There is a significant risk *you* are inadvertently funding fracking, nuclear weapons manufacture and other unethical activities - if you have an account with any of the main banks in the UK. JOSIE WEXLER of Ethical Consumer reports
… manufacturing? Josie Wexler | 21st May 2018 Ethical Living Ethical Banking Lloyds Barclays Triodos Bank … nuclear weapons manufacture and other unethical activities - if you have an account …
Recent research undertaken by Ethical Consumer magazine shows that seven major online retailers are ignoring European Union law and not showing energy labels for all required products. JOSIE WEXLER and CLARE CARLILE investigate
… Josie Wexler Clare Carlile | 21st March 2018 Ethical Living Energy Eco-label Amazon Energy … Recent research undertaken by Ethical Consumer magazine shows that seven … we shop online, after all. For any savvy and ethically-minded consumer, the energy …
We are what we eat. Concerns about climate change, environmental stress and animal welfare mean that what we eat is an ethical as well as a health issue. LAURA BRIGGS meets two women promoting the new Wildevore diet, claiming it improves the health of the individual, and the world in which they live
… Vegetarian, vegan, flexitarian, ethical omnivore. And now we have the … Wildevore diet Laura Briggs | 20th March 2018 Ethical Living Wildevore Wildavorism … animal welfare mean that what we eat is an ethical as well as a health issue. LAURA …
MACKENZIE DENYER and TIM HUNT, from Ethical Consumer magazine, explore the complex issues with palm oil, why deforestation rates are still climbing and why big brand manufacturers have the power to stop it
… Tim Hunt Mackenzie Denyer | 18th July 2018 Ethical Living Palm Oil Roundtable On … MACKENZIE DENYER and TIM HUNT, from Ethical Consumer magazine, explore the complex … Wrong. A football pitch every 25 seconds At Ethical Consumer , we’ve been tracking the …
So the love of your life went all vegan during Veganuary. And now there is just a week until you have to present them with the best of vegan gifts. But don't fear. The Ecologist is here! BRENDAN MONTAGUE breakfasts on a huge range of the best teas, chocolates and gins so you don't have to...
… Brendan Montague | 6th February 2018 Ethical Living Vegan Valentine's Day … is unlikely to put a smile on the face of an ethical consumer. But there are exceptions, … components being 100 percent responsibly and ethically sourced”. Our first tester said: …
Today marks the launch of World Meat Free Week where 200 million people globally will be asked to skip just one meaty meal. The impacts on climate change and the environment will be significant. And some people may even try new, delicious vegan food, writes BRENDAN MONTAGUE
… our planet? Brendan Montague | 11th June 2018 Ethical Living Meat Food And Farming Climate … the rising demand is neither sustainably nor ethically feasible. According to the campaign, …
Restricting foods won't help children learn how to self-regulate, parenting author Sarah Ockwell-Smith tells MARIANNE BROWN. Instead, teach them how to use their instincts, not their emotions.
… to food Marianne Brown | 27th July 2018 Ethical Living Healthy Eating Parenting Diet …
David Ulrich tells GRACE RODGERS how his Buddhist practice has led him to new understandings of his craft after losing the use of his dominant eye in an accident
… art of seeing Grace Rodgers | 26th July 2018 Ethical Living Zen arts_zen.jpg David Ulrich …
While more of us are making a concerted effort to reduce our plastic consumption at home, it's not so easy when travelling. TOM LAWSON offers up his top tips to help reduce our plastic footprint while on the road
… tourism Tom Lawson | 19th April 2018 Ethical Living Plastic Travel …
The Welsh town of Chepstow is the most recent to declare itself 'plastic free'. PAUL MILES reflects on the subsequent media frenzy, the community's unwavering enthusiasm, and their long-term goals
… in Chepstow? Paul Miles | 6th August 2018 Ethical Living Plastic Plastic Bags Wales …
Springwatch Unsprung presenter Lindsey Chapman talks poetry, Blue Planet II and why we need to amplify diverse voices in the fight against climate change in the first of our new Voices for Nature interview series from our nature editor ELIZABETH WAINWRIGHT
… Elizabeth Wainwright | 10th January 2018 Ethical Living Voices For Nature Springwatch …
The Summer Camp held by The Resurgence Trust - publisher of The Ecologist - is taking place from 13 July 2018. Speakers will discuss our search for personal wellbeing - and also how to create a society that holds and helps each of its members reach their potential. GREG NEALE reports
… of The Ecologist Greg Neale | 5th July 2018 Ethical Living Health Wellbeing Summer Camp …
STEVE WATSON is committed to his vinyl - and excited by the resurgence among record collectors. DUNCAN OSWALD worries about the impact of producing yet more PVC records - arguing that streaming must surely be more green. To settle the debate the two environmental consultants developed a life cycle assessment comparing the resource impacts of the two audio technologies...
… Steve Watson Duncan Oswald | 16th March 2018 Ethical Living Music Streaming Vinyl Insonomia …
From school dinners to farmers' markets and GM crops, SATISH KUMAR explains why our relationship with food is so important and what he thinks makes food really wholesome.
… than just fuel Satish Kumar | 26th July 2018 Ethical Living Food Food And Farming Factory …
Permaculture Magazine is launching a competition with £20,000 in prize money to celebrate the rise in the permaculture movement across the globe. TONY ROLLINSON finds out more
… announced Tony Rollinson | 27th March 2018 Ethical Living Permaculture Permaculture …
Gathering food from the wild is good for your mind and your taste buds, writes KATE BLINCOE, but always make sure you know what you're picking and you leave enough for other creatures
… a good forager Kate Blincoe | 3rd August 2018 Ethical Living Foraging Nature Foraging For …
Resilience is something of a buzzword - a necessary one in times of austerity and increased anxiety about work. BRENDAN MONTAGUE had read the literature about how being in nature, telling stories and connecting with people all increase resilience. And then he experienced it first hand when he attended a weekend workshop at Hazel Hill Woods in Salisbury. This is his story.
… times Brendan Montague | 8th January 2018 Ethical Living Resilience Wellbeing Woodlands …
Plastic pollution is a serious issue that hurts our planet and costs the lives of millions of animals on land and at sea every year. It's our responsibility to put an end to the damage plastic is causing on our world, argues EMILY FOLK.
… in everyday life Emily Folk | 25th June 2018 Ethical Living Plastic Pollution Plastics …
Statistics can inform, surprise and amaze but in the Internet age, it’s easy to get lost in the abundance of often conflicting data out there. The Vegan Society’s DOMINIKA PIASECKA presents some findings that will make you think twice about your diet
… Day Dominika Piasecka | 4th October 2018 Ethical Living Animal Rights Vegetarianism And …
Thousands of tonnes of red roses are now being sold ahead of Valentine's Day. CURTIS ABRAHAM investigates the importance of flower exports to east African economies - and examines the impact on the environment on both a regional and a global level
… Africa Curtis Abraham | 13th February 2018 Ethical Living Valentine's Day Cut Flowers …
Woodcarver Matt Somerville believes harvesting honey should be more natural so he has devised a new kind of hive aimed at benefitting the health and sustainability of bee colonies. MIRIAM DARLINGTON met him.
… beekeeper Miriam Darlington | 25th July 2018 Ethical Living Bees Bee-keeping Honey bees.jpg …