Austerity is not holding back the organic shopper, latest sales figures show. CATHERINE EARLY reports
… Organic food sales growth outstrips that of … Catherine Early | 28th September 2017 News Organic Food Growth London Healthy 405406.jpg Austerity is not holding back the organic shopper, latest sales figures show. …
Isn't it daft it is to use plastics that last for centuries to make short-life packaging? Now there's an alternative, writes Sophie Morlin-Yron - using fungi to bind farm and forestry waste into strong, non-toxic, complex forms. When the job is done, the material can be safely burnt or composted - and it even works for buildings ...
… the plastic or wood-like material from organic waste and fungi. Waste products such … mushroom tissue is added which feeds on the organic material, digests it and realigns it into its own organic structure. In other words, it grows …
Traces of 123 pesticides, including those linked to cancer, hormone disruption and damage to brain development, have been found in fresh produce supplied to primary school children through a government scheme aimed at promoting healthy eating habits. CATHERINE EARLY reports
… change its approach, and give schoolchildren organic produce. It estimates that this would … move away from pesticides and promote British organic produce, PAN UK said. The group says …
We remember activist and former Philippine environment secretary Regina “Gina” Lopez .
Remembering Gina Lopez Sophie Morlin-Yron | 6th September 2019 News Philippines Regina Lopez Obituary Change Makers Activist and former Philippine environment secretary Gina Lopez has been awarded …
More than 250 projects from 68 different countries applied for the 2019 Lush Spring Prize.
… art and environmental education, and an organic food project supporting people with … and an irrigation system and now produces organic foods all year round. It also operates …
Six environment heroes, one from each continent, are honoured for their work today - fighting threats from giant coal mines to forest destruction, fracking, high dams, illegal development and toxic waste dumps. Sophie Morlin-Yron reports.
2014 Goldman winners - fighting coal, dams, palm oil, fracking, toxic waste Sophie Morlin-Yron | 28th April 2014 News Fracking Fossil Fuels Waste Water Energy USA Indonesia Russia Peru Africa India …
A second inquest scrutinising the role of air pollution in the death of a nine-year old from Lewisham in London begins today.
Did air pollution kill Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah? Catherine Early | 30th November 2020 | News Air Pollution Court ClientEarth Editor’s Picks air pollution from traffic .jpg A second inquest scrutinising …
The world's biggest slaughterhouse for endangered whale sharks has been uncovered in southeast China, writes Sophie Morlin-Yron. It's products are being traded across the world in health and cosmetic products.
World's largest whale shark slaughterhouse uncovered in China Sophie Morlin-Yron | 3rd February 2014 News Wildlife Trade Oceans China Natural World Fishing ws-butcher.png The world's biggest …
Ethical shopping could reach record levels this Christmas if trends continue, with growth of sustainable products up across the board. CATHERINE EARLY reports.
… and drink sales of 9.7 percent, including organic, free range and vegetarian. …
Scientists have been debating the conclusions of a recently published research on insects that reportedly found alarming declines, reports CATHERINE EARLY.
… pests, pollinating crops and recycling organic matter. The study , published in …
2013's illegal rhino slaughter in South Africa was the biggest ever. The population of the critically endangered black rhinos is now near the tipping point with only just over 4,000 animals left in the wild.
South African rhino slaughter hits all-time high Sophie Morlin-Yron | 26th January 2014 News Rhinos Poaching South Africa white-rhino.jpg 2013's illegal rhino slaughter in South Africa was the …
Earthwaves: remembering the music of Kenny Young Catherine Early | 4th January 2022 | News Music Activism Rainforests ecuadorianrainforest.jpg Project supports climate justice, wildlife protection, …
A new study shows a strong link between exposure to the pesticide DDT and Alzheimer's dementia. Sophie Morlin-Yron reports.
DDT link to Alzheimers Sophie Morlin-Yron | 29th January 2014 News Pesticides Farming Health ddt-is-good-for-me.png A new study shows a strong link between exposure to the pesticide DDT and …
UK companies are flooding poorer countries with agrochemicals that are banned in the EU.
UK exporting toxic pesticides Catherine Early | 14th September 2020 | News Pesticides Export Chemicals Greenpeace Pesticide spraying UK companies are flooding poorer countries with agrochemicals that …
A major new report sets out how the world can meet growing demands for food, while avoiding deforestation, stabilising the climate and reducing poverty.
… solar-based processes for making fertilisers, organic sprays that preserve food for longer, …
SOPHIE MORLIN-YRON talks to activist and former Philippine environment secretary Gina Lopez about banning open-pit mines, battling climate change and winning the 2017 Seacology Prize
Meet the woman drumming up resistance against mining companies and future typhoons in the Philippines Sophie Morlin-Yron | 1st December 2017 News Seacology Activist Philippines Coal Mining Activist …
Commuting between land rights negotiations in the city and herding goats on the plains, Edward Loure is at once a traditional Maasai and a modern urbanite, writes Sophie Morlin-Yron. That ability to straddle the two very different worlds he inhabits has been key to his success at having 200,000 acres of land registered into village and community ownership - and his own 2016 Goldman Prize.
Securing communal land rights for Tanzania's Indigenous Peoples Sophie Morlin-Yron | 25th April 2016 Comment Tanzania Africa Indigenous Peoples Farming The Land Commons 2016_edwardloure_06-cut.jpg …
What action is the sugar industry taking to find sustainable alternatives to bee-killing neonicotinoids, and why has it been so slow?
Time to beet neonicotinoids? Catherine Early | 21st May 2021 | News Neonicotinoids Editor’s Picks media-bank-1c-farmer-holding-sugar-beet-w700.jpg What action is the sugar industry taking to find …