Thumbing rides must be one of the greenest forms of travel, and despite all the scare stories and public service warnings, drivers still stop for hitch-hikers. But Adam Weymouth fears for the future of hitching, as the 'sharing economy' sanitizes the experience and strips out the essential sense of adventure, revolution and travelling into the unknown.
… two weeks of a General Strike in 1926 the culture momentarily flared, and when it ebbed …
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 …
‘He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.’ Friedrich Nietzsche
… the protesters are buying into a political culture that finds its eventual expression in …
In the industrial era, economic growth has become equated with human progress, writes Jules Pretty, with a fundamental assumption that material growth and consumption inevitably leads to improvements in our well-being. Now think again ...
… ways of living, as the current material culture has failed, and continues to fail, … ways of living, as the current material culture has failed, and continues to fail, …
A dynamic environmental activism movement pioneered by highly engaged youth from native communities is spreading across North America. Ben Whitford reports......
Native American Activism: Environmental issues take priority Ben Whitford | 28th May 2013 News Society tumblr_meu36amlwp1s01tuio1_1280.jpg An Idle No More rally on the Blood 148 Indian reserve in …
In an extract from his new book the Jolly Pilgrim, Peter Baker argues that a Gaian consciousness is slowly emerging out of our efforts to overcome climate change and other environmental challenges
… Baker | 9th August 2011 Activism Society Culture Change Gaia Theory Climate Change How … food chains. Distorting ecosystems. Agriculture increased our impact on the world to a … one sat down and planned the invention of agriculture or the Industrial Revolution. However, …
Your ideas for changing the world may be desperately important. But if you can't find a way to engage the interests of the people around you they may never take off, argues John-Paul Flintoff
… Flintoff | 22nd May 2012 Activism Society Culture Change Natural World Activism …
Abusing animals is no more justifiable than abusing people, writes Peter Tatchell. The moral touchstone is sentience, not species, and the 'humans first' ideology of speciesism is analogous to homophobia, racism & misogyny. Cruelty is barbarism, whether inflicted on humans or on other species. We need to recognise and accept our common animal nature.
… mental-physical skills and our capacity for culture and conscience. But this is no …
Our love affair with convenience culture extends to a reliance on convenience ‘cures’ for minor complaints. In the first article of a new series, the Ecologist’s Health Editor Pat Thomas says that self-medication isn’t the same as self-help
… Our love affair with convenience culture extends to a reliance on convenience …
With sunny days on the way, make the most of your weekends with an English day out
Five brilliant English day trips Ruth Styles | 24th March 2011 Ethical Living England History Woodland Travel Weekends Society Green Living istock_000009679662xsmall.jpg With sunny days on the way, …
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
… capable of when uprooted from their familiar culture and packed into over-populated, …
When Zoe Foster went with her family to live in a intentional cohousing community she didn't know what to expect. Five months in and she has discovered that it's not about what you give up, but what you give that is so enriching
… Low Carbon Living Decc Insulation Retrofit Culture Change 3polytunnel.jpg When Zoe Foster …
Whether it’s plastic bottles or old magazines, Valentina Jovanovski has a creative way to turn it into something entirely new
Ten of the best…ways to reuse your rubbish Valentina Jovanovski | 5th August 2011 Ethical Living Rubbish Recycling Upcycling Plastic Cans Food Bottles Home Society Green Living Waste And Recycling …
Increased specialisation within academia means that academics no longer talk, share ideas or work together. It also means they're not good at practising what they preach, especially environmentally...
… the polymath C. P. Snow published ‘The Two Cultures’. The work was notorious because it …
School buildings, food, waste - even the curriculum itself should all support a connection to, and appreciation for, the environment. Here are some resources to get you started
… across England committed to transforming food culture, one school at a time. Led by the Soil …
Steven Gorelick lays out just a few of the policy changes, priority shifts and new approaches that could help save rural life, and lead to more sustainable farming
… Gorelick | 7th June 2000 News Farming Agriculture Food Miles Food Transportation Local … and other forms of community supported agriculture. If farmers were not impelled to … years, the consumer interest in organic agriculture has shot up dramatically, and demand …
If you care about the wildlife in our countryside and the welfare of animals, then make your vote count in the general election, writes Joe Duckworth. Backed by Cameron himself, 'country sports' enthusiasts are getting organised to support pro-killing candidates. We must be even more effective in opposing them.
… as they are often portrayed in popular culture, then you'd think perhaps they'd …
The main engine of economic exploitation is the financial system's ever increasing extraction of value through interest payments, according to economist Michael Hudson. Paul Craig Roberts finds his analysis all too accurate, as the over-financialized economies of western countries head down a spiral of poverty, decline, injustice and despair.
'Killing the Host': the financial system is destroying the global economy Paul Craig Roberts | 12th February 2016 Reviews Economics Finance Society Books killing-the-host-cut.jpg The main engine of …