Networks of recycled smartphones are powering a crack down on illegal logging and poaching, writes Alex Kirby. The technology will help combat devastation of trees and wildlife in threatened habitats worldwide - beginning with Africa.
Recycled phones drive new wildlife protection technology Alex Kirby | 7th July 2014 News Forests Technology Hunting smartphones-tree-cut.jpg Networks of recycled smartphones are powering a crack down …
Paris has been awash with hype about 'CO2 recycling' and 'carbon neutral' or even 'carbon negative' technologies based on burning millions of trees, writes Rachel Smolker. But the alchemical notion that waste carbon can be spun into corporate gold is hitting serious reality checks. It's time to ditch the fantasies and progress the real solutions: like caring for land, soils, forests and grasslands.
… Paris has been awash with hype about 'CO2 recycling' and 'carbon neutral' or even … competition for CCS. Now what? Ah yes: 'CO 2 recycling' The idea that we can somehow remove … way, we bear witness the latest fad: 'CO 2 recycling'. Instead of putting serious …
Despite the spring downpours, a hosepipe ban is already in force thanks to drought. It’s time to rethink how we use water in the garden, says author Michael Littlewood
… Change Drought Gardening Plants Growing Recycling Sustainability Hosepipe Ban Water …
UK consumers get through 14 million litres of bottled soft drinks every year at a significant cost to the environment. So why not try making your own?
… Coca Cola Water Fizzy Drinks Waste And Recycling istock_000014637484xsmalledit.jpg UK … maker. ‘Packaging prevention, re-use and recycling are vital if we are to create a …
As economists and policymakers scramble to put a price on the stored carbon of rainforests, they could be missing the bigger (wetter) picture...
Forget trees and carbon: trees and rain is the real problem Peter Bunyard | 24th August 2009 Comment Forests Amazon Rainforest Natural World Climate Change Copenhagen amazon-rainforest.jpg As …
Which of hand dryers or paper towels have the greatest impact on the environment? asks Simon Lockrey. Are your paper towels recycled or tree-pulped, your dryers power-hungry and long-blowing or short-blast and power-saving. Only full Life-Cycle Analysis can reveal the true punches these seemingly harmless items can deliver to our environment.
The great bathroom debate: paper towel or hand dryer? Simon Lockrey | 6th January 2016 Ethical Living Energy Forests Water handdryer_cut.jpg Which of hand dryers or paper towels have the greatest …
The Cork Oak forests in southern Europe play a huge role in maintaining biodiversity, regulating water cycles, as well as preventing the spread of desertification.
… a hugely unnecessary environmental cost onto recycling a bottle of wine. In the UK alone we …
Many of the substances that make wastewater a pollutant can also be useful as fertilisers for agriculture and in generating gases for small power stations, says report
… March 2010 News Food And Farming Waste And Recycling Energy Water Pollution Natural World …
First we heat up cold water for baths, showers and washing, write Jan Hofman & Laura Piccinini. Then we chuck all that precious heat down the plughole. So how about recycling our waste heat to warm up water on its way to the boiler or hot water tank, cutting bills and emissions? Or on a larger scale, use the sewage from entire communities as a free energy source for heat pumps?
… | 9th September 2016 Comment Energy Cities Recycling Water Technology bath-cut.jpg First … precious heat down the plughole. So how about recycling our waste heat to warm up water on …
We cannot rely on governments in meeting in Paris to solve the many-headed climate problem, writes Vandana Shiva. It's up to us to safeguard the future of the Earth, and of our own and other species. So let's all join in this pact to love and protect our one and only home.
… and regenerative agriculture is based on recycling organic matter, and hence recycling nutrients. We will give back living …
Viticulture is growing at a rate of knots in India, and the country's largest winery is leading by environmental example
… to minimise energy use, as well as greywater recycling and water metering, with targets to … all operations. Sula has an expanding bottle-recycling program too, and a growing suite of … production capacity this year. Sula's bottle-recycling programme saves 3.2million rupees …
It's the logo we all look for when buying furniture and wood products. But the Forest Stewardship Council has come in for some serious criticism. Matilda Lee looks at both sides of the argument
Can we trust the FSC? Matilda Lee | 22nd September 2009 News Investigation FSC Forestry Stewardship Council Forests Ethical Consumerism Labelling Ran Greenpeace Friends Of The Earth Forestry …
World Water Week 2017 this month brought together experts and decision makers to debate solutions to a growing global clean water crisis. DR MARK FLETCHER told the conference that the circular economy - and systems thinking - must be part of the solution
How a circular economy can help prevent a global water crisis Dr Mark Fletcher | 29th August 2017 News Water Drought Flood Crisis Sustainable Systems allotment-2520218_960_720.jpg World Water Week …
Being mindful of your direct and indirect water consumption is beneficial to the planet, your health and your finances writes Ruth Barton....
… October 2013 Ethical Living Water Waste & Recycling water.jpg Being mindful of your … management systems such as land drainage and recycling water use water more efficiently. …
Don’t hit the bottle, warns Pat Thomas, else you’ll do more than swallow marketing hype
Behind the label: Volvic Touch of Fruit Pat Thomas | 3rd October 2007 Ethical Living Water Flavourings Food And Health Green Living Health VOLVIC_SEP07_MAIN.jpg Don’t hit the bottle, warns Pat …
Economist Herman E Daly argues that our future depends on a new economic model, one that needs to be defined by the dynamic balance – the steady state – of the natural world upon which it depends.
… in technologies, such as energyefficiency and recycling, are so easy that it will make the …
An unreported war over natural resources in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories has led students from Bangor University to set up a radical eco-movement, Bustan al Qaraaqa, to address the issue. William Parry reports from Bethlehem
Can British activists solve Middle Eastern water conflicts using permaculture? William Parry | 25th January 2011 News Politics And Economics Water Natural Resources Farming Investigations …
Coming so soon after the Magna Carta celebrations, the eviction and destruction of the Runnymede Eco-village is a parable of our times, writes Nicholas Sebley: a violent assertion of the power of capital over people and community, and part of a deliberate, systematic closure of alternative ways of living outside the mainstream economy.
The cause of the Runnymede eco-villagers is a righteous one Nicholas Sebley | 22nd September 2015 Comment UK Law Politics Human Rights Forests 7-cut.jpg Coming so soon after the Magna Carta …
Twice as expensive as petrol, three times the price of milk, and 10,000 times more expensive than tap water. Is it worth it, and what impact is it having on our environment?
… Water Sources Plastics Consumerism Landfills Recycling Bottled Water Companies Packaging …
Could your fashion style be destroying forests and driving orang-utans towards extinction? Nicole Rycroft shows how cellulose fibres used in textiles are a major cause of biodiversity loss worldwide. But your choices can make all the difference ...
Forest-friendly fashion Nicole Rycroft | 3rd December 2013 Activism Forests Fashion Fibre canopy-forest-floor.png Could your fashion style be destroying forests and driving orang-utans towards …