Letting children learn flexibly and organically creates rounder, more educated human beings, says Mike Fortune-Wood
… How to home educate Mike Fortune-Wood | 15th March 2009 Ethical Living Education School Home School House Humans Beings Education Children Society How-to-Home-educate_MAIN.jpg Letting children learn …
Mukti Mitchell, period home insulation expert, who last week won the 2016 ‘Devon Environmental Champion' award for his work insulating the heritage village of Clovelly, says now is the time to make your old home cosy for winter
… Cold Winter, Cosy Home Mukti Mitchell | 30th November 2016 … debi award.jpg Mukti Mitchell, period home insulation expert, who last week won the … says now is the time to make your old home cosy for winter Last week I was thrilled …
I know that I should avoid compost containing peat, but what is the most environmentally friendly alternative that I can buy?
R Townsend, by email
… The obvious answer is to turn your hand to home composting. Yet the majority of us will … This is because what we can make ourselves at home is considered a soil improver, not a … 2009 For ethical and sustainable suppliers of Home and Garden goods and services check out …
Israeli military forces have resumed their harassment of Palestinian pastoralists in the occupied Jordan Valley, part of the West Bank, holding live-fire tank and infantry maneuvers on pastures and cropland close to local communities, accompanied by the forced expulsion of both people and livestock.
… 64 people, including 27 minors, from their homes in the communities of Khirbet Khumsah … established, have been forced to leave their homes several times a year on this pretext. In … and this time were only permitted to return home at 10:00 p.m. In May, 19 families from …
The idea has yet to catch on in the UK but in Scandinavia, where the very first 'nature house' was built in the 1970s, the idea of surrounding your existing home with what is essentially a 'greenhouse' to create a living home is one that is catching on. PAUL MILES explores the eco benefits
… 1970s, the idea of surrounding your existing home with what is essentially a 'greenhouse' to create a living home is one that is catching on. PAUL MILES … if someone completely encased their entire home in glass? If the British love of all …
Home brewing need not produce unpalatable dross. With this simple guide, you can use your gluts of marrows and pears to create cheap-and-cheerful signature wines
… Living Green Living Making Your Own Wine Home Brew Self Sufficient Grow Your Own Andy … Marrows make a 'rather palatable' wine Home brewing need not produce unpalatable … two myths that always arise when it comes to home brewing. The first is that you need a lot …
Famous for his 'earth from above footage', photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand's new film is a feast for the eyes with a strong ecological message says Polly Cook
… HOME by Yann Arthus-Bertrand Polly Cook | 22nd June 2009 Reviews Home Yann Arthus-Bertrand Earth From Above home-review-01270510.jpg Famous for his 'earth …
The Thai government was right to evict an indigenous community from the Kaeng Krachan National Park at gunpoint and burn down homes, a Bangkok court has ruled - even though one resident had lived there for 100 years and the Park was only created in 1981.
… National Park officers 'can burn indigenous homes' Chris Lang Conservation Watch | 20th … National Park at gunpoint and burn down homes, a Bangkok court has ruled - even though … did not break the law when they burned the homes of Karen indigenous people in Kaeng …
A house built with straw could cost as little as £70,000 to build - and some are still standing after 140 years. Barbara Jones' fantastic book Building with Straw Bales reveals all you need to know
… rural waste product and use it to build a home that is not only highly insulated and … friend some more intelligent answers. Future homes The book (images from which are … She has a keen grasp of what owning a home in the UK means - a working-life saddled …
The lead poisoning crisis in Flint, Michigan is just the tip of a vast iceberg of lead contamination afflicting mainly urban black communities, writes Leif Fredrickson. A rigid 'race bar' on postwar suburban housing and mortgages left black families in inner cities, exposed to flaking lead paint in run down housing, leaded gasoline residues and lead pipework. Now is the time to correct this shocking historic injustice.
… nationwide contain lead. Some 37 million US homes contain lead-based paint somewhere in … excluded minority families from buying homes in suburban neighborhoods, leaving them … and mortgages Suburbanization and home ownership in America exploded after World …
Forget complex, high-end technologies – basic truths and natural, low-carbon materials hold the key to sustainable and truly energy-efficient homes, argues James Hulme
… Home truths - low-carbon materials key to … News Sustainable Cities Climate Change Energy Homes Houses Living material_evidence.jpg … key to sustainable and truly energy-efficient homes, argues James Hulme In recent years …
Government plans to pay coal and diesel generators to stay open the winter after next to 'keep the lights on' betray dangerously old-fashioned thinking, writes Chris Goodall. Not only would it subsidise our dirtiest electricity - it's also incredibly costly. Why not just pay people to reduce their demand when power supplies are stretched?
… people to reduce their electricity demand at home, probably by providing a game with … typical outage of 1.5 hours for the average home. That's about 150 times what the lost … there will be 9 million smart meters in UK homes. That means 1 in 3 households will be …
The insurance industry is set to abandon two million British homeowners to the perils of climate change. Jon Hughes and Rebecca Bole report
… is set to abandon two million British homeowners to the perils of climate change. … of British Insurers (ABI) warned that home premiums in the UK could soar. At the … large, we take for granted: to protect our homes and allow us to drive, and enable …
Weather permitting, construction on the Natural House will be underway within months.
… Green home vital statistics impressive The Ecologist … | 1st March 2009 News Natural House Green Home Natural Materials Green Living … House is a low energy but normal-looking home built from natural materials by the …
Ten-year survey of house sales in US finds wind turbines have no negative affect on market price despite public fears
… Wind Renewables Energy Wind Farms windfarmhome.jpg A UK survey in 2007 concluded that … of Energy, looked at the sale of almost 7,500 homes situated within 10 miles of 24 wind … US states over a ten-year period. The closest home was 800 feet from a wind turbine. Rather …
They said it would never work but time has proved those critics wrong. As the inspirational and pioneering Devon centre that combines ecology and spiritual learning celebrates its 25th anniversary, founder and Editor Emeritus of Resurgence & Ecologist, SATISH KUMAR, describes the flourishing of this remarkable and pioneering place of learning
… ecological lifestyle. The word ‘eco' means ‘home' - ‘planet home' as well as your ‘personal home'. So not only is Schumacher College a …
George Marshall didn’t feel like a visionary at the time. His was an idea born of frustration, and he had no idea where it would lead him.
… The Ecologist | 1st April 2009 News Energy Homes Rennovation Diy Houses Energy Climate … One weekend last September, 18 eco homes in Oxford threw open their doors to more than 1,700 people. Marshall’s home had 150 visitors in one day. That’s a lot …
A major shift towards green taxes and 'pay as you burn, not pay as you earn' would benefit the environment and the economy
… 'really will be instead of other taxes'. Home energy Green taxes, the Commission says, … incentive to householders to upgrade their homes, but would also generate revenues that … vulnerable or poor householders before their homes are improved. The study says higher …
Government climate watchdog says a 'step change' in Government policy is needed to meet carbon reduction targets
… Energy 6.jpg The government should roll out a home audit scheme with the help of energy … companies to recommend the improvements to homeowners Government climate watchdog says a … reduction targets The UK will need to push homes to be more energy efficient, set up an …
Energy Tariff Ltd launches an energy calculator website for domestic appliances, allowing you to choose the most efficient products and tariffs.
… How efficient are your home appliances? Kate Herbert | 17th September … estimate that, on average, they can save each home up to £210 immediately; more if users … eco-friendly products. How it works On the homepage you are asked to select the brand, …
If you thought you could hide from smoke and smog indoors, you've got another thing coming. Laura Sevier takes a look at the problem of in-house pollution, and offers advice on what you can do to clear the air
… what you can do to clear the air So much for home sweet home. When it comes to indoor air quality, the … fume-filled streets of London than sitting at home in front of the telly. Take your …
Is it possible to help the environment, local community and give the homeless a second chance at life? The charity Emmaus is living proof that the answer is yes
… CASE STUDY: giving old furniture a new home Lucy Thompson | 20th August 2009 Activism … Case Study Waste And Recycling Emmaus Homeless Recycling Second-hand Furniture Abbe Pierre emmaushomelessness.jpg Is it possible to help the …
Israel's government is now free to expel 1,200 of its Bedouin citizens from their 'unrecognised' villages in the Negev desert, following a Supreme Court decision not to hear their appeal. Now only one thing can save the Bedouin, their communities and their way of life: an international outcry.
… to be called Hiran, on the rubble of the homes of their fellow citizens in the Bedouin … Bedouin citizens will be forced from their homes into impoverished urban townships. The … Bedouin village of Al-Katamat, which is home to 1,500 people, while the new Jewish …
Quick fading and blandly coloured they are not. Eco paints may be thicker and require a primer but the benefits, not least to our health, outweigh the extra labour writes Matilda Lee
… February 2009 Ethical Living Green Living HomeHome Improvement Decorating Green Lifestyle … the rise of the ‘sick building syndrome’, our homes have been breeding ill health. Our …