Our lives are now so dependent on oil that it is impossible to conceive of a world without it. Before long, however, we will have no choice. The sooner we start planning for that reality, and changing the way we live, the better our chance of survival.
The End of Cheap Oil - The Consequences Dan Box Tully Wakeman Jeremy Smith | 1st October 2005 News Oil Petrol Fuel Cars Energy Future Oil Fuel International Development Carbon Dioxide Global Warming …
To reduce the pressure on the world's productive land and to help assure long-term food security, writes Herbert Girardet, city people are well advised to revive urban or peri-urban agriculture. While large cities will always have to import some food, local food growing is a key component of sustainable urban living.
Making cities sustainable with urban agriculture Herbert Girardet | 3rd December 2014 Ethical Living Food Farming Cities Sustainability herbie-china-city-farming-cut.jpg To reduce the pressure on the …
Just change your electricity supplier and help fight climate change. Sounds too good to be true. Is it?
Green Electricity… Are you being conned? Jeremy Smith | 1st June 2005 News Wind Power Plants Telecoms Consumerism Green Living Energy Archive_86.jpg Just change your electricity supplier and help …
James Lovelock will be for ever known for his Gaia theory - a huge contribution to how we as humans understand and relate to the biosphere.
The loss of Lovelock Herbert Girardet | 2nd August 2022 | Comment Earth System Science General Systems Theory Biosphere Gaia Economics Editor’s Picks james_lovelock_in_2005.jpg James Lovelock will be …
Ecotourism is not simply about minimising your negative impact. There are places you can go where your presence (and money) can make a positive difference too
It's ecotourism, but not as we know it Jeremy Smith | 5th October 2009 Comment Green Livng Eco Tourism Green Travel Eco Travel Sustainable Travel jeremy-blog-image.jpg Ecotourism is not simply about …
The public must play a significant role in any decisions made about the development of the new technology. By Tom Wakeford
Who's In Control? Jeremy Smith Dr Tom Wakeford | 1st May 2003 News Nanotechnology Technology Public Role Science And Technology Society The public must play a significant role in any decisions made …
Growing crops to solve the planet’s energy needs doesn’t work. Recycling the energy in our waste just might have a significant part to play. By Jeremy Smith & Jon Hughes
Less waste, more speed Jeremy Smith Jon Hughes | 29th March 2007 News Biogas Sweden Bush Biofuel Dung Biomass Biofuel Biotechnology Agribusiness Farming Biotechnology Ozone Layer Incineration …
How pre-industrial societies and cultures mesh together with their host environments.
Towards an Indigenous economics Herbert Girardet | 1st May 2023 | Comment Editor’s Picks Megamorphosis Indigenous Peoples Sustainability Food And Farming 4222262089_0f3030694d_k.jpg How …
Branston Pickle. Baked Beans. Cough Mixture. Ketchup. Are there any products on our shelves that don’t contain sugar?
Sweet truth: how and why our food is laced with sugar Jeremy Smith | 1st November 2003 Activism Sugar Sweeteners Cadbury Disaccharide Monosacc Sugar Food And Farming Health SWEETEXCESS_NOV03_MAIN.jpg …
Now is the time to be bold, and to envisage a holistic, green recovery linking human wellbeing with the health of ecosystems.
Reframing economics Herbert Girardet | 27th April 2021 | Comment Economics Editor’s Picks Resurgence & Ecologist Club Of Rome Jackson Bigasaki, caretaker at the permaculture demonstration garden in …
Can we initiate a global green recovery, embedding economics within sound ecological parameters?
A manifesto for the Coronacene Herbert Girardet | 21st May 2020 News Covid-19 Coronavirus Economics Thought Leaders Regenerative Farming Circular Economy Cities screenshot_2020-05-20_at_15.20.14.png …
We are obsessed with our odour. We slavishly scrub off all that makes us distinct as members of a species, and then spray ourselves liberally with a homogenous fug of the latest mass-marketed musk. Jeremy Smith wonders why
Scent and sensibility: our obsession with odour Jeremy Smith | 1st November 2002 News Perfume Scent Fragrance Identity Consumerism Society SWEETEXCESS_NOV03_MAIN_1.jpg We are obsessed with our odour. …
We must urgently move from Petropolis and dependence on fossil fuels to Ecopolis supported by regenerative economies.
The metabolism of modern cities Herbert Girardet | 13th February 2023 | Comment Economics Megamorphosis Circular Economy Biosphere Technosphere Editor’s Picks 51673619924_920c64dcf4_o.jpg We must …
The threat posed to nature and society by the massive expansion of industrial, fossil fuel economies was discussed by a generation of authors 60 years ago. What can they teach us today?
Leverage points: a 60 year legacy Herbert Girardet | 26th September 2022 | Comment Economics Megamorphosis Editor’s Picks World Future Council Club Of Rome dana-379x251-custom.png The threat posed to …
Covid-19 exposes the inherent fragility of our globally interconnected economic systems and the inequalities that they perpetuate.
Is nature taking revenge? Herbert Girardet | 15th April 2020 News Coronavirus Covid-19 Nature Economics Growth screenshot_2020-03-24_at_14.07.02.png Covid-19 exposes the inherent fragility of our …
A harrowing insight into the hugely profitable and brutal world of captive dolphins
Dying to entertain us Torsten Engelbrecht Jeremy Smith | 1st October 2004 News Dolphins Confined Trainers Dolphin Captivity In Dolphins Natural World Investigates_17.jpg A harrowing insight into the …
Expensive, polluting, unnatural and booming.
Jeremy Smith investigates the ‘death-care industry’
Death & the Salesmen Jeremy Smith | 1st December 2003 News Death Funerals Landfills Death-care Industry Companies Society Expensive, polluting, unnatural and booming. Jeremy Smith investigates the …
In the six years I spent at the Ecologist from 2001-2007, there was only one issue we really shied away from tackling properly. And that was tourism.
Sustainable travel - bons voyages? Jeremy Smith | 19th June 2009 Comment Eco Travel Tourism Flying Aviation Green Living jeremy-blog-image.jpg In the six years I spent at the Ecologist from …
How do we recalibrate our economies towards restorative ecologies?
The case for a smaller future Herbert Girardet | 17th February 2023 | Comment World Future Council Small Is The Future The Ecologist Club Of Rome EF Schumacher Small Is Beautiful Economics Editor’s …
The world lives under oil’s spell. Jeremy Smith reveals the extent to which the industry’s by-products have permeated our lives.
Oil & Security Jeremy Smith | 1st April 2003 News Oil Oil Dependency Saudi Oil Iraq Plastic PVC Hemp Oil Alternatives Russia Oil Russia Security Bush Oil George W Bush Opec Middle East Companies …
Creating regenerative urban systems is a key to solving the many interconnected crises of our times.
Cities of the future Herbert Girardet | 11th November 2021 | Other Systems Cities Sustainable Cities Club Of Rome Megamorphosis city-of-london-skyline-corbis-1024x640-57ff778d0e03d-57ff778d2bdb1.jpg …
Are you a ‘premium loyal’, a ‘loyal low spender’, a ‘can’t stay away’… or don’t you care? Tesco does, and uses the data collected from your loyalty card to dictate what you buy, when you buy and how much you buy.
Every little helps: TESCO Jeremy Smith | 1st September 2004 News Tesco Tesco TV Loyalty Cards Selling Lifestyles Companies Food And Farming Society Investigates_24.jpg Are you a ‘premium loyal’, a …
The sustainability of cities is inextricably linked to the sustainability of distant places. We need a new, integrated approach to planetary stewardship to address this challenge.
People and nature in an urban world Herbert Girardet | 26th February 2020 News Nature Urban Living Cities Editor’s Picks screenshot_2020-02-25_at_18.58.53.png The sustainability of cities is …