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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Under my leadership Britain will act to protect the future of our planet, with social justice at the heart of our environment policies, writes Jeremy Corbyn. Meeting our Paris climate targets will be the starting point for a green industrial revolution that will deliver clean, affordable energy to all, create millions of new jobs, and establish the export industries of the future.
… anyone predicted - around the world and at home. That's just one reason why the Labour … and committed to cutting carbon emissions at home. We would once again make Britain … renewable energy alone. A nation of draughty homes has left seven million households …
LED light bulbs are cheap and energy efficient, writes Chris Goodall. A crash programme to replace all the lights in the UK with LEDs would cut electricity bills, reduce carbon emissions and other pollution from coal and diesel generation, and reduce the risk of blackouts.
… kitchen and living areas - we would reduce home demand by more than 50%. Importantly, … by replacing about 21 bulbs in the typical home. The impact of this is to reduce … save £30 a year. What does the £60 buy? The home gets six LEDs to replace conventional …
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has worsened after floods and purposeful destruction has taken its toll in recent months, writes Vanessa Amaral-Rogers. The eight year blockade by Israel and conflict with Egypt has already hit Palestinian families hard but now Gaza is at even greater risk as Egypt diverts seawater into life-line tunnels.
… over 100,000 people by destroying their homes, many now live in temporary shelter. … are living in the rubble of their former homes or shipping containers and are heavily … have little hope of rebuilding their homes as they have no access to building …
The world we inhabit is a miracle of billions of years of evolution as life has unfolded in its full beauty and diversity, writes Grant A. Mincy. But human activities - deforestation, mining, urbanisation, pollution, climate change - are tearing away at the functioning fabric of the living biosphere. A mass extinction is under way, and it must be halted, and reversed. But how?
… hot spot. No other landscape on Earth is home to so much wildlife. Home to all the great kingdoms, the forest … the livelihood of folks who call the region home, is dependent upon the rich biodiversity …
The UK's 'Green Deal' energy efficiency scheme was a massive failure, writes Sue Roberts. But few knew just how bad until the NAO's report - which reveals that its main effect was to line the pockets of the Big Six energy companies, load the public with expensive loans, create a tangle of red tape, and engineer the collapse of the UK's nascent energy efficiency sector.
… scheme set up to improve our 27 million homes. And it's a job that badly needs doing. … of the UK's greenhouse gases come from our homes, which are the worst in Europe for … uninsulated walls. Under the scheme homes were to receive insulation, efficient …
Some of us are fortunate enough to have close relationships with the nature around us, writes John Aitchison. But what about everyone else? We must find ways to make people feel like old friends with wildife near and far, and feel that their wild homes and habitats are extensions of our own. And hence, that they are as deserving of our care as human neighbours - if not more so.
… near and far, and feel that their wild homes and habitats are extensions of our own. … ago. She was a solitary lady who loved her home and its wild animals. On the way to the … than we can possibly imagine. My community at home includes the curlews I can hear from my …
Renewable electricity is already undermining the big energy utilities' business model, writes Emma Howard, breaking their monopoly and bringing down energy bills. But with the unfolding battery revolution, it's going to reach a whole new level as wind and solar powered families and communities become ever more self-sufficient, leaving utilities high and dry.
… communicate. When Elon Musk launched Tesla's home battery system one year ago, he promised … Mark Kerr as he proudly unveiled his Tesla home battery system in February this year - … but energy producers, like Kerr, with each home effectively running their own individual …
According to oil company executives, oil is going to be a major energy source to 2100 and beyond. So after hearing an oil man make his case, Chris Goodall went home and crunched some numbers. Money invested in solar power already produces more energy than if it's put into oil exploration and production, and the gap is only going to widen from here. Is this the new 'peak oil'?
… an oil man make his case, Chris Goodall went home and crunched some numbers. Money invested … it may be possible to reduce heat losses in homes, people would need "softening up" for a … they agreed to have contractors in their homes for six months of insulation work. More …
A new opinion poll of 2,000 adults reveals more than two thirds of the public support renewable energy schemes where projects are undertaken at a community level and local people receive financial benefit. The support even extends to wind and solar farms close to people's homes.
… to wind and solar farms close to people's homes. An overwhelming majority of the public … a wind turbine within two miles of their home - nearly three times as many as the 18% … a project within two miles of their home, and just 11% against. Ramsay Dunning, …
The shocking death of Zane Gbangbola, killed by toxic gas from a 'forgotten' landfill under his home, exposes the UK's dangerous legacy of contaminated land, writes Paul Mobbs. Without action, these polluted sites will damage health and even kill for centuries to come. But governments, local authorities, landowners and developers are united in a shameful policy of silence and denial.
… gas from a 'forgotten' landfill under his home, exposes the UK's dangerous legacy of … land issue. Next to the Gbangbola's home is Lavenders Pit . Now a lake, it was … direction, ending near the Gbanbola's home a the end of the 1960s. At this time …
With today's climate change report sounding a red alert for the UK's national security, Theresa May's response to it will mark the first major test of her leadership when she takes over as Prime Minister tomorrow, writes Ecologist New Voices writer Joe Ware. Imminent climate-related dangers demand urgent, effective, cross-departmental action - but will she step up to the mark?
… facing the UK is flooding, endangering homes, businesses and infrastructure. Marked … to worsen due to climate change. To ram home their point they write in bold, all-caps: … by the 2050s. The report warns that newer homes are more at risk from overheating than …
With the 'Heathrow 13' protestors expecting custodial sentences today for their occupation of a Heathrow runway last July, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell MP writes that their direct action followed years of official lies and broken promises, and forms part of a long tradition of direct action protests in defence of democracy.
… of noise and air pollution and the loss of homes and indeed whole communities was … villages are naturally distressed that their homes will be demolished or rendered … increased noise. This will impact upon 4,000 homes, accommodating approximately 10,000 …
Living at Grow Heathrow has been a spiritual experience says resident Edward Thacker. We are actively rebelling against the wasted values of materialism, the capitalist world view which seeks to objectify nature.
… must move beyond the logic of capital. This home is on the site of an abandoned market … We attempt to have a relationship with our home amongst the Elder tree, viewing the land … brought up with western comforts; heating our homes without burning fossil fuels has been a …
When the 600 residents of the Shishmaref Alaskan village decided last week to relocate due to the impact of Climate Change we moved beyond the 'wakeup call' stage to a serious tipping point, writes Dr CARA AUGUSTENBORG
… a rate of 10 to 30 feet per year. To date, 19 homes and the National Guard Armory have moved … piece of elevated land nine miles from their home based on projections their village could … crisis as the number of people fleeing their homelands due to climate change continues to …
Local people are furiously trying to stop a fracking company from drilling near a drinking water reservoir serving tens of thousands of homes, after Northern Ireland planners failed to block Infrastrata's claim for 'permitted development' rights.
… water reservoir serving tens of thousands of homes, after Northern Ireland planners failed … Water, the Province's monopoly water company. Homes are as close as 200m away. NI Water … streets - meaning many tens of thousands of homes. 'Permitted development' fast track …
First we heat up cold water for baths, showers and washing, write Jan Hofman & Laura Piccinini. Then we chuck all that precious heat down the plughole. So how about recycling our waste heat to warm up water on its way to the boiler or hot water tank, cutting bills and emissions? Or on a larger scale, use the sewage from entire communities as a free energy source for heat pumps?
… the environment. Around 15-30% of a typical home energy bill goes on heating water. … drinking water and pump it to your tap at home. After use, the water is discharged into … transferred to the cold water. In a simple home system, cold water going to the shower …