With vast areas decimated by industrial farming, the salad days are over for mass-produced olive oil. Laura Sevier looks at the effect its rise in popularity has had on the European landscape, and at some more sustainable brands.
… Laura Sevier | 7th August 2008 News Olive OilOil Industrial Farming Sustainable Farming … salad days are over for mass-produced olive oil. Laura Sevier looks at the effect its rise …
Filmmaker Lars Johansson talks to the Ecologist about the making of the film 'Poison Fire' and the curse of oil in the Niger Delta.
… Poison Fire Film Nigeria Niger Delta Shell Oil Video Lars Johansson Industrial Oil Protest Community Energy Politics And … of the film 'Poison Fire' and the curse of oil in the Niger Delta. Tell us how you came …
A decision to allow the destruction of an ancient woodland suggests the UK’s environmental policies are crumbling at the first hint of oil, says Sarah Lewis
… Wood Sarah Lewis | 1st July 2008 News Oil Exploration UK Markwells Wood West Sussex County Council WSCC Oil Forests Natural World Energy Politics And … policies are crumbling at the first hint of oil, says Sarah Lewis The rolling hills of the …
Crude oil may be running out, but Brighton's transport revolution is powering up. Jan Goodey meets Tom Druitt, the driving force behind the Big Lemon Bus
… Activism Transport Case Study Chip Fat Fuel Oil Bus Biofuel big_lemon.jpg Crude oil may be running out, but Brighton's … runs its distinctive yellow buses on chippy oil – a year ago, he knew it would be tough. …
Many mainstream toiletries’ incompatible ingredients require chemicals to bind them together. Pat Thomas considers the alternatives to this unholy alliance
… Ethical Living Emulsifiers Beeswax Bodycare Toiletries Bodycare Risk Health emulsifiers_main.jpg Many mainstream toiletries’ incompatible ingredients require … Many of the ingredients in commercial toiletries are uneasy bedfellows: none more so …
Our addiction to oil is not inevitable. We can all take steps to kick the habit
… 30 steps to an oil-free world The Ecologist | 1st May 2008 Activism Climate Change And Energy Oil Transport Travel Car Campaign Lobbying … itsallaboutus_main.jpg Our addiction to oil is not inevitable. We can all take steps …
Lobbying by WWF UK to protect Arctic wilderness from a £11bn ($22bn) oil and gas project that threatened the Western Gray Whale with extinction has been successful after the UK and US governments withdrew backing.
… WWF-UK wins funding halt to Sakhalin II oil and gas pipeline 6th March 2008 News Oil Gas Gazprom Russia Sakhalin WWF Western Gray Whale Oil Whales Climate Change Energy News web pic …
Heavy on the moralising, light on cheer, a new book on low-carbon living has Phil England reaching for the classics
… Plan C: Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change by Pat Murphy Phil … Pat Murphy Plan C Transition Community Peak-oil Climate Change Comments And Analysis Oil Community Climate Change Society …
Head chef of pioneering Shoreditch eco-restaurant The Water House, Marie Gonfond shares a few recipes...
… with Jerusalem Artichokes puree and chilli oil To serve 2 Ingredients: 2 black bream … Artichokes 2 Fresh Red Chillies Olive Oil Salt, pepper Nutmeg 2 slices of bread A … marinade in around a third of a cup of olive oil for at least half an hour. 2. Peel your …
Growing demand for palm oil is resulting in wide spread human rights abuses in Indonesia, claims a new report.
… Global palm oil demand linked to human rights abuses 13th … web pic 2_181.jpg Growing demand for palm oil is resulting in wide spread human rights … seeking to exploit the global market for palm oil are increasingly grabbing land from …
The current economic downturn is hard, but it’s also filled with opportunities to remake the world in a more sustainable way, says Stephen Hale
… – but this downturn is partly driven by high oil (and gas) prices that now make some green … their green commitments in a downturn. Oil prices are also stimulating energy … energy and other low-carbon options. The oil price hike means energy investments that …
It has taken just one year for the land-based biofuels (agrofuels) bubble to inflate and burst. In February 2007, the Ecologist was almost alone in pointing out that growing energy crops for car fuel was ecological nonsense; now the tide of academic studies showing that agrofuels are neither energy - nor carbon-efficient seems unstoppable.
… but serious research did not begin until the oil crises of the 1970s, when the US … programme was cut short in 1998, partly as oil prices fell, but mostly because the … small and their algae have little or no oil – at least the way that we operate those …
The coast of Peru is being blighted by a fishmeal industry that's sprung up to satisfy the West’s voracious appetite for salmon – now marine life, human health and whole ecosystems are paying the price. Andrew Wasley and Jim Wickens report
… inextricably linked: much of the fishmeal and oil produced in Peru from anchovy fish stocks … arising from production of fishmeal and fish oil. And the Ecologist has learned that at … and milling raw fish and trimmings. Fish oil is a byproduct of fishmeal processing. …
Sometimes it’s good to take a peep at what the enemy is up to. I spent last weekend reading the New York Herald Tribune, and I’ll sometimes look at The Economist. Both these publications are excellent in their way – the Tribune is far superior in writing and information to The Times, for example – but essentially feed the greed of a business-minded readership anxious to figure out what is going on in the world, the better to profit from it.
… Shell. Van de Veer says there is plenty more oil in the earth, but the problem is going to … hard-to-reach places. He also says demand for oil and energy in general will rise and rise … means using a lot more energy and a lot more oil. The first thing you do with a little …
Another day, another wonder crop offering green and guilt-free air travel. When will the aviation industry get is head out of the clouds?
… (metal-heavy rock) and salt-intruded soils. Better still, it works as a good live … On current jatropha yields – 1.7 tonnes of oil per hectare – replacing that would take … size of France. To put this in context, D1 Oils, the British company pioneering biofuel …
Responses from some of the key players to the Ecologist's investigation into fish feed.
… As part of a story looking at fish meal / oil production , frequently used in … that fish used to produce fishmeal and oil have been responsibly sourced, without … of IFFO, the International Fishmeal and Fish Oil Association. As such, we support IFFO’s …
The community supports the farmer and the farmer supports the community. Why isn't everyone taking part in the latest agricultural revolution, wonders Ed Hamer
… are the looming challenges posed by the peak oil crisis. It is no coincidence that the … headlines in the same 12 months that crude oil has doubled from $75 to $140 a barrel. The … as a direct result of the rising cost of oil accumulating along the supply chain. A …
Algeria switches from oil production to harnessing the power of the Sahara sun
… News web pic 2_178.jpg Algeria switches from oil production to harnessing the power of the … first major moves towards renewables by an oil exporting country. Algeria is heavily dependent on oil and gas exports, which earned it about $54 …
Environmentalists arrested at community meeting on gas flaring
… 2008 News Nigeria Niger Delta Film Moive Oil Gas Flaring Pollution Africa Energy … is blighted by gas-flaring as a result of oil extraction by Shell. Environmental Rights … Why is the government colluding with oil companies to shield the world from knowing …
Soaring fuel prices and stratospheric carbon emissions bode ill for the aviation industry. Is flying beyond redemption? Mark Anslow tries some blue-sky thinking
… blue-sky thinking The soaring cost of crude oil works in mysterious ways: hard-up hauliers … Eos and Maxjet, all victims of the price of oil. The episode paints one thing in … efficiency, for gobbling up refined crude oil at a rate that would make the eyes of a …
Do the peaks and troughs of the financial markets really hold the key to solving our environmental troubles? Faisal Islam investigates
… Forget the eco warriors, ignore the oil majors and park Al Gore’s hybrid well … in Europe, the escalating price of crude oil and the negotiating position of the … new product: carbon-neutral gas. ‘Zero-carbon oil’ is probably being developed, somewhere in …
Joss Garman hopes Barack Obama will make good on his green promises
… his support behind reversing a ban on oil-drilling offshore, offering pemits to … Obama is busy softening his position on oil-drilling, so the proof of that pudding will have to wait. Oil and gas industry executives and employees …