A proposed redesign of the Natural History Museum's grounds in London would cause some unfortunate collateral damage, writes Gary Grant - the destruction of the Museum's 21 year-old wildlife garden, an ecological jewel in the heart of London which features over 3,000 species of plant and animal in just one lovingly tended acre. The Museum must think again!
… Natural History Museum must not destroy its Wildlife … Biodiversity Development UK london natural history museum wildife garden-cut.jpg A proposed redesign of the Natural History Museum's grounds in London would cause …
In the thick of the Olympic frenzy, one voice that was systematically excluded from mainstream narratives is that of Brazil's Indigenous Peoples, writes Lewis Evans, who have fought to survive through centuries of dehumanisation, theft and genocide. And now they face a fresh attack as a proposed constitutional change, PEC 215, threatens a new round of indigenous land theft.
… media's limited attention span. A murderous history This is pretty tragic considering Brazil's murderous history. For over five hundred years now … and land theft, not the inevitable arc of history or unfortunate accidents. Troubling …
The global use of glyphosate has rocketed over the last decade thanks to the introduction of 'Roundup ready' GM crops, writes Vanessa Amaral-Rogers. But since IARC classified the chemical a 'probable carcinogen', and with the spread of resistant superweeds, the tide may finally be turning.
… 'the most heavily used weedkiller in history' Vanessa Amaral-Rogers | 3rd February … is now the most heavily used weed-killer in history, and use is sky-rocketing - nearly 75% … is now the most heavily used weed-killer in history, and use is sky-rocketing - nearly 75% …
We all know that coal and steam vanquished over water power in Britain's - and the world's - industrial revolution, writes Irma Allen. But as Andreas Malm sets out in his fascinating new book, the deciding factors in that victory were the unconstrained mastery over people and nature that coal provided mill owners. And so the model was set for the fossil age that may only now be coming to an end.
… Books Fossil Fuels Coal Climate Change History Society Technology UK … of atmospheric CO 2 - demands a return to history 'eyes wide open'. As the book asks, … that a false understanding of climate change history is leading to flawed diagnosis, so …
The world we inhabit is a miracle of billions of years of evolution as life has unfolded in its full beauty and diversity, writes Grant A. Mincy. But human activities - deforestation, mining, urbanisation, pollution, climate change - are tearing away at the functioning fabric of the living biosphere. A mass extinction is under way, and it must be halted, and reversed. But how?
… is divided by major moments in Earth's history - the most common divisions are in … story. For much of the 4.5 billion year history of the Earth, this third rock from the … For all the subdivisions of Earth's humble history, however, I am partial to our place in …
George Catlin's original vision of national parks saw them as providing a refuge for 'man and beast' alike, writes Kollibri terre Sonnenblume, giving Indians a home in the 'freshness of their nature's beauty'. But soon the National Parks Service was violating promises, treaties and contracts as it perpetrated over a century of land theft from America's Indian tribes.
… California. Above the urinal was a framed history poster entitled, "Fort Mojave - Aha … times, has been including more Indian history in its displays and programs, and … park, containing man and beast' Indian history, specifically as it relates to the …
Communities on Jeju, South Korea's 'island of peace', are resisting a second airport that's threatening the island's farming, nature, culture and way of life, writes Rose Bridger. Linked mega-projects include an 'Air City' of shopping malls, hotels and offices, plus high-speed transport corridors, luxury resorts, casinos, theme parks and golf courses - all catering to wealthy outsiders.
… future. The largest project in the island's history Governor of Jeju, Won Hee-ryong, said … would be "the largest project in the island's history." And it would be the starting point … Jungmun Tourist Complex and Jeju Myths and History Theme Park. Jungmun Tourist Complex , …
As we remember the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki this month 71 years ago, we have largely forgotten the racist propaganda that made it possible, writes LINDA PENZ GUNTER. We have likewise sanitised history to exclude the voices of African Americans who loudly protested the use of nuclear weapons, connecting them to American colonialism abroad and racism at home.
… LINDA PENZ GUNTER. We have likewise sanitised history to exclude the voices of African … anti-nuclear campaign: airbrushed out of history "Since 1945, black activists had made … African Americans, has vanished from the history books. But not from Intondi's. …
Christopher Nolan doesn’t want to 'make a didactic film - ever'. But with Oppenheimer he has made the most impactful anti-nuclear film for a generation.
… lives in the applied sciences in human history. Oppenheimer was director of the … a most consequential moment in our collective history, has been dramatised by Christopher … and white film has ever been used in human history. This echoes the fact Oppenheimer was …
As Victorian eccentrics go, Frank Buckland was a prime specimen, writes Martin Spray. But this new book about his rich and remarkable life is much more than a collection of anecdotes about his extraordinary doings, his inordinate curiosity about the natural world, and the animals he kept - and ate: a stimulating companion for wet days, cold evenings and wakeful nights.
… 8th November 2016 Reviews Books Natural World History ate-zoo-cut.png As Victorian … with such titles as Curiosities of natural history , Notes and jottings from animal life , and The natural history of fishes , and towards the end of his …
The top ten must-read articles published by The Ecologist this year.
… down; the article runs through periods of history and two crucial reasons why: greater … of worlds. He discusses the terrifying history of the atomic bomb and Murphy’s … flicks between discussing the film and the history of J. Robert Oppenheimer, communism …
The endemic giant tortoises discovered by Charles Darwin on Floreana and Pinta islands in the Galápagos are extinct, write Luciano Beheregaray & Adalgisa 'Gisella' Caccone. But scientists have found that their genes live on in newly discovered hybrids on other islands. A selective breeding programme now aims to recreate the originals, and return them to their native islands.
… 2016 Comment Ecuador Conservation Ecology History lonesome-george-cut.jpg The endemic … how we did it. Tortoises under threat - a history The Galápagos Islands were colonised …
'Fast breeder' reactors are promoted by nuclear enthusiasts as the clean, green energy technology of the future, writes Jim Green. But all the evidence tells us they are a catastrophic failure: complex, expensive, unreliable and accident-prone. Is Japan's decision to abandon its Monju reactor the latest nail in the coffin of a dead technology? Or the final stake through its rotten heart?
… Thomas Cochran summarises the unhappy history of fast reactors: "Fast reactor … its three-decade existence." Monju's troubled history Monju reached criticality in 1994 but … the current economic crisis, the deepest in history since the USSR collapsed, will axe the …
Monsanto has acquired a commanding role in the biotech, seed and agro-chemical industries, writes Carmelo Ruiz. So why is the company desperate to merge with its rival Syngenta? The truth is the company is in deep trouble, as its top-selling Roundup herbicide runs out of steam, and its rivals combine to challenge its dominance.
… is the most lucrative agricultural poison in history. This company dominates the world … then one of the largest corporate mergers in history, while AstraZeneca came into existence … of such a merger. Pioneer has an unusual history. It was founded in the 1920's by plant …
Mainstream solutions to climate change are all based on reducing the world down to a single metric - tonnes of carbon. But as Camila Moreno, Daniel Speich Chassé & Lili Fuhr explain, this uni-dimensional world view is doomed to failure as it neglects all the difficult things that matter most: people, communities, ecosystems, love, beauty, politics, money, corruption, and corporate power.
… policy over the last 30 years is a history of forgotten alternatives. Our worry … What's clear from this gallop through recent history is that the dominance of carbon … remember that these abstractions have a history that profoundly determines them in …
The free-flowing Salween is the last big undammed river in Southeast Asia, home to a flurry of endangered species including tigers and clouded leopards, writes Tom Fawthrop in Hpa-an, Karen State, Myanmar. And thanks to support from both the indigenous Karen people, and senior officials in China who see the huge ecotourism potential of the river and its dramatic gorge, it could just stay that way.
… Salween 'is our life, our culture, and our history' Anti-dam ethnic groups have been … money. It is our life, our culture, and our history." Each year on 14th March The Karen …
Land theft, agribusiness and violence pose an existential threat to Brazil's Guarani people, writes Lewis Evans. They maintain a powerful resolve to regain their historic lands, and even have the law on their side - but the tribe will need international support to prevail against murderous ranchers and farmers, corrupt politicians and a paralysed legal system.
… will die of malnutrition." A dark and bloody history The Guarani have had to endure a lot … their entire conception of themselves. Their history revolves around it, and it is a …
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.
… faculty, Hudson studied music and cultural history. He went to New York City to work in … exploitation caused Hudson to look into the history of how earlier civilizations handled … him Research Fellow in Babylonian economic history in the Peabody Museum. Meanwhile he …
Britain's political, economic and media elites will be the last to turn against the neoliberal system that spawned them, writes Jonathan Cook - even as it impoverishes the country and endangers our fragile planet. Cheered on by the Guardian, most Labour MPs would rather destroy their own party than let Corbyn and his backers make it fit for its 21st century purpose.
… with the biggest mandate in the party's history. Most Labour MPs call Jeremy Corbyn … knowledge increased. Rather, modern human history had been marked by a series of … the young have never really known except in history books. Those values seem very …
It's time for UK citizens to #takebackREALcontrol by challenging the anti-democratic powers that control our country, our economy and our lives, retiring Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett told her party conference this weekend in this barnstorming speech. And that's a challenge only the Greens are prepared to take on.
… as a leader of a political party in British history. Now the Green Party has made history again, with the first job-share … they're planning is the worst strike in NHS history. Well he's got the something right - …
The 'State of Nature' report, published today, is the apex of a vast pyramid of loving and heroic toil by many thousands of volunteer naturalists, writes Dr Mark Eaton - hard at work in all seasons in our marshes, forests, mountains, swamps and farmland. But do we have the young recruits to keep this wonderful tradition going?
… it is based. The UK has a long and proud history of recording its natural history and most of that recording has been … and how the subtle attractions of natural history may be overwhelmed by the lure of …
Environmental campaigner Satish Kumar is one of the co-hosts of the popular year-long Right Livelihood programme which will run again this year
… nature and ourselves. You will examine the history of western expansion in terms of … of our lives and look at role-models from history and current regenerative communities. …
There is nothing new in the environmental damage brought by war, writes Steven Freeland. Nor is there anything new about deliberate environmental damage as a instrument of warfare. But what is new is the scale of damage that can be inflicted by modern weapons of mass destruction. It's time for an international law against intentional environmental destruction.
… University | 17th February 2016 Comment War History WMD Ecocide … to serve as a 'weapon'. Throughout history the environment has been a silent …
Why is BP sponsoring the Science Museum's 'Late' event? It's all part of creating 'scientific consent' for fossil fuels, writes Drew Pearce, in the face of scientific certainty about climate change and the need for drastic cuts in carbon emissions. That's why we gatecrashed their latest show last week.
… . It is also important to note that BP has a history with the climate-science denying … Oil spill was the largest spill in the history of the oil industry. Before it was … $18.7 billion - the biggest in corporate history. Undeterred, BP is planning to dig …