Are demands for higher prices the future of food campaigning? Pay the Price is a Swedish thinktank demanding more expensive food to cover the hidden costs of production
… ethics of food supply systems in the Age of Globalisation. ‘We had a situation where these … of their traditional way of life gives lie to globalisation’s claims to beneficence. …
Forty years ago the Ecologist published its landmark ‘A Blueprint for Survival’ issue outlining the need for a serious economic and environmental overhaul
… Ecologist September 1971: the onslaught of globalisation 40 years ago Mike Allaby wrote …
Environmental journalist Fred Pearce, author of the new book Peoplequake, on why overconsumption is the key issue, the need for relaxed immigration laws, and why men should look after children
Fred Pearce: overpopulation worries are a potentially racist distraction Matilda Lee | 2nd February 2010 Comment Interviews Society Fred Pearce PeopleQuake Overpopulation Population Over Consumption …
Eifion Rees talks to the Compassion in World Farming veteran and co-editor of The Meat Crisis - a shocking new book that exposes the range of environmental and health threats facing us if we don't kick our addiction to meat
… on their land. ER: So we need to tackle globalisation and multinational capitalism …
An ambitious but at times over-simplistic look at how environmental, political and economic crises will redraw the world map
Global Warring by Cleo Paskal Samuel Bonham | 16th February 2010 Reviews Climate Change Global Warming Global Warring Wars Geopolitical Political Economic Crises global-warring.jpg An ambitious but …
In this month's newsletter, we ask whether greens have got it wrong about tar sands, learn from a remote Scottish community, look at land struggles in Africa, examine the claims for carbon capture, and look at whether sugar might be the new oil. To download, log-in and scroll to the bottom of the page...
January 2010 printable subscriber newsletter The Ecologist | 5th January 2010 News Printable Newsletter jan2010img.jpg In this month's newsletter, we ask whether greens have got it wrong about tar …
Molly would glady have been tied to the stake with the other Metric Martyrs... but, being that she wasn't, she's keen to point out why weights and measures matter to all
Metric measurements divorce us from the natural world Molly Scott Cato | 19th March 2010 Comment Natural World Politics And Economics Society Money molly.jpg Molly would glady have been tied to the …
Nearly 50% of the EU budget goes into European agriculture. But climate change, soil erosion and other environmental pressures call for radical changes in farming practices. Carolyn Lebel reports on the urgent need for greener subsidies.
Will EU subsidy reforms be enough to encourage greener farming? Carolyn Lebel | 15th October 2012 News farm pic.jpg Nearly 50% of the EU budget goes into European agriculture. But climate change, …
Department for International Development (DfID) accused of failing to support long-term agricultural programmes and being obsessed with an 'industrial model' of food production
… of their traditional way of life gives lie to globalisation’s claims to beneficence. …
Analysis showing lower greenhouse gas emissions associated with intensive livestock production could pose a challenge to our views on best farming practice
Have we got it right on meat and greenhouse gas emissions? Tom Levitt | 8th April 2010 News Food And Farming Meat Climate Change Dairy Vegetarian Livestock cowsoutdoors.jpg If intensive farming has …
A is for allotments; B is for brocolli; C is for climate change... and U is for urine. 'The Alternative Kitchen Garden: an A-Z' is a companion for both inexperienced and expert gardeners
… supply. O is for... Oca One of the joys of globalisation is that your garden can become a …
O2’s new green business strategy lays out some laudable ideas. But under the surface it seems that the mobile and internet company is doing little other than looking after its own profits
… economic vision provides an alternative to globalisation …
'Open source' is a familiar concept to many web users, providing free, well-supported software across the internet. But could the same principles be used to rapidly disseminate low-carbon technologies around the world?
Could open source technologies help us solve climate change? Jamie Andrews | 4th May 2010 News Science And Technology Climate Change Open Source GNU Creative Commons tools.jpg 'Open source' is a …