Competition for land, water and energy are increasing, exacerbated by climate change and a growing population. But why does the Food and Agriculture Organisation now believe indigenous people could provide a solution? Peter Giovannini investigates
… Do indigenous peoples hold the key to tackling global … | 22nd February 2011 News Indigenous People Tribal People Food And Farming Food Security …
Global Cool is the green lifestyle organisation that uses celebrities and mainstream culture to market low-carbon living. Its director Caroline Fiennes talks to the Ecologist
… campaign to date? Global Cool aims to get people living greener lives. We believe that … flexibility to ‘sell' that goal to different people in different ways. We ‘sell' green … Style, Turn Down The Heat campaign encouraged people to wrap themselves up in fabulous …
People Tree’s Safia Minney has come through crises, both financial and natural, buoyed up by the belief that Fairtrade should top the fashion agenda
… Green Business: People Tree Peter Salisbury | 6th April 2011 Ethical Living Fashion People Tree Safia Minney Fairtrade holding.jpg People Tree’s Safia Minney has come through …
Khushi Kabir was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005 for her work at Nijera Kori, which has helped organise over 175,000 landless people in Bangladesh's rural areas since 1980
… has helped organise over 175,000 landless people in Bangladesh's rural areas since 1980 … as long as injustice and exploitation of both people and resources continue to be looked … the landless peasants, indigenous peoples, women from these groups and other …
Dave Hampton on watt's watt in carbon footprints and why he aims to launch a campaign for a million more carbon coaches
… - it is way too big.' It was the start of people realising that they didn't all have to … It got a lot of endorsement, a lot of people said how good it was: the freshness, … I am going to launch something that helps people to coach themselves, and help them get …
Mark Wood, who today begins a 2,000 km solo skiing expedition to raise awareness about climate change, talks to the Ecologist about why the best way to support his cause is through action, not donations
… the most daunting! What are you asking people to do to support your mission? I'm … sponsorship platform The DoNation, asking people to support me not with cash but … to know that when I'm out on the ice alone, people at home will be doing their part too. …
The founder of the carbon reduction charity Global Action Plan on past failures, launching the UK's first on-line carbon calculator and why we must work with the corporate sector to create change
… through to an organisation employing 50 odd people delivering a massive range of … in behaviour and values best happens when people take action in groups they trust and respect - this group interaction enables people to test assumptions and choose the …
The Earth Liberation Front targeted dozens of businesses they accused of destroying the environment. As a new film charting its rise and fall premieres in the US, Matilda Lee speaks to director Marshall Curry about the fine line between activism and terrorism
… lot in different directions. We'd talk to the people who were part of ELF, then the arson … that worked on the case. Each time, the people we spoke to defied my simple … said that. Since then I've heard a few other people use similar analyse. I was moderating a …
Continuing our series on how to successfully campaign, Christine Ottery reports on the best ways to motivate armchair activists to take offline action - and gets tips from some of those who've pioneered new forms of protest
… petition. It is common sense that getting people to part with their large chunks of … we talk about clicktivism.' 'I think that people get involved with 38 Degrees not … MP, but if your MP has heard from lots of people then the next step is to meet them and …
Twice as many people in India and Japan rank climate change as one of the most important environmental issues, highlighting the challenge facing UK policymakers and climatologists
… concern about energy security Twice as many people in India and Japan rank climate change … The MORI poll involved more than 18,000 people across the world, who were asked to … countries showed similar results to UK, with people in Germany and Sweden principally …
It started in Wall Street but has now spread to cities all over the world. The Ecologist visited the London demonstration against financial greed and inequality to hear what activists had to say...
… and wanting to discuss it with other people. And for the experience of seeing how … and works. It’s been interesting to talk to people with all kinds of opinions and from all … on the responsibility of feeding 100s of people everyday. There is a meeting tent, …
The Ecologist talks to Neil Kingsnorth about Friends of the Earth's most (and least) successful campaigns and why community groups are vital to the future of UK activism
… grassroots campaigning and the involvement of people at the heart of what we are about, and … both together. We're also exploring how people can get active on environmental issues … web offers huge potential as a tool to bring people together online and offline and get …
In his latest adventure the star of 'Tribe' and 'Amazon' journeyed to the Arctic to discover how climate change is affecting the native people there
… how climate change is affecting the native people there Steely, blue glaciers, stabbing … held images of the Arctic would put most people off ever visiting the region, but Bruce … Arctic is not the pristine, white landscape people assume it is. In fact, it's quite green …
For over a decade, a pioneering project in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been transforming war torn lives through the power of plants. But now their money has run out. Helen Babbs meets the gardeners facing up to an insecure future
… the civil war of the mid 90s as a refuge for people discharged from hospital with nowhere … after it ended,’ comments Vesna. ‘Then people had to think about getting bread onto … therapist or admit you have mental problems. People are ashamed, it’s not considered …
The new head of the Prince's green living charity speaks to the Ecologist about ways of engaging individuals and the benefits of corporate partnerships
… work. Start is all about simple steps that people can take to live more sustainably and … at Clarence House, we welcomed over 12,000 people recently and encouraged them to think … It will be simply fab with a great line up of people on centre stage, entertainment, loads …
Global banks, investment houses and pension funds are gobbling up farmland in poor countries for food and biofuels production. GRAIN, winners of the 2011 Right Livelihood Award, says this secretive and unjust practice needs to stop
… 2011 Activism Food And Farming Indigenous People Via Campesina Land Grab Food … busy moving the tractors in and moving the people out. Ethiopia is in the midst of a … is heavily dependent on food aid to feed its people. Yet, the government has already signed …
After the failure of the Copenhagen climate talks, the undercover police scandal, the disbanding of Climate Camp - and the sudden rise of UK Uncut - Bibi van der Zee takes the temperature of Britain's green activism movement
… was kind of a pinnacle, a culmination; people in Climate Camp had been working … clear about what to do next. And a lot of people took to soul searching.' Copenhagen, … That’s why Ed Miliband kept telling people to protest, he knew that it gives a …
More than 3,000 people at rally pledge to defend 'the people's' trees from what they fear will be corporate land grab
… England's state-owned forests More than 3,000 people at rally pledge to defend 'the people's' trees from what they fear will be … ramblers. At the rally today more than 3,000 people, backed by celebrities, bishops, …
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
… woman with extraordinary ambitions, inspiring people all over the world and making 'Shift … an incredible audience of really switched-on people. It actually felt a bit like a … horrified. I had so many questions. Why were people fighting? Why was the Earth burning? …
Researchers dismiss 'alarmist predictions' about hundreds of millions of people being forced to migrate across international borders because of climate change
… predictions' about hundreds of millions of people being forced to migrate across … to lead to local and regional migration as people's livelihoods are lost through drought, … of NGOs have predicted as many as one billion people could have been forced to relocate by …
The European coordinator of international climate campaign group 350.org talks to the Ecologist about civil disobedience outside the White House and why she's gearing up for September 24th
… to build a strong movement and empower more people to take action are successful … those amazing pictures pouring in - all those people from all around the world uniting … but also on the livelihoods of many people world-wide. On the other hand …
Playing with hyenas, hunting with cheetahs and running with wild dogs is all in a day's work for Kim Wolhuter. He tells Ruth Styles why he does it
… about his adopted home, Zimbabwe. '[People] thought I was insane [to work in … on was with hyenas. We were trying to change people’s perceptions but people didn’t listen because it was hyenas - …
WildAid's Steve Trent on why only robust anti-poaching operations, undercover investigations and high profile prosecutions can save the remaining wild rhinos, elephants, tigers and sharks
… it will be hard to see how we can stop this. People are very good at coming up with … the poacher will point a gun at them as well. People trying to kill animals can kill you in … wildlife products, the key message to people should be that your purchasing …
Writer, journalist and environmental activist: Paul Kingsnorth has been them all. Now, however, he has rejected activism in favour of a dystopian strain of thought epitomised by his Dark Mountain project. Mark Newton caught up with him to discover why
… We’re not. We’re an open space in which people can gather when they stop pretending … feel ready to step into that space, we ask people to look honestly at the way the world … campaigning. What would you say to those people who still feel the need to prevent …