The history of humankind might also be said to be the history of warfare. From Roman times to the present day, human conflict has been the hallmark of our historical progression. But the fight against ourselves isn’t the only war we’ve embarked upon.
… Pollution Society Bug_War_MAINjpg.jpg The history of humankind might also be said to be the history of warfare. From Roman times to the … of the US farmer. Allen’s book charts the history of pesticides and reveals the …
History will remember 2008 for its ‘crisis of capitalism’. The crash on Wall Street was the game-changer in the US election race, and it could soon be remembered as the gamechanger on climate change, too.
… Climate Change Climate Change flux_main.jpg History will remember 2008 for its ‘crisis of … as the gamechanger on climate change, too. History will remember 2008 for its ‘crisis of … in the most important 100 months in human history – what we do in this time will …
Considering its estimated 25,000-plus uses – for producing food, fuel, medicine, paper, plastics and even dynamite – the most wasteful thing you could probably do with hemp is smoke it. Jake Bowers describes hemp’s potential to transform agriculture and the plant’s demonisation by huge and competing industrial interests
… or nutritional properties. The forgotten history of hemp provides an instructive lesson … man has done more to document this forgotten history than cannabis activist Jack Herer … had many other interesting footnotes in human history - both the Magna Carta and the …
February 1968. From South Vietnam the explosive Teêt Offensive has dealt a final blow to shattered US troops and sparked a worldwide appetite for insurrection. Left destitute by standards of living and provoked by a three-year war on their ideological comrades, student leaders across Europe rise up with a single voice ‘We shall fight. We will win. Paris, London, Rome, Berlin.’ Within six weeks, 20,000 protesters will besiege the American embassy in London’s Grosvenor Square. It is the Spring of Discontent, and revolution is the air.
… revolution is the air. 1968 remains framed in history as the year that defined an entire … numbering only 600 students. Within its short history, however, students had already set a … legislation. Those who don’t learn from history. . . The similarities between the …
It's been a strange week. Within an eight-day period I found beauty, pain and death.
… I suppose, a fairly condensed narrative history, a merely curious story perhaps, but certainly a history bound by fortuities and magic that … was a detailed breakdown of my past medical history. Reading it, I laughed out loud. When …
Mapmaking and conquest has a disturbingly close history. As indigenous people learned, the innocuous mapmaker may be followed by weapons, property claims and exploitation.
… and conquest has a disturbingly close history. As indigenous people learned, the … chemicals are produced by microbes. Over history, microbes have swapped genes with the …
With human beings about to become a predominantly urban species, Dan Box asks whether cities can ever be sustainable.
… are fast approaching a unique point in human history. Within five years half the earth’s … of the most significant transformations in history. The problems this creates are …
Just as the humanitarian crisis of the Second World War gave birth to the swift implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60 years ago in 1948, we now have a planetary crisis that needs to be addressed with equal urgency. Now is the time to call for a Universal Declaration of Planetary Rights.
… river, the deer does not. Rights of others in history When one provides a thing with rights, … exist. Until very recently there was a long history of women in matrimony in the UK being …
Prince Charles has called UK peatlands ‘Britain’s tropical rainforests’ – and like rainforests worldwide, ours are in decline. Trevor Critchley reports on the devastating consequences for global warming
… content, which has been declining for years. History repeating itself The damage probably …
Seeing bluefin tuna gaffed is like watching a thoroughbred racehorse being hacked to death with an axe.
… little book Mattanza. The book charts the history of Sicily’s annual tuna harvests, or … researcher at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. His latest book is The …
‘This is the Indian dream!’ shouts Mohit, clutching a tattered plastic bag as he joins the impatient throng gathering at Hall A of the Auto Expo in New Delhi. Around us more than 100,000 Indians are aggressively jostling for space and a precious glimpse of the £1,200 Tata Nano, the world’s cheapest car. It is a vehicle that, put simply, costs less than the optional DVD player on the new Lexus LX470 SUV.
… Ford, a car that, in 1908, changed the world. History, as they say for good reason, has a … at this stage of its long 5,000-year history. It is the poor who will suffer most …
The Campaign against Climate Change aims to bring people together both in the UK and around the world to produce the biggest, most visible and loudest possible demand for urgent, radical and resolute action on climate – both from our own government here in the UK and from the nations of the world acting together.
… these things only happen because they have a history behind them – and this is a history that’s burnt on the brains of the …
Ed Hamer questions the sanity of agricultural policies that increasingly threaten the sovereignty of the British farmer, as well as the food security of the nation
… to zero for the first time in its 20 year history seems to have cut through the …
There were deaths, pollution and substandard goods, but last year’s slew of negative
publicity may have encouraged China to face up to its responsibilities, says Isabel Hilton
… the most advanced political organisation in history, was all-but infallible. Few people …
As the people of Argentina are driven by economic collapse to the point of starvation, a new solution is being imposed upon them. Ben Backwell reports on a country being force fed genetically modified soya designed not for humans, but for cattle
… campaign ‘a brilliant idea which could change history’. Héctor Huergo, a well known … milk from Uruguay for the first time in its history, along with other traditional products …
Hardy, long-lived and self-sufficient, perennial vegetables are a gardener’s dream. From rhubarb to the air potato, they are a gift that keeps on giving
Perennial Vegetables by Eric Toensmeier Clive Dennis | 1st July 2008 Reviews Permaculture Perennial Toensmier Gardening Permaculture Green Lifestyle Green Living Food And Farming Archive_246.jpg …
Creating cash should not be the responsibility of the private banking system, but of the common wealth. Let’s get mutual, urge Molly Scott Cato and Martin Large
… stolen in the most grotesque credit bubble in history. It is clear that we need a system …
The UK’s organic brewers are calling time on beer corporations, as Rachel Clode discovers
… the UK. Independent Stroud Brewery uses local history in the naming of its naturally … highwaymen and reflects the Cotswolds trade history – all of which encourages engagement …