Janine Roberts describes how De Beers cons the world into paying so much for its cheap, plentiful diamonds and turns a blind eye to the eradication of the oldest culture on the planet.
Masters of Illusion Janine Roberts | 1st September 2003 News De Beers Diamonds Bushmen Botswana Diamond Industry Blood Diamond Conflict Diamond Survival Companies International Development Indigenous …
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 …
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 …
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.
Like Flowers Breaking through the Cement Holly Wren | 1st April 2003 News Community Pollution Activism Mexico Urban Lan Boycotts Incineration Industrial Plastics Community Landfills International …
I think that pigs everywhere are dropping semantic pearls before human swine who labour under the delusion that all pigs can do is go ‘oink’
Hoover Lyall Watson | 1st June 2003 News Pigs Hoover Animal Rights Natural World I think that pigs everywhere are dropping semantic pearls before human swine who labour under the delusion that all …
Twice as expensive as petrol, three times the price of milk, and 10,000 times more expensive than tap water. Is it worth it, and what impact is it having on our environment?
Bottled Water The Ecologist | 1st February 2003 News Water Nestle Perrier Danone Tap Water International Trade Water Conservation Clean Water Fresh Water Water Supplies Water Sources Plastics …
As the people of Argentina are driven by economic collapse to the point of starvation, a new solution is being imposed upon them. Ben Backwell reports on a country being force fed genetically modified soya designed not for humans, but for cattle
Soya Republic Ben Backwell | 1st February 2003 News Gm Soya Argentina Genetically Modified Biotech Agribusiness Biotechnology Agribusiness Soya Biotechnology Gm Products Soya Farming Organics …
In the penultimate extract from Fatal Harvest’s demolition of agribusiness disinformation, The Ecologist assesses the claim that biotechnology will solve industrial agriculture’s ills.
Engineering Hunger Andrew Kimbrell | 1st May 2003 News Agriculture Food Shortage Biotechnology Food Security Biotechnology Food And Farming Politics And Economics Science And Technology In the …
Costing over $1 billion, the Karahnjukar hydroelectric dam in Iceland is a hugely controversial project. Mark Lynas journeyed to the blasting face, hoping to work out for himself whether this industrial elephant is green or brilliant-white.
Damned Nation Mark Lynas | 1st December 2003 News ALCOA Dams Rivers Electricity Iceland Hydroel Dams Energy Archive_64.jpg Costing over $1 billion, the Karahnjukar hydroelectric dam in Iceland is a …
The problem with vivisection, argues Derrick Jensen, is that we’re experimenting on the wrong sort of animals.
Vivisection: A ‘Moderate’ Proposal Derrick Jensen | 1st February 2003 News Vivisection Animal Experimentation Animal Rights Animal Rights Boycotts Companies Campaigns Natural World Society …
With human beings about to become a predominantly urban species, Dan Box asks whether cities can ever be sustainable.
Greening Cities Dan Box | 1st April 2003 News Sustainable Cities Urbanization China Copenhagen Brazil Population Energy Conservation Community Society Local Economies Community Population Carbon …
The public must play a significant role in any decisions made about the development of the new technology. By Tom Wakeford
Who's In Control? Jeremy Smith Dr Tom Wakeford | 1st May 2003 News Nanotechnology Technology Public Role Science And Technology Society The public must play a significant role in any decisions made …
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 …
For all its obsession with international terrorism, Washington fails to see how the phenomenon is driven by its own model of globalisation – a model that is itself uniquely vulnerable to terrorist attacks. Fritjof Capra on security and sustainability
Terrorism and globalisation Fritjof Capra | 1st May 2003 News Terrorism Globalization Security Sustainability War Military US Politics Globalisation September 11 911 Terrorists US War Religion …
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 …
We are all about to pay the price of ignoring the coming energy famine. By David Fleming
The Wages of Denial David Fleming | 1st April 2003 News Energy Policy Energy Scarcity Oil Global Market Saudi Oil Oil Consumption Energy Alternatives Energy Conservation Oil Fuel Oil Carbon Dioxide …
Sandy Gall describes the genocide the Botswanan government is waging to clear the Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve
The Bushmen of the Kalahari Sandy Gall | 1st September 2003 News Genocide Kalahari Bushmen Land Rights Botswana Indigenous Peoples Politics And Economics Society investigates.jpg Sandy Gall describes …
The GM public debate, which runs throughout June and July, is the public’s chance to express any concerns it may have over the growing of GM crops in Britain. Andy Rowell explains why your participation is vital
Debate, What Debate? Andy Rowell | 1st July 2003 News Gm GM Crops Public Participation Industrial Farming Gm Products UK Community Food Chain Biotechnology Biotechnology Food And Farming Health …
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 …