Is the constitution inherently undemocratic, or will it make the EU more accountable to European voters? Is greater coordination at the European level essential for promoting environmental safeguards, or will it merely serve the interests of big business Marc Glendening and Richard Corbett discuss
The European Constitution The Ecologist | 10th January 2009 Comment European Union Debate European Constitution EU UK Politics And Economics Archive_174.jpg Is the constitution inherently …
Undercover filming by the Environmental Investigation Agency has unearthed shocking evidence of military involvement in the illegal timber trade, all to feed western demand for stylish wood products, according to Faith Doherty
Revealed: how the Vietnamese military fuels destruction of Laos' forests Faith Doherty | 28th July 2011 Comment Illegal Logging EIA Timber Trade Forests Politics And Economics Comment …
Gorillas, elephants, tigers - icons of philanthropy and generosity in the west, but also symbols of the damage that modern conservation can inflict on the less industrialised world
… from conservation to mitigate these costs. A cooperative response There are no simple …
Stephan Harding, coordinator of the MSc in Holistic Science at the Schumacher College, explains why standard economic growth is not the answer, and why personal Tradable Energy Quotas are...
Growing pains Stephan Harding | 7th December 2006 Comment Economics Growth Carbon Tradable Quotas GDP Stern Rationing Economics UK Stern Report Green Lifestyle Climate Change Politics And Economics …
Do co-operative schools (trust schools and academies) provide a democratic community based alternative? Mervyn Wilson, Principal of the Co-operative College – which has been at the heart of the development of co-operative schools - explains why co-operatives are proving so popular
… Mervyn Wilson | 6th August 2012 Comment Cooperative Schools Co-op Schools Education …
Claims that we need a 'big society' to fix our 'broken' one are just Victorian throwbacks - we have the business tools to survive; we just need a co-operative attitude to go with them
… Business Politics And Economics Coops Co-ops Cooperative Society molly.jpg Claims that we …
Before rushing to finance projects in Africa and the Middle East, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) should address its environmental and social lending criteria, says Fidanka Bacheva-McGrath
Alarm as controversial EBRD eyes up Middle Eastern investment opportunities Fidanka Bacheva-McGrath | 10th June 2011 Comment EBRD Politics And Economics Comment Finance Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan Pipeline …
A new Ecology Party would work for a change in values, a paradigm shift in which human beings learn to work with the grain of the natural world, instead of against it.
… holistic and complementary healthcare, and cooperatives. Ecologists have a larger, more …
Too much political grandstanding has been done with Eco-Towns - the basic idea is sound, but poor planning and a lack of local involvement will doom them to failure, says Dr Gareth Potts
Eco-Towns: without local involvement, forget it Dr Gareth Potts | 17th July 2009 Comment Society Politics And Economics Eco Towns Planning ecotown.jpg Too much political grandstanding has been done …
An obsession with celebrity is costing us more than our free time - it has led to a culture in which individual endeavour is the only form of success
Competition is corroding our communities and self-esteem Molly Scott Cato | 16th February 2010 Comment Society Politics And Economics Work Co-ops molly.jpg An obsession with celebrity is costing us …
'Rational Economic Man' can be a useful mathematical construct. The trouble is, far too many economists seem to have taken him to their heart, and now believe him to be real
Economists think they are invulnerable and intellectually superior. We all suffer for it Molly Scott Cato | 14th June 2010 Comment Politics And Economics Neoclassical Economics Feminism molly.jpg …
A new book by David Boyle and Andrew Simms of the New Economics Foundation charts the rise and fall of major British brands. Matilda Lee talks to them about banking reform, brands and greening capitalism
David Boyle: Let's create a new, small banking sector to fuel green economy Matilda Lee | 15th October 2010 Comment Politics And Economics Banking Brands Community Reinvestment Act New Economics …
The role of economics and the future of capitalism will be to preserve our natural resources rather than destroy them but the US may be missing the message, says economist Graciela Chichilnisky
Will 21st century capitalism go green? Graciela Chichilnisky | 21st September 2010 Comment Carbon Markets Politics And Economics Capitalism graciela-chichilnisky.jpg Graciela Chichilnisky is …
The Government has backtracked on radical plans for personal carbon trading schemes, reports Jamie Andrews – taking accountability for what we emit is the only way to go.
… online collaboration, combining ideas such as cooperatively owned windfarms (the newest one …