A KPMG study shows that the cost of solar power in India, revealed by public auctions, is barely half a cent above that of cheap local coal , writes Chris Goodall, with generators bids falling well below 5p (UK) / 7¢ (US) per kWh. The idea put about at COP21 that India and other poor but sunny countries need coal to develop their economies is fast running out of steam.
India: solar head to head with coal, says KPMG, and getting cheaper all the time Chris Goodall | 3rd January 2015 Comment Energy Solar India Economics Coal solar-india-cut.jpg A KPMG study shows that …
We must urgently move from Petropolis and dependence on fossil fuels to Ecopolis supported by regenerative economies.
… of this. In this context, the rise of urban farming in Havana, Cuba is a fascinating … Renewable There is little doubt that vertical farming will play an increasingly important … around the world. Because of this, vertical farming enterprises have been able to raise …
New Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) watchdog warns of impending tipping points and demands action from UK Government.
… health, and water pollution from sewage and farming must be tackled as urgent priorities, … flooding, releases carbon and puts costs on farming. The report calls on the government to …
An international conference in Bristol will explore how we can put wellbeing and sustainability before profit.
… Colin established the Campaign for Real Farming in 2008, the Oxford Real Farming Conference in 2010 and the College for Real Farming and Food Culture in 2016. Liz …
Half way between Cusco and the lost city of Machu Picchu lies the ancient artery of Inca trade and production - the salt terraces. For over 1,000 years little has changed for the salt farmers of Maras. Now, thanks to a clumsy, unnecessary and potentially dangerous attempt at mass medication, this traditional livelihood is at risk. By James Frankham.
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As science tells us more about the sentience of pigs, should it be used to get them out of laboratories?
Some pig! Sam Saunders Kerry Postlewhite | 8th July 2022 | Comment Economics Factory farmed pig As science tells us more about the sentience of pigs, should it be used to get them out of …
The rise of the Labour party and the birth of a 'green consciousness'.
… at war with the natural world. Capitalist farming, he argued, “disturbs the metabolic … of the soil.” All progress in capitalist farming, he insisted, meant robbery, not just …
Urban regeneration was born from struggle and propagated by ideas for a radical transformation.
Ecological and economic crises in Bristol Yasmin Dahnoun | 27th February 2023 | Comment Bristol Small Is The Future EF Schumacher Small Is Beautiful Economics Editor’s Picks greta_bristol_1_.jpg …
In his search for alternatives to consumerism and industrialism, Jules Pretty travelled around the world to find surviving nature-based cultures. In this extract from his book 'The Edge of Extinction', he tells of the Tuva people of the Siberian steppe - proud of their traditions and closeness to the land, but very much part of the modern world - strictly on their own terms.
The Way of the White Cloud Jules Pretty | 31st January 2015 Ethical Living Indigenous Peoples Society Economics Religion tyva-16-cut.jpg In his search for alternatives to consumerism and …
Easter is a time when - chocolate munching aside - it's still possible to take a step back from consumer-capitalism, writes Frederick Trainer, and pause to think where it's getting us. The sad fact is that so long as society is driven by consumerism, our society can never be ecologically sustainable or just.
The 'simple life' manifesto could save the world - and us Frederick Trainer | 3rd April 2015 Comment Consumerism Society Green Economy Economics dubai-airport-cut.jpg Easter is a time when - …
The threat posed to nature and society by the massive expansion of industrial, fossil fuel economies was discussed by a generation of authors 60 years ago. What can they teach us today?
… Spring proclaimed that chemically dependent farming was essential for feeding exploding … after all, the use of pesticides, in both farming and in urban settings, was designed to …
Breaking free from colonial approaches to ecology is the first step towards creating a regenerative economic system.
… a self-sufficient community in the abandoned farming village of Los Molinos in southern … of the younger generations abandoning their farming villages for a more affluent life in …
World heading for ‘climate catastrophe’ as countries’ plans fail to deliver – UN.
… of natural landscapes, changes to diet and farming and cutting carbon from food supply … vegetarian and vegan diets, improvements in farming and managing soils, and reducing …
Faced with a planetary emergency, is deep ecological transformation, a ‘megamorphosis’ of modern society, still a possibility?
… and communication systems, mechanised farming, cities and megacities. The … permaculture, agroforestry and biodynamic farming systems that practise these methods, …
Reporting from The 5th International Degrowth Conference in Budapest - which continues today and tomorrow - NICK MEYNEN explores the new narrative of ‘sufficiency' being discussed and and asks will it catch on before it's too late?
Why the degrowth debate is gaining momentum Nick Meynen | 2nd September 2016 News Degrowth Economy Sufficiency Sustainability Economics Bhutan Environmental Justice degrowth.jpg Reporting from The …
The best approach to reducing consumers’ exposure to volatile prices is to cut demand for fossil fuels, confirms official Climate Change Committee.
Clean energy lowers bills - official Emily Beament | 24th February 2022 | News Climate Breakdown Climate Change Committee Cost of Living Crisis Economics san_gorgonio_pass_wind_farm.jpg The best …
The trade ban on rhino horn is not working, writes Keith Somerville. But non-lethally and sustainably harvested rhino horn can earn income to encourage breeders, pay rangers and anti-poaching teams, provide surveillance and supply wider benefits that will gain the support of people around parks, reserves and ranches.
… Africa Swaziland Conservation Hunting Farming rhino-cape-cut.jpg The trade ban on …
The UK will soon complete a record year for solar installations, almost doubling the nation's solar capacity. But drastic and overtly discriminatory changes to support for renewables may see solar installations collapse to 1% of current levels.
After UK's record solar year, government tries to kill the sector Oliver Tickell | 3rd March 2015 News Renewables Solar Politics UK Economics Corporations fsp_castle_donington_solar-cut2.jpg The UK …
US Investment bank Goldman Sachs convinced government officials in the early 1990s to allow it to start gambling on the price of food. Alan Bjerga explains how they did it
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Having exported largely untested GM crops around the world for decades, the US is suddenly starting to worry about what genetically modified organisms other countries might send their way.
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