Football fans around the globe have their eyes set on Curitiba, Brasil this year, the site of the 2014 World Cup. But as Brian Barth reports, eco-savvy urban planners have been studying Brasil's seventh largest city for decades ...
… in the city. Filled with shrines to the cultures of the world, they are enchanting … for the rest of the world. The unique culture of enlightened urban policy and …
The carbon footprint produced by travel doesn’t evaporate at the airport - hotels are big energy consumers, polluters and carbon emitters too. The Ecologist looks into hotel chain Hyatt's efforts to go green
… the radar, and focused on building a company culture of environmental awareness before … workers to adapt to a new, green-focused culture. ‘Getting people to adopt new …
PHOTO GALLERY: In exclusive images from a brilliant new eco-design book we illustrate innovative ways designers around the world are creating sustainable food packaging, products and appliances...
… narrow-minded as well, helping to encourage a culture of consumption that currently …
IKEA likes to sell itself as a principled, sustainable furniture producer. But has its low-cost, high-volume business model meant that it has had to compromise environmental concerns for money? Peter Salisbury reports
… 2009 book, Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture, Ellen Ruppel Shell argues that IKEA - …
From local participation to wildlife conservation, Tanzania’s green tourism projects show how responsible travellers and tour operators can improve lives and ecosystems - but there's still much to do, reports Thembi Mutch
… we are working with two completely different cultures. It’s an exciting challenge to reduce …
A marine biologist by trade and a conservationist by nature, Monty Halls is an unlikely champion for the fishing industry. A classic case of gamekeeper turned poacher? Not so says Halls. As he explains to Ruth Styles, nothing is simple when it comes to sustainable fish
… surround them, we lose the heritage and the culture - we’re an island race so we lose a …
To reduce the pressure on the world's productive land and to help assure long-term food security, writes Herbert Girardet, city people are well advised to revive urban or peri-urban agriculture. While large cities will always have to import some food, local food growing is a key component of sustainable urban living.
… Making cities sustainable with urban agriculture Herbert Girardet | 3rd December 2014 … advised to revive urban or peri-urban agriculture. While large cities will always have … 800 million people were engaged in urban agriculture worldwide in 1999. Of these, 200 …