Navy vs the Whales. They have the most mysterious and beautiful songs in the natural world. But now they are dying, drowned out by the deafening roar of Western navies’ new sonar devices.
Whale songs drowned out by navy sonars The Ecologist | 1st February 2003 News Whales Sonar Military Whales Military Military Coastal UK US Animal Rights Species Extinction Pollution Science And …
Russia’s zapovedniks are some of the world’s most pristine wildernesses. For 70 years they were protected ruthlessly by the Soviet system, but recently they have fallen prey to Putin, the World Bank and ecotourists. Paul Webster reports on their plight
The Wild Wild East: Russia's Zapovedniks Paul Webster | 1st February 2003 News Russia Wilderness World Bank Ecotourism International Development International Development Consumerism World Bank …
Our sick society and stupid economics are dragging the planet to the edge of apocalypse. Earth’s survival depends on a completely new way of thinking. By Kirkpatrick Sale
An Illusion of Progress Kirkpatrick Sale | 1st July 2003 News Economics Paradigm Globalisation Finance Climate Change Society Archive.jpg Our sick society and stupid economics are dragging the planet …
Many people dismiss environmentalism as a middle-class luxury that few can afford. But in Mexico City a group of impoverished street punks are pioneering radical social alternatives because their survival depends on it. Holly Wren reports.
… | 1st April 2003 News Community Pollution Activism Mexico Urban Lan Boycotts …
The adverts tell you the company’s green. The Ecologist tells you the truth.
Behind the lies: Shell The Ecologist | 1st March 2003 Ethical Living Shell Oil Global Warming Greenhouse Gas Emissio Companies Oil Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Comments And Analysis Climate Change …
Nanotechnology has the power to affect every aspect of life on the planet. Here, the Ecologist presents the many claims of its promoters and outlines some of the major developments taking place now or in the near future. In response, some of it’s leading critics analyse the risks that nanotechnology poses in their various fields of expertise.
Promising the World, or Costing the Earth? The Ecologist | 1st May 2003 News Nanotechnology Science Technology Military Nanotechnology Science And Technology investigates.jpg Nanotechnology has the …
Does it annoy you that the earth is being destroyed to benefit a tiny minority? Enough to do something about it? Derrick Jensen invites you to join him on the barricades
Your country needs you Derrick Jensen | 1st June 2003 Other Cancun Sustainability Economic System Natural R Campaigns Climate Change Politics And Economics Society Archive_3.jpg Does it annoy you …
The Ecologist goes inside the workings of Smithfield to reveal the true horrors of its pig production business
Smithfield Foods: the truth behind its pigs and factories Robert Kennedy Jr | 1st December 2003 News Smithfield Foods Farming Pig Farming Factory Farming Poland Agribusiness Pork Animal Abuse Factory …
If you are one of the many millions of people who rely on vitamins and supplements to maintain their health and conquer illness, it’s time for you to get active. The Ecologist explains why
Hidden Agenda The Ecologist | 1st June 2003 News Vitamins Health Supplements Pharmaceutical Industry Supplements Holistic Medicine Allergies Supplements Health Politics And Economics Archive_99.jpg …
Ploughshares actions started in 1980 in the US. They have taken place in many different countries, with weapons as diverse as rifles, warships, missiles, submarines and aircraft being dismantled or damaged.
… disarmament The Ecologist | 1st July 2003 Activism Activists Seeds Of Hope Ploughshares …
School dinners by McDonald’s. Corporations taking countries to court because their environmental regulations are ‘too tough’. The BBC sold to Rupert Murdoch. Paul Kingsnorth explains why we should be very worried by what is about to go on behind the closed doors of Cancun.
Cancun: Why Should You Care? Paul Kingsnorth | 1st June 2003 News World Trade Organization Free Trade Economics G Free Trade Globalisation Politics And Economics investigates.jpg School dinners by …
‘Refined'. Of a higher quality. The result of conscious improvement. Not so with sugar. Refined sugar has been depleted of its vitamins and minerals. What is left consists of pure, refined carbohydrates.
The story behind sugar William Duffy | 1st November 2003 News Bacterial Decomposition Starches Sugars Energy Sugar Food And Farming Health DEATH_NOV03_MAIN.jpg ‘Refined'. Of a higher quality. The …
When the Argentinian economy collapsed the country’s fat cats and bankrupt politicians melted into the woodwork, leaving the workers of Argentina to sort out the mess. Ben Backwell reports from Buenos Aires on their astonishing rise from the economic rubble.
Cooking-pot Revolution Ben Backwell | 1st May 2003 News Argentina Economic Crisis Worker's Rights International Development International Development Politics And Economics When the Argentinian …
No more disability. Brain implants to boost intelligence. Ageing counteracted. The next stage of evolution or a nightmare we can never wake up from? Jim Thomas on ‘converging technology’.
Future Perfect? Jim Thomas | 1st May 2003 News Nanotechnology Science Technology Companies Nanotechnology Science And Technology No more disability. Brain implants to boost intelligence. Ageing …
War on Iraq is about a lot more than boosting oil companies’ profits. It’s the latest battle in the ongoing war over who gets to control the earth’s remaining energy reserves. By Lutz C Kleveman.
The New Great Game Lutz C. Kleveman | 1st April 2003 News Iraq Oil Rights Oil Industry Oil Dependency War Oil Companies Oil Reserves Oil Oil War Military Boycotts US Fuel Energy Society …
By rendering our skills, intelligence and labour redundant, nanotechnology is incompatible with meaningful human existence. By Bill McKibben.
More Than Enough Bill McKibben | 1st May 2003 Comment Nanotechnology Science Technology Human Existen Nanotechnology Science And Technology Society By rendering our skills, intelligence and labour …
Why are GM crops being grown, how are plants genetically modified, where is it being cultivated, who’s in control and what is being researched and developed?
Some GM questions answered The Ecologist | 1st July 2003 News Gm Genetically Modified Research And Development Soya Biotechnology Gm Products Natural World Food And Farming Health Politics And …
The economic troubles in Argentina have been widely reported around the world. The impoverishment of the middle classes and the Argentines’ growing cynicism about their politicians have been extensively written up. Less well covered in the news has been the effects of the crisis on Argentina’s very poorest – people who live far from the eye of city-based reporters, the country’s original inhabitants, a people despised and vilified as ‘savages’ by the settler population.
Leapfrogging the Law Dr John Palmer | 1st June 2003 News Tribal Protest Indigneous People Deforestation Forests Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Natural World Politics And Economics investigates.jpg …
George Monbiot argues that fair trade is the answer to world poverty. He proposes a radical new system that would also rein in corporate
power and protect labour rights and the environment.
World (fair) Trade Organisation George Monbiot | 1st June 2003 Comment Fair Trade Workers FTO Corporations George Monbiot Fair Trade Politics And Economics Society FAIRTRADE_JUN03_MAIN.jpg George …
The world lives under oil’s spell. Jeremy Smith reveals the extent to which the industry’s by-products have permeated our lives.
Oil & Security Jeremy Smith | 1st April 2003 News Oil Oil Dependency Saudi Oil Iraq Plastic PVC Hemp Oil Alternatives Russia Oil Russia Security Bush Oil George W Bush Opec Middle East Companies …
Isolated by the surrounding desert, Kashgar was once
an oasis on the old Silk Road. Now the city is being overwhelmed in the rush to open up the region’s oil and gas reserves. By Dan Box.
Xinjiang: China's forgotten occupation Dan Box | 1st September 2003 News Kashgar Xinjiang China Oil Gas Indigenous Rig Carbon Dioxide Oil Indigenous Peoples Energy Society Isolated by the surrounding …