If we hope really hard maybe things will get better – or maybe it’s time to consider a new plan of action. Michael Nelson and John Vucetich propose a virtuous approach to environmental change.
… the proper roles of hope and ethics in environmentalism. Hope as dis-ease Even in …
I know that I should avoid compost containing peat, but what is the most environmentally friendly alternative that I can buy?
R Townsend, by email
Ask Leo: what is the greenest alternative to compost containing peat? Leo Hickman | 16th April 2009 Ethical Living Leo Hickman Gardening Composting Green Lifestyle Composting Composting Green Living …
A new book by WWF 'Meeting Environmental Challenges: The Role of Human Identity' makes the case for a new kind of campaigning that sees the person behind the behaviour. Pat Thomas is impressed
… to shed light on the psychological aspects of environmentalism. We've looked at climate …
'Green seniors' are asking to be trained as volunteer environmental advisers for their local areas, and call for 'age-proof' green strategies in a new manifesto
Green seniors bid for greater environmental role The Ecologist | 19th June 2009 News Age Help The Aged Green Alliance Natural England Greener And Wiser Manifesto Voting Education Age Concern …
How much rainforest does it take for one celebrity to snort another one under the table? Nick Kettles investigates the devastating environmental impact of cocaine use.
The environmental impact of drugs Nick Kettles | 19th May 2009 News Drugs Cocaine Cannabis Rainforest Ecocide Drugs Natural World Health cocaines_impact_01.jpg How much rainforest does it take for …
Recent abductions and threats against activists trying to prevent logging in South-East Asia are part of a worrying trend of violence against those exposing environmental issues
'Do you want to die?': environmental activists at risk Tom Levitt | 26th October 2009 News Protests Activists Natural World Deforestation sealhuntnamibia.jpg Ecologist Film Unit journalists were …
There's still money to be had for good environmental projects, but it's a fraction of what's being spent in other areas, says Harriet Williams
Where did all the green funding go? Harriet Williams | 2nd December 2009 Comment Politics And Economics Funding Grants Philanthropy chequesign.jpg There's still money to be had for good environmental …
Cincinnati has passed a new law introducing 'environmental justice permits', and will use police powers to force polluting businesses to clean up their acts or get out of town
Cincinnati law to police polluting businesses The Ecologist | 3rd July 2009 News Green Living Investigations Health Society Cincinnati Environmental Justice EPA Air Business Economic cincinnati.jpg …
As the world’s most respected environmental affairs magazine, the Ecologist has always embraced change. That is why as of June we will be relaunching online. This change means we can reach a much wider audience, and provide them with better quality, more up to date news and analysis, as well as substantially reducing our own environmental footprint.
Ecologist magazine to relaunch as online brand The Ecologist | 8th April 2009 Comment Teddy Goldsmith Zac Goldsmith Ecologist Magazine Relaunch Relaunch Online Online Brand Zac Goldsmith Edward …
How we communicate with others affects how the environmental community is perceived. Self-confidence, a positive outlook and ‘being the change’ is the way to go.
… Arne Naess, has challenged so-called shallow environmentalism to invite people to consider …
The award winning environmental photographer on witnessing rainforests around the world, working for Greenpeace and why photos can help save the world
Q & A: Daniel Beltrá, environmental photographer Laura Sevier | 14th September 2009 Ethical Living Natural World Green Living Prince's Rainforest Project Daniel Beltra Environmental Photographer …
Oil company admits guilt and expresses ‘regret’ over safety breaches after oil depot explosion that caused injuries and environmental damage
Oil giant Total pleads guilty in Buncefield case The Ecologist | 13th November 2009 News Buncefield Natural World Health Pollution inthenews.jpg Lawyers believe Total's sentencing could set a …
Pioneers in the publishing industry have been making tracks in reducing the environmental impact of printing and selling books
How to publish a green book Emma Bocking | 15th December 2009 Activism How To Make A Difference Culture Change Green Books Vegetable-based Inks Recycled Paper 10:10 John Elford Herbs For Home …
Unsustainable and bad for the environment, industrial viticulture leaves a bad taste in the mouth. Pesticide-free and weed-friendly, biodynamic wine holds the key to an organic revolution.
Monty Waldin on biodynamic wine Monty Waldin | 1st March 2009 Ethical Living Food And Drink Green Living Biodynamic Wine Drought Pesticides Wine Vineard best_by_a_nose_01.jpg Unsustainable and bad …
How can we be healthy on a sick planet? Especially when many still believe that health is unaffected by what is in the environment. These organisations could save your life
10 groups campaigning for a healthier environment The Ecologist | 19th June 2009 Activism Clean Land Environmental Working Group Women’s Environmental Network Mast Sanity Natural Justice Association …
The world’s leading environmental affairs magazine, now www.theecologist.org, was founded in 1970 by Edward Goldsmith. The magazine quickly became a platform for those who would go on to be the leading lights of the environmental movement
About the Ecologist 12th June 2009 Other About Us History Of The Ecologist About The Ecologist Ecologist The world’s leading environmental affairs magazine, now www.theecologist.org, was founded in …
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.
… published an essay called ‘The Death of Environmentalism’. They argue that the … need to move beyond a shallow, single-issue environmentalism towards the approach that …
Launched in 1970, by environmentalist Edward Teddy Goldsmith, the Ecologist has been at the heart of the environmental movement for almost 40 years
Advertise with the Ecologist 12th June 2009 Other Ecologist Advertsing Ecologist Media Pack Advertise With The Ecologist ecologist media pack 2011.pdf Launched in 1970, by environmentalist Edward …
A handful of brave, convinced mothers fought their local council to make it pay for polluting their environment and causing their children birth defects. But has anyone learned anything from this landmark ruling?
Corby judgment: do birth defects mean nothing? Debbie Tripley | 21st August 2009 Comment Corby Corby Council Pollution Politics And Economics Sustainable Communities Project elf.gif A handful of …
Laura Sevier meets the man trying to broker a better relationship between God, man, science and the natural world.
… • Three important principles of Hindu environmentalism are yajna (sacrifice), dhana … University,has studied the Buddhist basis of environmentalism and virtue ethics. A …
The disappearance of Lohachara beneath the waters of the Bay of Bengal created the world’s first environmental refugees. Dan McDougall reports on other islanders in the Sundarbans delta who have no escape from the rising ocean. Photography by Robin Hammond
The world's first environmental refugees Dan McDougall | 30th January 2009 News Sea Levels Refugees Bangladesh Sunderbands Climate Change Flooding Environmental Justice Farming Food Security Global …
When a Victorian tea party took over Heathrow's Terminal 1 earlier this year, it was a clear sign that environmental campaigning had taken a large step away from time-worn methods of protesting.
… humourless, man-hating harpies.’ So what can environmentalism learn from this? The danger … of the green movement the commodification of environmentalism is looming large on the …
Turkey's plans for a hydroelectric dam on the Tigris have been scrapped as Europe withdraws funds for a failure to meet environmental obligations, while plans for the trans-Europe Nabucco gas pipeline are ratified
Turkish dam project scrapped, but pipeline gets go-ahead The Ecologist | 13th July 2009 News Investigations Energy Politics And Economics Dam Hydroelectric Turkey Europe Finance Germany Austria …
Former deputy editor of the Ecologist, Paul Kingsnorth, tells Matilda Lee why an obsession with CO2 has distracted environmentalists, and why we may already be beyond the point of no return...
… | 9th December 2009 Comment Climate Change Environmentalism Culture Change Society … Paul Kingsnorth: What I’m suggesting is that environmentalism, which has become mainstream, … become more central to the movement. A lot of environmentalism now still acts as if humans …