What do the Australian Environment Foundation, the Renewable Energy Foundation and the Global Warming Policy Foundation have in common? They are all fiercely anti-environment, writes William Laurance - and we must beware their 'eco-doublespeak'.
Beware environmental wolves in sheep's clothing! William Laurance | 9th June 2014 Activism Climate Change Forests Politics Campaigning Renewables Energy UK Australia Media sheep-wolf-teeth-cut.jpg …
Last week's 'War on Waste' - throwaway coffee cups were the deserving target - was an exemplar of effective single-issue campaigning by Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall. But the answers to our waste problems go way beyond recycling. We must begin to plan a societal transition to a post-consumer culture of caring, sharing, and knowing when we have enough.
… - we don't need to constantly buy cheap clothes, we don't need to eat meet, we don't …
Andy Hope has been working with solar power for over 25 years and pioneered renewable energy at festivals. He talks to The Ecologist about his passion for sustainability and his self-built, off grid home - 'The Shack' ...
… an efficient way of drying and airing the clothes. It's also very energetic and I have … on a sunny day! That's how you keep your clothes clean - but how do you keep yourself …
Supporters of HS2 assert that it will cause prosperity to trickle down from London to the entire North of England, writes Tony Payne. But economic theory and hard experience tell us that the reverse is more probable - that it will help London to 'suck out' northern wealth.
… this and are they right? The Emperor has no clothes I've been looking since at some of the …
Remote, beautiful and totally uninhabited, St Kilda is a wild paradise just off the Scottish coast. In an extract from his book, Isles on the Edge of the Sea, author Jonny Muir explains why it was love at first sight
… brought to Hirta in the contaminated clothes of a St Kildan who had died of the … man’s relatives had brought retrieved the clothes, not knowing they harboured the deadly …
The UK's 'Green Deal' energy efficiency scheme was a massive failure, writes Sue Roberts. But few knew just how bad until the NAO's report - which reveals that its main effect was to line the pockets of the Big Six energy companies, load the public with expensive loans, create a tangle of red tape, and engineer the collapse of the UK's nascent energy efficiency sector.
Set up for failure and corporate profit? The rotten core of the Green Deal Sue Roberts | 18th May 2016 Comment Politics Energy Efficiency Corporations UK Finance insulation-cut.jpg The UK's 'Green …
So-called 'smart meters' are being rolled out across the UK, writes David Toke, but they don't support the dynamic pricing that's essential to expand renewable energy and decarbonise our electricity. It's time for green NGOs to get campaigning - and not leave vital decisions to a hostile government, a failing regulator and industry insiders.
… cars and perform other functions (wash clothes, etc) at times when there is a surplus …
Energy Secretary Amber Rudd's plan to deliver the UK's emissions reductions promised in COP21 rely on nuclear power as the main 'low carbon' energy source, writes Paul Flynn. But the high cost of nuclear, and the ruinous track record of current technologies, show that this path leads only to massive failure at public expense.
… spotted that the nuclear Emperor has no clothes He said the mega-subsidy of taxpayers …
Jeremy Corbyn came under attack yesterday for his refusal to countenance the use of nuclear weapons, writes Commander Robert Green. But his stance is honourable and both legally and strategically correct - especially with his opposition to renewing the Trident nuclear missile system.
Jeremy Corbyn is right to reject Trident Commander Robert Green Royal Navy (Ret'd) | 9th November 2015 Comment Nuclear WMD War Politics UK USA corbyn-trident-cut.jpg Jeremy Corbyn came under attack …
Combining great nightlife and delicious organic food with a fascinating past and friendly locals, Belfast is the perfect place for a British weekend break
Belfast: the green guide Ruth Styles | 16th March 2011 Ethical Living Belfast Ireland Weekend Breaks UK Travel Society Green Living _45180185_950c9aa3-2a7e-4bc1-ba42-0fff550761d1.jpg Combining great …
If you love wildlife and enjoy country walks, you've got the makings of a badger patroller, writes Lesley Docksey. You can walk at night if you want to, but daytime observation on country lanes and footpaths is no less important, watching out for the signs of cullers at work. And with the trust and warm friendship that builds among badger patrollers, you'll never be without congenial company.
'You'll never walk alone': highs and lows of badger patrolling against the cull Lesley Docksey | 17th February 2017 Ethical Living Badgers Natural World Farming UK England …
From the DIY ‘treebog’ to the solar powered fairy lights, bell tents and yurts, Suffolk’s Alde Garden is the perfect place for an eco-friendly weekend break. Rachael Stubbins paid a visit
Review: Alde Garden Rachael Stubbins | 26th April 2012 Ethical Living Suffolk Travel Explore Green Living Society Alde Garden Review Yurts Tents Glamping Camping UK England Green Eco Friendly …
The UK's latest carbon budget was well-received, even by environmentalists, write Kate Scott & Marco Sakai. But that's only because they didn't look hard enough. The Paris Agreement hugely elevated ambition to achieve even a 2C temperature rise limit - and the UK's effort is nowhere near the mark.
… include all the carbon released when making clothes, phones or cars imported to the UK, …
Below-par farm biosecurity should block farmers from participating in England's badger culls, writes Anna Dale. But a large body of evidence of poor and negligent biosecurity by farmers suggests that Natural England, the government's official regulator, is turning a blind eye to this strict requirement - and undermining the purpose of the cull.
Is Natural England granting unlawful badger cull licences to farmers with poor biosecurity? Anna Dale | 29th March 2017 Activism Badgers Farming Regulation UK England Health Science badger-2-cut.jpg …
Firefighting foam laced with this toxic chemical was used to extinguish the Buncefield oil depot inferno, leaving a deadly legacy. Was it necessary?
Behind the label focus: PFOS Mark Anslow | 1st July 2007 Ethical Living Buncefield PFOS Perfluorooctane Sulphonate Pollution Water Ground Water Aquifers Cattle Cows Cow Herd Hormone Disruptor Risk UK …
What better way to round off a slap-up Easter feast than with a walk through some of the UK’s finest countryside? Walking charity, Ramblers’ Simon Barnett rounds up five of the best
Five of the best… Easter walks Simon Barnett | 5th April 2012 Ethical Living Walks Explore Society Green Living Travel UK Rambling Ramblers Countryside Easter London Wales Dorset Hampshire …
Greens are united in opposing neoliberal 'austerity', write Rupert Read & Sandy Irvine. But there's another kind of austerity to which we are committed - that of living within ecological limits. But base the transition on social, economic and environmental justice, and there will be nothing austere about it. The future we're working for is one of sustainable, life-enhancing abundance.
Death to 'austerity'. Long live sustainable abundance! Rupert Read Sandy Irvine | 30th August 2015 News Economics Green Economy Politics UK Society world-in-our-hands-cut.jpg Greens are united in …
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 …
The Conservative attack on the environment is being carried out for good reasons, writes Chris Rose: because they can; because it delights their support base; because it heads off UKIP; and because they think it carries no political risk. Now it's up the UK's green movement to prove them wrong. But have our 'herbivorous' NGOs got the stomach for a fight?
… on a dog-whistle basis. He is stealing UKIP's clothes and positioning, and most of all, …
Pete the Temp's remarkable 'spoken word' show is challenging, inspiring, terrifying and amusing audiences across Britain, writes Sophie Morlin-Yron. But it's performance with a purpose - to engage people in a positive fight to protect the Earth from catastrophic climate change. And so far, it seems to be working ...
… there with our fake oil and we stripped our clothes off, jumped on the table and started …
The months-old protest at Preston New Road, Lancashire, is no longer just about fracking, writes Mat Hope. This dispute is now about London versus the North. It is about the government failing 'the people' from which it has become detached. It is about people sensing hopelessness and helplessness and trying to find a means to resist. And it is about holding on, steadfast, in spite of it all, knowing this is the forgotten frontline of a far greater struggle.
Battered but steadfast: dispatch from Lancashire, England's fracking frontline Mat Hope DeSmog.uk | 8th May 2017 News Fracking Protest England UK Corporations Fossil Fuels polar bear and police close …
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.
Pesticide deregulation - the real reason for Myron Ebell's Number 10 meeting? Georgina Downs | 3rd February 2017 Comment Health Pesticides Farming Politics UK USA Regulation spray-home-cut.jpg If it …