Activists question allowing China to participate in ivory trade, with estimates that as much as 90 per cent of retail items in the country are illegal
Illegal ivory openly on sale in Chinese cities Rosie Spinks | 17th August 2011 News Natural World Ivory Elephants China Africa Endangered Species ivory_360x480.jpg China has become a major market for …
The mountaineers who come to conquer Everest mistake their achievement – in the quest to overcome nature’s ultimate natural obstacle, humans have already won
Everest in peace Eifion Rees | 1st June 2009 News Investigation Natural World Mount Everest Monutineering Mountainclimbing Travel investigates.jpg The mountaineers who come to conquer Everest mistake …
Eifion Rees talks to the Compassion in World Farming veteran and co-editor of The Meat Crisis - a shocking new book that exposes the range of environmental and health threats facing us if we don't kick our addiction to meat
Joyce D'Silva: 'Meat should carry a health warning' Eifion Rees | 30th September 2010 Comment Interviews Joyce D'Silva Compassion In World Farming CIWF Farming Animals Cows Meat Water Drought …
With the Kimberley Process in a state of paralysis over Zimbabwean diamonds, consumers can no longer be sure they’re buying ethical jewels. Ahead of a BBC Panorama investigation into the issue, Rosie Spinks reports
Export of Zimbabwean diamonds threatens ethical jewellery trade Rosie Spinks | 8th August 2011 News Blood Diamond Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe Alluvial Deposit Mineral Extraction News Society Mining …
As London fashion week kicks off, the problem of unfair labour practices tarnishing UK high street brands isn't going away. Rosie Spinks reports
UK fashion retailers struggle with 'bonded' girl labour in India Rosie Spinks | 15th September 2011 News News Analysis Fashion Tesco Politics And Economics Society somo.jpg As London fashion week …
Tesco provoked an outcry by offering Clubcard members the opportunity to redeem points for a CT scan. Now, increasing numbers of scans in NHS and private hospitals are causing concerns that we are over-exposing ourselves to radiation
… accuracy also means further x-rays or other investigations may become unnecessary. So …
Consumers have been left confused by the latest study on the links between mobile phone use and brain cancer. Eifion Rees reports on the struggle to find answers
Do mobile phones really cause cancer? Eifion Rees | 7th June 2011 News Mobile Phones Health Cancer mobilephonegirl2.jpg Even if we're uncertain about their effects, we know enough to take precautions …
A law of ecocide could potentially see politicians who approve environmentally-damaging projects, like the tar sands pipeline between the US and Canada, face a court trial
… Rosie Spinks | 29th November 2011 News Investigations Politics And Economics Tar …
Consumers could unwittingly buy rings or other jewellery linked to serious human rights abuses after Kimberley Process fails to prevent the sale of diamonds from Robert Mugabe's Marange diamond fields
Global Witness quits Kimberley Process as Zimbabwe 'blood diamonds' exported Rosie Spinks | 6th December 2011 News Kimberley Process Natural World News Focus Blood Diamonds Global Witness Zimbabwe …
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 November 2009 Activism Energy Home Building Construction Straw Straw Bale Insulation Efficiency balehaus.jpg A new …
Despite campaigning to reduce child labour internationally, the US is home to at least 230,000 child labourers toiling in the fields to pick blueberries, tomatoes or cotton
The Harvest: new film reveals scourge of child labour in US farming Rosie Spinks | 1st September 2011 Activism How To Make A Difference Food And Farming Agriculture Child Labour Migrant Workers …
The findings of a strategic environmental assessment open the way for an increase in the number of offshore wind farms, which could produce enough energy to power every household in the UK
… UK home Eifion Rees | 26th June 2009 News Investigations Energy Climate Change Science …
With little hope of a binding deal on climate change at the latest UN summit, campaigners are hoping that Africa's COP will tackle the issue that plagues the continent most: agriculture
… Africa Rosie Spinks | 4th November 2011 News Investigations Food And Farming Agro-ecology …
More sites may be added to the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites in Danger this week, but how effective is this register of global hot spots, and what are the areas that truly deserve international protection?
… ourselves Eifion Rees | 25th June 2009 News Investigations News Climate Change UNESCO …
With rich, resource-poor nations increasingly outsourcing their food production to less developed nations, a new website aims to expose the extent of the agricultural land-grab epidemic
… new website Eifion Rees | 22nd June 2009 News Investigations Science And Technology Food And …
Inconsistent wind is no impediment to the generation of electricity by turbines, three separate reports have concluded, as well as showing that the National Grid is more than able to cope with increased investment in wind energy
… message Eifion Rees | 13th July 2009 News Investigations Food And Farming Energy Wind …
A new report has revealed that a change in the way we manage agricultural land could help sequester a quarter of the world's carbon dioxide emissions every year
… 25 per cent Eifion Rees | 3rd July 2009 News Investigations Food And Farming Science And …
Irshad Mobarak, a self-taught naturalist and environmentalist from the Malaysian island of Langkawi says that development need not mean destruction
CASE STUDY: Keeping tourism in balance with nature Eifion Rees | 5th January 2010 Activism How To Make A Difference Eco Tourism Langkawi Malaysia JungaWalla Irshad Mobarak Deforestation Species …
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
… media groups Seek out campaigns, context and investigations that you're unlikely to find in …
With a new analysis showing UK wind farms operating at just 20 per cent of their capacity in 2010, the potential of wind power has been called into question. Eifion Rees examines the arguments from both sides
Wind industry and Decc urged to come clean on output of wind farms Eifion Rees | 4th May 2011 News Wind Energy Renewables turbine.jpg A lack of technical and economic data on wind farms is making it …
Worried by an eco backlash, the bottled water industry is waging a PR battle to turn the public back onto plastic bottled water
Bottled water industry wages PR battle against tap water movement Eifion Rees | 4th April 2012 News Bottle Water Plastic Tap Nestle News Focus Health Waste And Recycling water.jpg More than 2bn …
In an effort to address the joint problems of poverty and environmental degradation, Vivienne Westwood has joined up with the International Trade Centre for the launch of her second ethical range
Not charity but work: Vivienne Westwood's 'Ethical Fashion Africa' collection goes on sale Rosie Spinks | 9th August 2011 Ethical Living Fashion Society Green Living Africa Vivienne Westwood Ethical …
Some of nature's most majestic creatures are migratory, but their future in a changing world is far from certain, as a stunning new book of photographs makes clear
PHOTO GALLERY: Migratory animals and birds face a new battle for survival Eifion Rees | 26th October 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Out And About Book Endangered Species Animals Whales Overfishing …