Continuing our series on how to successfully campaign, Christine Ottery reports on the best ways to motivate armchair activists to take offline action - and gets tips from some of those who've pioneered new forms of protest
… activists Christine Ottery | 25th March 2011 Activism Activists Activism Campaingning Climate Change 38 … who've pioneered new forms of protest Online activism has recently scored a massive win …
After the failure of the Copenhagen climate talks, the undercover police scandal, the disbanding of Climate Camp - and the sudden rise of UK Uncut - Bibi van der Zee takes the temperature of Britain's green activism movement
… Where next for eco-activism in the UK? Bibi van der Zee | 6th … Zee takes the temperature of Britain's green activism movement Exhaustion set in after … action.' READ MORE... NEWS ANALYSIS Climate activism: is the trial more important than the …
It's called the 'Cinderella economy'. You know it as the local, sustainable businesses that don't make the GDP figures soar, but do provide jobs and glue communities together...
Farmers' markets, coops and repair shops will seed the new economy Tim Jackson | 26th January 2010 News Politics And Economics GDP Growth Prosperity Without Growth Money Finance Society …
Working less is both necessary and desirable from an environmental perspective.
… Kyle Lewis Will Stronge | 8th June 2021 | Activism Politics And Economics Green New Deal Activism work-2005640_960_720.jpg Working less … to as degrowth - a genre of research and activism that has been active for many …
The Ecologist Film Unit's second release documents how espionage, news manipulation, legal threats and even violence have become the knee-jerk response of Government and big business to the increasingly vocal concerns of environmental protesters in the UK
… Point – on the frontline of environmental activism Andrew Wasley | 13th July 2008 Other … and big business are countering resurgent eco activism with spies, strongarm tactics and …
Environmental activist Tamsin Omond is running for a Westminster seat on a platform of more collaborative democracy, and resurrecting the idea of the Commons as a shared public good
… in Kilburn? Jeremy Smith | 1st April 2010 Activism Society Politics And Economics How To … READ MORE... HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Info-activism: using technology to force social … CASE STUDY: on the frontline of climate activism In a heart-racing extract from her …
The French have a much better word for it: 'decroissance'. Using ugly and frightening terms like 'degrowth' won't help pave the way for a new and exciting economics
We scare people off by talking about 'degrowth' Molly Scott Cato | 14th July 2010 Comment Politics And Economics Growth Recession Degrowth Decroissance molly.jpg The French have a much better word …
Pressure groups take Treasury to court for second time in a year over failure to assess the environmental and human rights impact of RBS
RBS labelled ‘dirtiest bank in Britain’ The Ecologist | 3rd February 2010 News RBS Treasury Politics And Economics Royal Bank Of Scotland rbs image.jpg Campaigners say the Treasury has allowed RBS to …
Following in the wake of shale gas and coal-bed methane (CBM) extraction is the spectre of underground coal gasification (UCG). But if we adopt these wholesale we could close off any hope of stepping back from the climate change brink, says campaign group Frack Off
… Off | 28th February 2013 News Energy Fracking Activism Comment Politics And Economics …
Rebecca is an ordinary woman with extraordinary ambitions, inspiring people all over the world and making 'Shift Happen' through her charity that creates free educational films
… change Sophie Laggan | 20th December 2011 Activism Politics And Economics Society Paradigm Shift Video Activism 1becks-bw.jpg Rebecca is an ordinary … A DIFFERENCE The Ecologist guide to video activism The video camera is the weapon of …
We all want our green wings, and the notion of purchasing them via carbon offsetting is powerfully seductive. as Jules Peck reveals, however, buying your way into eco heaven can be fraught with problems
Carbon Offsetting: forgive my carbon sin? Jules Peck | 3rd June 2008 News Carbon Offsetting Going Green Carbon Off-Setting Climate Change Climate Change Politics And Economics Society …
High-street customers could be subsidising the role of Barclays Capital in driving up global food prices and leaving millions facing hunger and malnutrition, says campaign group. Tom Levitt reports
Barclays 'making up to £340 million' on food price speculation Tom Levitt | 31st March 2011 News Food And Farming Barclays Food Speculation Politics And Economics barclays-banner.jpg Investment banks …
Natural resources,are increasingly responsible for fuelling violence across the world. Now some environmentalists want to fight back – using force if necessary.
A green army Andrew Wasley | 1st June 2008 News Poachers Wildlife Rangers Green Army Conservation Campaigns Species Extinction Conservation Natural World Politics And Economics Society …
When opponents of local youth football team Deansgate Ridge in Kent failed to turn up, Camp for Climate Action members stepped in – only to lose 7-1.
… 1st August 2008 News Climate Camp Protest Eco-activism Film Campaigns Protest Companies Coal … takes a closer look at the resurgent eco-activism scene in the UK – of which the …
No one believed Big Tobacco could ever be snuffed out - until health warning stickers were made law. If the same principle of science, information and activism were applied to the aviation industry, argues Mark Anslow, the air we breathe could get cleaner yet
… same principle of science, information and activism were applied to the aviation … coordinated campaign of sciencebased activism and use of the media. ASH was staffed …
A new documentary, An Ecology of Mind, directed by Nora Bateson, celebrates her father Gregory - anthropologist, philosopher, ecologist and systems theorist
… thought Rachel Fleming | 11th January 2012 Activism Politics And Economics Gregory Bateson Ecology Of Mind Deep Ecology Activism 1g_bateson_nora_2009-09.jpg A new … A DIFFERENCE The Ecologist guide to video activism The video camera is the weapon of …
We were sitting chatting outside our home when two small planes flew over very low. We went down to our fields to see what was happening. My husband said, “Look, they’re dropping poison on our land.”
Colombia's killing fields - The first bio-war of the 21st century Sue Branford Hugh O’Shaughnessy | 1st March 2006 News Colombia Bio-war Pesticides US Crops Roundup Coco Peasants Pests And Pesticides …
All you need to know to start putting your money where your mouth is
… Jupiter Ecology Ecotricity Shareholder Activism guidetofinance.jpg All you need to … on the UK stock market - making pension fund activism an under-utilised but powerful tool. … consider the avenues available in shareholder activism. Tips on choosing pension schemes and …
All you need to know to start putting your money where your mouth is
… Jupiter Ecology Ecotricity Shareholder Activism guidetofinance.jpg All you need to … on the UK stock market - making pension fund activism an under-utilised but powerful tool. … consider the avenues available in shareholder activism. Tips on choosing pension schemes and …
Seemingly ethical companies like The Co-operative, M&S and Waitrose have been accused of double-standards over their partnerships with oil giants like BP, Shell and Chevron
Co-operative, M&S and Waitrose accused of greenwash over close links to 'unethical' companies Ben Miller | 7th February 2012 News Society Politics And Economics Bp Shell Chervon OIl Spill bp+m&s.jpg …
The undercover policeman's apology does not repair the lives he has wrecked or help the people he has grassed up
… and big business are countering resurgent eco activism with spies, strongarm tactics and … release in early 2011 NEWS ANALYSIS Climate activism: is the trial more important than the …
Government and big business are countering resurgent eco activism with spies, strongarm tactics and news manipulation. Who are they calling terrorists? asks Andrew Wasley
… and big business are countering resurgent eco activism with spies, strongarm tactics and … and other similar groups. ‘This new breed of activism [on climate issues] has actually … threat posed by the growing wave of climate activism that those whose business interests …
In 1962, Rachel Carson's famous exposé of the environmental impacts of the pesticide DDT rocked the chemical industry. Today, Carson's European legacy - the REACH legislation - ought to safeguard public health. But will it?
… awareness and the beginning of environmental activism in its present form. Silent Spring …
The financial industry has been quick to dismiss its role in pushing up food prices but with the evidence growing daily the Ecologist cuts through the jargon to explain the reality of food speculation
A guide to food speculation: how to argue with a banker The Ecologist | 9th June 2011 News Banking Food And Farming Speculation Finance Politics And Economics Banks foodspec.jpg Recent food price …