Green design doesn't have to mean scrimping on aesthetics; as George Blacksell discovered, combining style with sustainability is easily achieved
… Top 10...eco design for home George Blacksell | 2nd September 2011 Ethical Living Eco Design London Design Festival Homes … made from organic plywood; an environmentally friendly alternative to solid wood as the thin …
From Darina Allen's mountain picnics, to Mark Boyle's moneyless meditations and Craig Sams decorating with fungi, 11 environment-minded luminaries tell us what they'll be doing this festive season
… Ecologist guide to a green Christmas Jemima … 1st November 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Ecologist Guides Christmas Darina Allen Geetie … Rob Hopkins Transition Network Livia Firth Eco Age Mark Boyle Freeconomy Sam Roddick Tom …
From Darina Allen's mountain picnics to Mark Boyle's moneyless meditations and Craig Sams decorating with fungi, 11 environment-minded luminaries tell us what they'll be doing this festive season
… Ecologist guide to a green Christmas Jemima … 1st November 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Ecologist Guides Christmas Darina Allen Geetie … Rob Hopkins Transition Network Livia Firth Eco Age Mark Boyle Freeconomy Sam Roddick Tom …
From deforestation to fertiliser; our taste for coffee has left some of the world’s most precious eco-systems in a precarious state. George Blacksell looks at how the coffee industry is cleaning up its act
… 2011 Ethical Living Coffee Deforestation Eco-systems Food Amazon Farming Fairtrade … has left some of the world’s most precious eco-systems in a precarious state. George … innocent as they seem GREEN LIVING Top 10…eco-friendly eateries Looking for a fabulous place …
A new project at Bath University shows that building with straw is not just eco-friendly, but cheap, easily adaptable and fully recyclable at the end of its life
… Using compressed straw as the ultimate eco building material Eifion Rees | 20th … shows that building with straw is not just eco-friendly, but cheap, easily adaptable and …
Forget impersonal internet interactions, Project Dirt is connecting green initiatives in real life to make environmental change at a local level a reality
… Project Dirt: the eco-web project that's much more than the … to help people start up or get involved in eco work on the ground. ‘Project Dirt is about … in the past 18 months, the site is rapidly becoming the place to be for new and …
Eifion Rees finds out that the golfing world’s eco credentials are simply full of holes.
… - how the golfing green fares poorly on eco-credentials Eifion Rees | 24th July 2008 … Rees finds out that the golfing world’s eco credentials are simply full of holes. It’s … is no such thing as an “environmentally friendly” golf course. Some may just be a …
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to celebrate the coming together of marriage and environmentalism. Do you, reader, take this, the Ecologist, to be your guide to environmentally friendly weddings...
… Do you, reader, take this, the Ecologist, to be your guide to environmentally friendly weddings... Everyone loves a wedding. … (certainly if you acted on last month's Ecologist guide to sex ), same-sex marriages …
Eifion Rees reports on the video journalists producing environmental and social justice films that influence public opinion - and consistently get closer to the issues than the mainstream media
… is a series of short internet films about eco villages that became a longer feature, Ecovillage Pioneers. Most prominent among the eco villages featured in the series is Lammas, …
It could reduce the pressure on native forests but the rapid expansion in bamboo plantations is in danger of making it the latest in a long line of tarnished 'wonder crops'
… impact has been observed in respect of social economic and environmental aspects […] Rather … the launch of asset-backed ‘bamboo bonds’. EcoPlanet Bamboo, the company behind them, … it most. [They] are breathing, living, eco-friendly environments and certainly are better …
Converted horse boxes are becoming increasingly popular among the eco-conscious. George Blacksell chats to horse box home owner, Dean Crago
… Living holding.jpg Converted horse boxes are becoming increasingly popular among the eco-conscious. George Blacksell chats to horse … ‘House-Box’ idea blows two of the biggest preconceptions of motorhome living out of the …
It produces less radioactive waste and more power than uranium but the UK would be making a mistake in looking to it as a 'greener' fuel. The Ecologist reports
… in looking to it as a 'greener' fuel. The Ecologist reports In a world increasingly … by global warming, the news that 2010 was a record year for greenhouse gases levels was … that thorium reactors will already be uneconomic. Indeed, if renewables had a fraction …
Kicking off a new series of 'how to...' we show you the most satisfying way to 'green up' your lovemaking between the sheets. Now relax, lie back and think of the Ecologist…
… sheets. Now relax, lie back and think of the Ecologist… You’ve cycled home from work, … in the 1960s, but its side-effects are becoming increasingly evident in the natural … Glass is infinitely more stylish and eco-friendly an option. Phthalate-free, …
David Cameron's appointment of a 'shops tsar', the controversial Localism Bill, and increasing opposition to supermarkets and other chain stores could mark a turning point in the struggle to save Britain's high streets
… Small Island almost two decades ago; the New Economics Foundation (NEF) coined the term … them. The stranglehold they exert means local economies become fragile and social interaction …
It's one of the healthiest, most versatile 'weeds' around. Asian countries have enjoyed the benefits for centuries. So where is the market for homegrown UK seaweed?
… be another barrier to the promotion of this ecofriendly foodstuff. 'Since it was announced …