Campaigners up and down the country are trying to stop public access land from going under the hammer as UK councils seek ways to plug the Government funding gap. JAN GOODEY reports
… from the First World War. In Leeds, the city council has put up for sale land on the outskirts of the city including land with Tree Preservation … estate sell-offs) Cornwall Council, Coventry City Council and Nottingham City Council. This …
You can't buy a seed unless its strain has been expensively registered. But you can swap them with fellow gardeners, helping food growing and biodiversity to thrive
… February in venues scattered from Stonebridge city farm in north west London to east … with dope seeds and had a stall next to the city council! It's always an honour when … Chwefror 2010, 10.30am - 4pm Stonebridge City Farm Seedy Sunday Sunday 28th Febraury …
Landscapes of Freedom mass trespass demands access to, and an end to blood sports on, Brighton and Hove City Council-owned land.
… an end to blood sports on, Brighton and Hove City Council-owned land. The largest mass … at Waterhall on the northern skirts of the city in dampening, mid-morning mizzle. … The tenant farmers of the Brighton and Hove City Council-owned land use it for livestock …
With the UK capital struggling to get commuters to work on time following strike action by tube and train drivers this week, JAN GOODEY reports on a project that will bring the first solar-powered electric buses to the public in the Spring
… 120 solar panels, generating enough electricity to boil 1.8 million kettles, … breach European pollution regulations. The city central North Street (B2066) is one of … routes in the UK with nearly all (97%) of the city's bus routes passing through this …
Come Friday morning and a group of kids and their parents converge to begin Brighton's Bike train cycle to school. Could this be the beginning of the great two-wheeled school run revolution? Jan Goodey reports
… trip of around 3.5 miles. This is one of the city's worst roads in terms of pollution and … Top 10…Euro cities to cycle Want to see a new city and get fit at the same time? Then try …
An innovative Lottery-funded 'Scrumping Project' in Brighton and Hove is bringing rare apples back into the community
… where the permaculture trust is based on the city outskirts] and next year start … explained: 'This is the first time a whole city has tried to take an approach that …
'The success of Vegans Support the Farmers shows both vegans and farmers have a hunger for real solutions and a better future for us and our families.'
Meet the next generation of food campaigners Jan Goodey | 30th April 2024 | Comment Food And Farming Local Farmers Veganism Editor’s Picks sandie-clarke-q13zq1jufks-unsplash.jpg 'The success of …
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
… plants process anchovies caught by the city’s fishing fleets, making it one of the … Romolo Loayza Aguila, a biologist from the city’s Universidad Nacional del Santa, says …
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
… running instead from the university to the city-centre shops, which paid bigger …
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
… running instead from the university to the city-centre shops, which paid bigger …
Earthquakes and poisoned wells are setting off a revolt against fracking in Romania, revealing deep fault lines between the rural heartlands and the urban political elite. Jim Wickens & Paraic O'Brien report on a country at war with itself.
Romania - a Peasants Revolt against fracking Jim Wickens Paraic O'Brien | 18th February 2014 News Fracking Romania Fossil Fuels Oil Corporations pungesti-protest.png Earthquakes and poisoned wells …
Must-have handbags? shoes to die for? From cheap trinkets to luxury car interiors, Jim Wickens discovers the startling facts behind what we buy into when we buy leather goods.
… responsible for the chronic pollution of the city’s rivers and the systematic poisoning of … from the chromium poisoning and chromium toxicity. Dermatitis, skin ulcers, gastric upset, …
As fracking hits the headlines UK protests against the practice of blasting natural gas from shale rock are on the increase. Jan Goodey reports on the latest flashpoint in the urgent - and escalating - anti fracking battle
… In response to early protest, Brighton & Hove City Council passed a "Frack Free" resolution …
Must-have handbags? shoes to die for? From cheap trinkets to luxury car interiors, Jim Wickens discovers the startling facts behind what we buy into when we buy leather goods.
… responsible for the chronic pollution of the city’s rivers and the systematic poisoning of … from the chromium poisoning and chromium toxicity. Dermatitis, skin ulcers, gastric upset, …
The unspoilt pastoral landscape of Transylvania is the latest battlefield in the war against aggressive fossil energy extraction. Jim Wickens reports on the farming communities fighting back against multinational energy companies.
… into submission by waves of protests in city streets numbering tens of thousands. And … a 26 year old activist from the nearby city of Brasov, as she blocks the road to …
Insulate Britain are prisoners of conscience raising public awareness of immediate action required to combat climate crisis
… of it being with a minimum of fuss and publicity. Hence by trying them under civil law and … the roof of a British Airways jet at London City Airport in October 2019 highlighting …
Two Councils at the front line of fracking protests - Greater Manchester and West Sussex - have pension funds investing in the major fracking operators - while decisions on planning applications to frack are pending.
… drilling was given in 2010, when the city's Planning Panel considered all the …
Akashi is a grassroots campaign that gives a bigger voice to black and minority ethnic groups on climate change issues
Beyond white middle class environmentalism Jan Goodey | 11th March 2010 Activism Climate Change Society Shilpa Shah Akashi Low Carbon Communities Network World Development Movement Transition Town …
Greater Manchester Authorities has launched an immediate probe into its investments after an investigation by The Ecologist revealed it was funding the company behind the world's biggest, and most controversial, coal mine. JAN GOODEY reports.
… Education Trust, the Care Quality Commission, City South Manchester Housing Trust Limited, …
Western consumers are inadvertently driving the Sumatran elephant to extinction by eating, washing and wearing - in cosmetics - the derivatives of a fruit that is destroying the animal's last remaining forest habitat. Jim Wickens reports
Palm oil's forgotten victims: Sumatran elephants suffer in rush for 'liquid ivory' Jim Wickens | 30th June 2013 News Wildlife Natural World Food And Farming News Investigations Palm Oil Forests …
With planning permission for Britain's biggest dairy at Nocton about to be re-submitted, The Ecologist travels to California to examine intensive milk production - and finds factory farms, conflict, intimidation, pesticides, pollution and small-scale farmers driven out of business...
… and in some cases exceeding the smog-infested city of LA further South. A medical study …