculture has condemned us to live worse than ever before. Not only that, agriculture has led to the first significant instances of large-scale war, inequality, poverty, crime, famine and human induced climate change and mass extinction.
By Clive W. Dennis (winner of the Ecologist/Coady International Institute 2006 Essay Competition)
… daily food needs. Even in a harsh desert environment such as this, the Hobbesian … for example, especially considering the harsh environment the Bushmen inhabit. … of ravenous agriculturalists, so does the environment. As more and more land is brought …
For the Canadian Aanishnaabek tribe, who live on a reserve surrounded by chemical plants, there seems no escape. Do they leave, and abandon their past, or stay, and perhaps lose their future? Zoe Cormier investigates
… times a month. According to Riverkeeper, an environmental watchdog, there have been more … says Ada Lockridge, a member of Aamjiwnaang’s environmental committee. ‘We could see them … Ramani Nadarajah, a lawyer with the Canadian Environmental Law Association. Two : the …
We were sitting chatting outside our home when two small planes flew over very low. We went down to our fields to see what was happening. My husband said, “Look, they’re dropping poison on our land.”
… the spraying. As a researcher on health and environmental issues with the Ecuadorean environmental group, Acción Ecológica, he … to be relatively harmless. When the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved …
The UK’s most successful NGO is based in a Dorset village, with no members or PR team. Paul Kingsnorth meets the duo behind it…
… But they are uncomfortable because many ‘environmentalists’ seem to be falling into the … trap as those they oppose. ‘We felt that the environment movement had got a bit lost’, says … wanted to reach beyond it. With writer and environmentalist Roger Deakin they did so by …
The native Inuit people of the Arctic regions need no convincing of the effects of global warming. As Clare Kendall discovers, they are already suffering its impact
… on the ice, they are closely allied to their environment and notice even small changes. … sometimes fatally. They also talk of freak environmental incidents. Puvirnituq …
‘OK then,’ I say to Fergus, with a challenge in my voice, ‘what about badger?’ ‘Badger?’ says Fergus, his eyes on the road as he drives me into the Kent countryside. ‘Many times. There’s no rhyme or reason to badger. Sometimes it tastes really gamey and uriney, even if it’s fresh. It can be excellent though.’ I look at him as he drives. He’s definitely serious.
… stuff’s just, well, ordinary. Meanwhile, we environmentalists are often not much better, … over why nobody seems to care about ‘the environment’ any more. ‘The environment’, of course, is and always has …
My Lords and Members of the House of Commons:
My government considers climate change to be the single biggest challenge facing the United Kingdom. My government is finally convinced, in fact, that it dwarfs all other challenges by an order of magnitude.
… of their impact on climate change and the environment as a whole. My government will …
Biodegradeable Waste (BDW), ‘plants and animals’, comprises an amazing 59 per cent of your household waste. Do you simply throw yours in the bin? If so you...
… quantities can cause serious damage to the environment, plants, soil life, water life and …
The exuberance of childhood celebrated in books such as Just William is now frowned upon as inappropriate behaviour, resulting in more and more children being prescribed behavioural drugs. Rachel Ragg investigates
… has indeed been affected by our culture and environment; which in turn affects the way we … their children. For example, chemicals in the environment such as pesticides, or high levels … laboratory specialising in nutritional and environmental medicine, agrees. “This is the …
Described as a ‘mosquito inside a tent’,
Rainforest Action Network are forcing corporate
America to change its destructive practices.
Nicola Graydon meets this inspiring group of activists
… America and JP Morgan Chase – coming out with environmental policies: both publicly and in … solve the problem’. In a carefully worded Environmental Policy Framework the company … they ‘take seriously our responsibility for environmental stewardship.’ Blink. It …
The Chancellor's pre-budget report on Wednesday 6th December was a green-washed shambles. Paul Kingsnorth gives Gordon a helping hand with the re-write
… on Earth to respond to the serious environmental challenges that face our world. … would make little or no difference to the environmental challenges we face. We are going … and consequent profit by externalising their environmental costs onto society. This is …
Isabel Hilton, writer, broadcaster and editor of Open Democracy magazine, tells the Ecologist what the results of the mid-term elections mean for America and the world…
… in power. What are the implications for US environmental policy now? Isabel: There had … adopt Kyoto principles and run their own environmental and climate change policies, as … negotiations, but it will help the environment and slow the increase in US …