One of the biggest landfill sites in the US is in the process of becoming a nature reserve and a recreation ground. Is this just papering over the cracks, or can our rubbish heaps really turn into something beautiful?
… Can a landfill site ever return to nature? Nick … | 6th July 2010 News Waste And Recycling Landfill Rubbish Freshkills Natural World … freshkillsgasgauge.jpg One of the biggest landfill sites in the US is in the process of …
How one group is restoring the lost lustre of England's fruit orchards, and why a landfill site turned out to be a blessing in disguise
… lustre of England's fruit orchards, and why a landfill site turned out to be a blessing in … also been able to tap into things like the Landfill Community Fund , which has allowed us … the Trust's - and the landscape's - favour. Landfill benefit There are other peculiar …
Plastic Pollution Coalition is a new campaign calling for an outright ban on single-use plastic products. Will you support them?
… is 'recycled' or carted out of site to landfills at home or abroad. At the same time … research READ MORE... INVESTIGATION Landfill-on-sea Plastic rubbish gets tossed … its impact on the world's largest floating landfill. HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE 10 campaign …
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
… shopping in supermarkets and sending waste to landfill. Top tips Heading abroad comes with … shopping in supermarkets and sending waste to landfill. …
Argentinean academic and activist Raul Montenegro on why indigenous people hold the keys to survival, why GM technologies only profit big business and how nuclear power ignores the rights of future generations
… community in closing the second largest landfill of municipal waste in Argentina. KM: …
All too often language is used to objectify nature, writes Caspar Henderson. But there's another, older vocabulary - introduced in this 'counter-desecration phrasebook' - that achieves the reverse: connecting us with the wonders of life and arousing delight in the natural world.
… each other like pieces of rotting crud in landfill, the words may sound like nonsense - …
With 300,000 hectares of forests, fields and steppes damaged by fire, the war in Ukraine has done huge damage to the country's environment, writes Dimiter Kenarov. But there has been an upside: a new green spirit is taking root, and young volunteers are stepping in to protect wild spaces.
… Hora and move it again, this time to a legal landfill. In Ukraine, civic spirit has been …
If the world is to feed a growing population against a backdrop of climate change and biodiversity loss, argues Charles Windsor, we must put a cost on the damage we are causing to soils, water, climate and ecosystems.
… it is quite the reverse. Take the idea of a landfill tax. When a charge has been placed on …
The EU faces a choice: a green, democratic future of clean prosperity and social justice? Or a dirty future of corporate domination with resurgent nuclear power, expanding fossil fuels, GMO agriculture and weak human and environmental protection? Junckers' Commission represents the latter. We must assert our own vision - or there will be little worth staying in for.
… 'circular economy' package to reduce waste to landfill and increase recycling would get …
Thousands of miles by train, coach, bus, boat and foot and, at the last hurdle, Ewan finds that there's no way to cross the Tasman Sea except on metal wings...
… dollars by supporting a company that captures landfill methane emissions - a niche but vital …
Boasting vibrant cities, countless historical treasures and lush rolling countryside, England has much to offer green travellers, says Green Living Editor Ruth Styles
… massive amount of waste that still ends up in landfill each year. Successive governments …
As the winners of the Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards 2013 are unveiled, award founder Charlie Waite takes the opportunity to tell the Ecologist why he believes landscape photography and environmental passion go hand in hand.....
… different part of the brain to one of a vast landfill site or rainforest decimation. The …
Don’t despair if this weekend turns out to be a washout; the UK’s natural history museums are the perfect place to spend a rainy afternoon. Gervase Poulden has five of the best
… of all waste produced by the hotel away from landfill and towards recycling. …
As the UK Government's green policies come under sustained attack from Tory and UKIP right-wingers, Lib-Dem Leader Nick Clegg nails his green colours to the mast.
… We're reducing the amount of waste we send to landfill and we're investing in cleaning up …
Oysters need a thriving natural eco-system and ultra clean water to survive. And as Matilda Lee discovered on a visit to Loch Fyne Oysters, they even find their own food. So are oysters the green choice?
… for water, electricity, diesel and waste to landfill reduction. ‘We are looking at zero …
A new species of eco-lawyer is emerging from the legal undergrowth. James Thornton advocates a wig-and-gown approach so campaigners can strengthen their case against unethical corporations
… make France close 8,000 illegal landfills or force EU fisheries ministers to …