From asthma and allergies, diabetes and reproductive problems to cancer and obesity, environmental degradation plays a role... HEAL ensures our voices on these issues are heard in Brussels
… CAMPAIGN PROFILE: Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) Matilda Lee | 1st December 2010 Activism Health Climate Change HEAL Mercury Pesticides … Jensen, executive director of Brussels-based Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL). ‘I …
Simon Birkett founded the cross-party Campaign for Clean Air in London (CCAL) in 2006 which aims to achieve World Health Organisation standards of air quality. He believes that if we comply with relevant laws Britain can show the world in 2012 how to successfully tackle air quality, climate change and sustainability issues...
… Matilda Lee | 15th November 2010 Activism Health How To Make A Difference Clean Air In … (CCAL) in 2006 which aims to achieve World Health Organisation standards of air quality. … was responsible for one of the biggest public health failings or ‘cover-ups' by a government …
Beauty advice for the winter season: get enough sleep, eat well and never stray far from a good jar of organic skincream. From Neal's Yard to Weleda, here are the Ecologist's top ten picks...
… November 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Health Beauty Organic Skincream Weleda Neal's … they're not the best for your skin, your health and the environment. Here are 10 of the … Laura Sevier sorts fact from fiction in the health and beauty stakes GREEN LIVING 5 beauty …
Having survived cancer, biologist Sandra Steingraber wrote a book to expose its link to the environment. As the film version premieres in Europe, she tells the Ecologist why we must all take a stand on air, food and water pollution
… Matilda Lee | 30th November 2010 Comment Health Climate Change Carcinogens Toxic … getting a good background in environmental health. It's not part of their curriculum. The … study is outdated INVESTIGATION What is the health impact of air pollution? After the …
Otarian aims to show you how eating out can help you save the planet, one kilo of carbon at a time
… of the little numbers attached to your meal. Health food? Yes, perhaps - but of a different … the motivation behind it is not so much your health or mine, but the planet's. ‘There are … pub trade last year. She brought with her a healthy dose of scepticism. As the dishes …
Annie Leonard is back with another installment of the Story of Stuff - this time taking an in-depth look at the cosmetics industry and how we are dying to be beautiful
… Matilda Lee | 27th October 2010 Other Health Beauty Story Of Stuff Cosmetics … Laura Sevier sorts fact from fiction in the health and beauty stakes GREEN LIVING Behind …
Many cultures have lived in harmony with their ecosystems for centuries. The Gaia Foundation have made it their mission to listen and learn from them. It's time we did too
… developed their own intercultural schools and health programmes. The threats, even to this … sites and territorial understanding, your health and education - everything. It's about …
The low-down on one of the best natural skin moisturisers and a guide to which products contain it
… Laura Sevier | 1st June 2010 Ethical Living Health Green Living Shea Butter Fairtrade … It is rich in natural vitamins that promote healthy skin and cell repair. You can even use … as a rich moisturiser to keep their skin healthy and smooth. Weleda Amond facial oil …
Can lawyers really save the world? James Thornton from UK law firm ClientEarth believes they can - and is leading the way in achieving ecological justice
… campaigns going on in climate, marine, human health and access to justice. ClientEarth is …
The technology isn't fully developed yet, but when meat really can be grown in a lab it's going to turn all our arguments about carnivorous diets on their heads...
… that creating meat in vitro offers many health advantages, but that consumers - in …
From plastic bag-free towns to refashioned clothes and bus fleets run on chip fat, here's a guide to what you can do to tackle waste in your community
… to encourage others to find a ‘cleaner and healthier way of dealing with waste issues', … it seems bicycling can tackle everything from health issues to homelessness. Claire Baylis …
The iconic, compact fluorescent lightbulb is dead: meet its next generation replacements that are brighter, more efficient, longer-lasting, and mercury-free
… research on lighting is looking at the health effects of its over-use on our natural …
The Environment Agency and Interpol are being forced to tackle the growing trade in electrical waste to stop our unwanted TVs, computers and refrigerators falling into the wrong hands
… dangerous e-waste, potentially threatening health and questioning the country's recycling …