From food to fun, we've got the skinny on how to make this year's festivities the greenest ever
… The Ecologist guide to greening Christmas Ruth Styles | 1st November 2011 Ethical Living Christmas Eco Xmas Guide Food Gifts … annual spending and feasting frenzy that is Christmas. But the annual festive jamboree is …
Christmas dinner means only one thing for millions of us: turkey. But the intensively reared and genetically manipulated birds that most will consume this holiday season leave a nasty taste in the mouth
… Behind the Label: Christmas turkey Pat Thomas | 16th December … Ethical Living Green Living Behind The Label Christmas Turkey Factory Farm Vegetarian Meat … Red Tractor Quality British Turkey turkey.jpg Christmas dinner means only one thing for …
Naturally reared, free range turkeys are more flavoursome, says Irish chef Darina Allen. Here is her guide to cooking old-fashioned roast turkey with chestnut stuffing and bread sauce
… How to cook your Christmas turkey Darina Allen | 21st December … Free Range Darina Allen How To Cook Roast Christmas Turkey daylesford_turkey.jpg An … of farmers' wives rearing turkeys for the Christmas table. They'd get a couple of dozen …
Eco-friendly, delicious and ultra personal: Laurie Tuffrey explains why homemade treats trump Tesco’s and how to make them
… December 2011 Ethical Living Food And Drink Christmas Gifts Organic Homemade holding.jpg … a period of austerity poses some problems at Christmas: namely, how do you marry the … When the Co-op conducted their annual Christmas survey this year, they found that 75 …
The UK's first biodynamic sparkling white wine is available in time for Christmas. Hazel Sillver visited its creator, Sedlescombe Organic Vineyard in East Sussex, to find out more.
… sparkling white wine is available in time for Christmas. Hazel Sillver visited its creator, … ... ) of bubbly. For the first time, this Christmas, we can sup organic biodynamic fizz … your cellar with eco-friendly plonk for Christmas, Premier Brut is highly recommended. …
Love British Food’s Alexia Robinson talks seasonal eats, New Year’s resolutions and a gastronomic alternative to the Olympics
… sprouts ‘Brussel sprouts are not just for Christmas!’ declares Alexia. Packed with … ‘Too many people think of them as just a Christmas vegetable so they need plugging in … some ginger and a huge slug of leftover Christmas port. • Lay the thinly sliced …
Britain's long-suffering nuclear bomb test veterans have once again had justice denied to them, writes Chris Busby, by a shocking piece of judicial chicanery in London's High Court in which the judge whimsically excluded all the scientific evidence that did not suit the Ministry of Defence. But the veterans' fight for justice and scientific truth continues, facing its next test in the Court of Appeal.
… also mailed to just one person just when the Christmas post could be trusted to delay it … in this case showed what really happened at Christmas Island. Like the USA at the Bikini … this meant there was little or no fallout on Christmas Island. But this was only the low …
This summer families of atom bomb test veterans who have died of cancer took the UK government to the High Court for its failure to compensate them, writes Chris Busby. Also on trial was the 'official' radiation risk model, which understates the true health hazards of internal exposures by a factor of 1,000. But 17 weeks after the case, litigants and veterans are still awaiting judgment.
… of late Barry Smith, who was stationed at Christmas Island in 1958/59 after the bomb … atomisation of the eight tons of Uranium over Christmas island, and various lesser … experience was the nuclear test sites. For Christmas Island, new evidence was presented …
Certification is expensive and monitoring of ingredients can be difficult so it can be hard for consumers to make an informed choice about wine. Sophie Laggan takes a look at the options
… and how to make them GREEN LIVING Top 10…Christmas markets Whether you're after an … Ecologist has the lowdown on Europe's best Christmas markets GREEN LIVING Snack on that! …
Chemical giant Bayer has failed in its attempt to sue Friends of the Earth Germany over its claims that its pesticide Thiacloprid harms bees. Now pressure is growing on the EU to add the neonicotinoid to the three already banned.
… for the bees and freedom." Just before last Christmas Bayer took out a restraining order …
UK police now have free rein to create 'dispersal zones' in public places, writes Josie Appleton. This allows them to exclude people for anything from street drinking to looking suspicious, being homeless, protesting, or merely 'congregating'. This represents a serious breach of our Common Law and Magna Carta rights.
… were declared in advance of events such as a Christmas lights switch-on in Lancaster city …
Last week David Cameron backed down over his plans to bring back fox hunting by 'fatally amending' the Hunting Act, writes Dominic Dyer. The way he spun it, it was all about SNP interference in English law, but the real problem was opposition within the Conservative Party, which increasingly sees blood sports as a barbaric relic that alienates voters of all persuasions.
… to a free vote in the House of Commons before Christmas. Things aren't what they used to be …
A gap in the market and the digital age has seen the British organic cut flower industry flourish over the last couple of years - with chemical-free, low air-mile blooms finally seeing their day in the sun. LAURA BRIGGS reports on the homegrown market that offers a bigger variety of flowers and without the environmental costs of imported ones
… seasons, so the choice is more limited come Christmas and the winter months, however there …
The apparent conspiracy by the UK government and its agencies to conceal the real cause of death of 7-year old Zane Gbangbola may go right up to Prime Minister David Cameron, writes Paul Mobbs. He was chair of the COBRA emergency committee at the time when it appears to have held back the truth that he was killed by cyanide from the toxic landfill site his home was built over.
… be submitted to his investigation before Christmas. That is likely to require action by …
Its principals may seem strange but biodynamic winegrowers are in a league of their own when it comes to caring for soil, plant and planet. Plus, 10 wines to try in 2010
… drink, stick to organic beer and wine this Christmas, says Pat Thomas INVESTIGATION …