Farming should not only sustain people with healthy food, writes Jigmi Y. Thinley. If humans are to survive on Earth, it must also revitalise nature and sustain vital planetary systems, instead of poisoning and over-exploiting them. And to do that farming must be organic.
Earth's vitality and the power of happiness Jigmi Y. Thinley | 19th June 2014 Activism Food Farming Oceans Climate Change Water broad-beans-cut.jpg Farming should not only sustain people with healthy …
MPs endorse new report and slam ‘ostrich view’ of farming
… Farming IAASTD Faitrade Renewable Energy Organics Climate Change Energy Food And … farmers. Farmer and founder of Riverford Organics, Guy Watson, said that Ugandan and … as ‘an obstacle of public perception’ towards organics. ‘Food Futures Now’ was released a …
Organic food can now contain almost 1 per cent genetically modified content, thanks to a new ruling by the EU.
GM now organic 13th June 2007 News Gm Genetic Modification Genetically Modified GMOs EU European Friends Of The Earth Biotechnology Campaigns Gm Products Food And Farming Politics And Economics News …
On current trends the world will contain 33 billion tonnes of plastic by 20150, writes Mae Wan Ho, and much of it will litter the oceans, concentrating toxins and damaging marine life throughout the food chain. The alternative is to classify the most toxic plastics as 'hazardous waste', and for all plastics to be reused and recycled in 'closed loop' systems.
Fighting the plastic plague in our oceans Dr Mae-Wan Ho | 13th February 2015 News Oceans Waste Toxics Recycling beach-plastic-qr-mexico-cut.jpg On current trends the world will contain 33 billion …
It was a bad year for the biotech barons. At a conference in January 1999, the consulting firm Arthur Andersen revealed Monsanto executives’ vision of an ideal future – a world in which natural seeds were virtually all extinct and where commercial seeds were genetically modified (GM) and patented.
The battle to keep GM food off your plate Jeffrey Smith | 1st November 2007 News Gm US UK Arpad Pusztai Gm Products Campaigns Gm Products UK US Food And Farming Politics And Economics …
Orcas from Puget Sound and the Strait of Georgia are under threat,in large part due to toxic organic compounds in the marine food chain, writes Sierra Rayne. To give them a fighting chance, the nearby community of Victoria, British Columbia must install advanced sewage treatment - rather than just dump its wastewater largely untreated into the orcas' ocean home.
… working on the environmental fate of toxic organics such as PBDEs and dioxins in the …
Rising levels of carbon dioxide don't just cause global warming, writes Jason Hall-Spencer. Another consequence is acidifying oceans - which promises to disrupt marine ecology around the world, killing off oysters and corals, while boosting 'nuisance species' like stinging jellyfish.
Attack of the stinging jellyfish: the winners of ocean acidification Jason Hall-Spencer Plymouth University | 16th December 2015 Comment Oceans Climate Change COP21 Ecology Fishing jellyfish-cut.jpg …
Rebecca is an ordinary woman with extraordinary ambitions, inspiring people all over the world and making 'Shift Happen' through her charity that creates free educational films
Paradigm Shift: how one young activist uses documentary film to inspire change Sophie Laggan | 20th December 2011 Activism Politics And Economics Society Paradigm Shift Video Activism 1becks-bw.jpg …
For long periods animals in ancient oceans could live only in shallow surface waters, above vast 'dead zones' inhabited only by anoxic bacteria, writes Richard Pancost. Human activity is now creating immense new dead zones, and global warming could be helping as it reduces vertical mixing of waters. Could this be the beginning of something big?
Ancient 'dead seas' offer a stark warning for our own future Richard Pancost University of Bristol | 29th January 2016 Comment Oceans Ecology Geology Pollution plesiosaur-cut.jpg For long periods …
Oxygen levels in our oceans are falling, writes Lee Bryant, producing growing 'dead zones' where only the hardiest organisms can survive. The causes are simple: pollution with nutrient-rich wastes, and global warming. But the only solution is to stop it happening - or wait for 1,000 years.
Ocean 'dead zones' are spreading - and that spells disaster for fish Lee Bryant | 9th April 2015 News Oceans Pollution Farming Waste red-tide-dead-fish-cut.jpg Oxygen levels in our oceans are …
Pubs are closing everywhere, and in many cases there's a simple reason behind the shuttering of the local...
Stop the big pubcos taxing our local pubs out of existence Dan Box | 7th June 2010 Comment Politics And Economics Business Society Pubs Community danboxcomment.jpg Pubs are closing everywhere, and in …
More than one third of the world’s population, if the organisers’ hopes are realized, will tune in on Saturday to the Live Earth concerts – ten concerts – or nine if the Brazilian judge’s ban on the Rio event holds up -- on all seven continents, are aimed at raising awareness of climate change and persuading young music fans around the world to sign up to a climate pledge.
Cooler Earth? Isabel Hilton | 5th July 2007 Comment Live Earth Cooler Living Al Gore Climate Change Green Lifestyle Green Living Climate Change Energy Politics And Economics Society Archive_100.jpg …
Increased atmospheric CO2 is doing much more than warming the Earth, writes Tony Juniper - it's also acidifying oceans, something that is already having major impacts on ocean ecology in the Southern Ocean and the North Atlantic. Likely effects: more CO2 in the atmosphere, more jellyfish.
COP21 warned on global warming's evil twin - acidifying oceans Tony Juniper | 3rd December 2015 News Oceans Climate Change Ecology Science coccolith-cut.jpg Increased atmospheric CO2 is doing much …
MP's report leaves environmentalists facing a dilemma, should they allow GM crop trials or not?
MPs call for an end to GM crop protests The Ecologist | 22nd July 2009 News Food And Farming Science And Technology Gm Brazil Food Politics And Economics soil.jpg MPs have called for more GM crop …
Myth number 7: Industrial agriculture benefits the environment and wildlife
Silent Earth Andrew Kimbell | 1st June 2003 News Industrial Agriculture Natural World Diversity Agribusiness Factory Farming Natural World Food And Farming Politics And Economics Science And …
Plastic pollution in the oceans is impacting every level of marine life, writes Kate Rawles, from micro-plankton to whales. And here is your chance to do something about it - join a research expedition to the Azores next month to study the problem and develop solutions!
Microplastic ocean pollution - will you join our research voyage? Kate Rawles | 5th August 2014 Comment Oceans Pollution Consumerism Toxics Oil Science rozalia-fishing-plastic-ceri-lewis-cut.jpg …
High levels of toxins mercury and cadmium have been found in all organs of the whales recently beached on Scotland's North Sea coast, including the brain. The research shows that rising mercury levels in the oceans leads to toxic stress in the long-lived marine mammals.
Heavy metal poisoning in Scotland's beached whales The Ecologist | 15th February 2016 News Oceans Cetaeans UK Scotland Pollution Toxics Health pilot-whale-cut.jpg High levels of toxins mercury and …
The entire marine food chain is in danger of collapse because of a decline in tiny phytoplankton, which scientists are linking to climate change and rising ocean surface temperatures.
Marine food chain hit by ocean global warming The Ecologist | 29th July 2010 News Marine Oceans Natural World Climate Change Fishing plankton.jpg The entire marine food chain is in danger of collapse …
Forest communities are fighting increasing incursions onto their land by US oil companies. Now the Belizean government is seeking to reverse a court ruling preventing them allowing oil exploration, logging or mining. Robin Llewellyn reports from Belize
Mayan people battle oil giants as Belize's rainforests threatened Robin Llewellyn | 10th February 2012 News Politics And Economics Oil Forests Investigations dscf8889.jpg Forest communities are …
Natural gas could be a game changer for one impoverished Ohio city. But there are serious environmental and social risks associated with extracting it, reports Dimiter Kenarov
Youngstown: where the promise and curse of shale gas collide Dimiter Kenarov | 28th February 2013 News Fracking Shale Gas News Energy Politics And Economics andrew image 2.jpg Natural gas could be a …
Is the species that dwells peacefully within its habitat with respect for the rights of other species the one that is inferior? Or is it the species that wages a holy war against its habitat, destroying all species that irritate it? Paul Watson questions man's monopoly on advanced brain power, and finds a planet suffused with a far deeper intelligence than our own.
The cetacean brain and hominid perceptions of cetacean intelligence Captain Paul Watson | 22nd August 2014 Comment Oceans Ecology whale-shark-diver-cut.jpg Is the species that dwells peacefully …
Denim has been in fashion since the early 19th century, which is why it is in the ultimate 'slow fashion' statement. Wear yours worn and ragged, and the older the better argues Sophie Woodward
Why jeans buck the fast-fashion phenomenon Sophie Woodward | 28th March 2012 Activism Society Natural World Politics And Economics Ethical Fashion Organic Cotton Pesticides Farming Ethical Fashion …
The world's mussel population could be under threat as rising CO2 levels in atmosphere and oceans makes their shells weaker and more brittle shells - making them more vulnerable to stormy seas, and predation.
Carbon dioxide threat to mussels' shells The Ecologist | 24th December 2014 News Climate Change Oceans mussels-cut.jpg The world's mussel population could be under threat as rising CO2 levels in …