Ben Whitford takes a look at the candidates for the next Mayor of New York City and asks if any of them can fill the green shoes of Bloomberg........
After Bloomberg, will the Big Apple stay green? Ben Whitford | 20th September 2013 News Politics liberty.jpg Will the next Mayor of New York think about the next 20 years, or just the next election? …
We live in a throwaway society. Innovation in the tech industries mean ever more powerful products come to market. But the death of repair shops and a culture of reliance is not simply the result of shiny new things. Corporations, and capitalism itself, requires planned obsolesce, argues STEVEN GORELICK
Our obsolescent economy: modern capitalism and 'throwaway culture' Steven Gorelick | 26th September 2017 News Waste Capitalism Economy Globalization Gorelick Advertising Obsolescence 405371.jpg We …
As the G20 meet in China this weekend, it's time for governments to finally get tough on the world's tax dodgers, write Dipti Bhatnagar & Sam Cossar-Gilbert. The missing tax revenues would be able to finance a 100% renewable electricity system covering half the planet by 2030 - a major step in raising living standards and tackling climate change.
G20: Dodged taxes could finance renewable power for world's poorest 50% Dipti Bhatnagar Sam Cossar-Gilbert | 2nd September 2016 Comment Energy Renewables Finance Politics Green Economy Corporations …
Our economy demands that we make consumption our way of life, the that we seek our spiritual satisfaction in consumption…
The scandal of planned technological obsolescence Nick Kettles | 6th August 2008 News Consumption Waste Sustainability Landfill Consumerism Landfills Recycling Green Living Politics And Economics …
Environmentalist, democracy campaigner and Nobel laureate; Wangari Maathai led an extraordinary life but it's her overwhelming kindness and charm that I’ll always remember, says Ruth Styles
With the death of Wangari Maathai, the green movement has lost one of its greatest proponents Ruth Styles | 7th October 2011 Comment Wangari Maathai Green Belt Movement Africa Kenya Politics Society …
Madeleine Cuff challenged herself to spend a week reducing her food and packaging waste. Did it work, and will other consumers and supermarkets take note?
… per person, for pasta 100g per person. Keep apples in the fridge – they’ll last for two …
Every Hallowe'en the UK throws away enough pumpkin to make 360 million portions of pumpkin pie, soup, or cake, writes Gavin Ellis - a shocking waste in these hungry times. Hence a bold new initiative to rescue all those pumpkins from landfill, and turn them into delicious food we can all enjoy as part of our seasonal festivities.
The great Hallowe'en pumpkin rescue Gavin Ellis | 31st October 2014 Ethical Living Food Waste UK pumpkins-andrea-vergani-cut.jpg Glowing pumpkins of the night, Ours to eat! Not just to fright .... …
David Cameron is gunning for a strong climate agreement in Paris this December, writes Dr Doug Parr. Meanwhile his government is doing all it can to undermine renewable energy and energy efficiency in the UK, and lock us into a high carbon, fossil-fuelled future. Can he really have it both ways?
David Cameron is losing the plot on climate change Doug Parr Greenpeace EnergyDesk | 16th July 2015 Comment Climate Change Energy Renewables Politics UK Transport cameron-wef-cut.jpg David Cameron is …
Green leader Natalie Bennett may have been lost for words on LBC yesterday, writes Adam Ramsay - but at least she doesn't charge £25,000 for a speech or £10,000 to have dinner with you. Unlike Jack Straw, Malcolm Rifkind and other politicians so deeply mired in corporate influence that they can't even see what they have done wrong.
… not because they highlight a few bad apples, but because they are a window into a …
Personnel at the EPA have been heavily impacted by the ongoing shutdown, leading some commentators to question the necessity of the government agency post-shutdown. Ben Whitford reports....
Could America do without the Environmental Protection Agency? Ben Whitford | 16th October 2013 News US Government Politics EPA epa-logo.jpg Would the U.S. environment suffer if the EPA was shutdown …
Pounds and pence are important to some but not vital for anyone. From skinny dipping to dustbin dining, there are many ways to live without paying for it. Here are some top tips
… your own cider with nothing but fermented apples... Get Richard Mabey's booklet Food for …
The long-term effects of synthetic chemicals used in packaging, food storage and processing food could be damaging our health, scientists have warned. Jo Adetunji reports.
The chemical dangers in food packaging Jo Adetunji | 1st March 2014 News Health Waste Science Technology packaging-japan.png The long-term effects of synthetic chemicals used in packaging, food …
If it wasn't climate change, was the real purpose of the Number 10 meeting of Theresa May's advisors and President Trump's environmental transition supremo Myron Ebell to plan the post-Brexit deregulation of UK farming, including pesticides? That's how it looks, writes Georgina Downs - and we had better begin now to fight for our health, wildlife and environment.
… latest Government statistics show that some apples are sprayed on average 21 times per …
Imagine you could turn 30 per cent of your household waste, at no cost, into high-quality compost for your plants, while also reducing toxic emissions from incinerator plants...
Urban Composting The Ecologist | 1st February 2005 Ethical Living Compost Waste Kitchen Waste Garden Worms Composting Community Community Compost Rubbish Decomposition Household Waste Composter Green …
Both Trump and Brexit can be explained by the failure of mainstream political elites to address the pain inflicted on ordinary citizens in the neoliberal era, write Helena Norberg-Hodge & Rupert Read. In the US and the UK, working class voters rightly rejected the corporate globalisation that has created so much poverty and insecurity. But the real solutions lie not in hatred, but relocalisation.
… more transparent. We can see if the apples we are buying from the neighbouring …
The global pesticide and bioscience giant Monsanto is a byword for evil for millions of campaigners and concerned citizens, writes JP Sottile. But that has never stopped it getting its way with the people that matter - politicians and regulators. And now the company is on the verge of biggest victory ever - winning clearance to spray biologically active RNA sequences on US crops.
… (FDA) have already signed off on RNAi apples engineered by a Canadian company and …
Believers in the possibility of a better civilization, one rooted in increasing co-operation and harmony, find ourselves in a world where demagogues are empowered to bring about the polar opposite, writes Jeremy Leggett. A new despotism rooted in isolationist nationalism and conflict is gaining strength. The battle is not lost: but first we must understand the dangers.
Appropriate civilization versus 'new despotism': one month into the Trump Presidency Jeremy Leggett | 22nd February 2017 News Future Politics Society Technology Energy Media Renewables War …
I am pro-vaccine, writes Robert F. Kennedy Jr. I had all of my six children vaccinated. I believe that vaccines save millions of lives. So let me explain why I edited the book 'Thimerosal: Let The Science Speak', which exposes the dangerous and avoidable use of the mercury-based preservative thimerosal in vaccines given to millions of children and pregnant women here and around the world.
Vaccines, mercury and thimerosal: let the science speak! Robert F. Kennedy Jr | 7th February 2017 News Health Toxics Corporations Regulation Politics USA vaccines-cut.jpg I am pro-vaccine, writes …