With spring around the corner, why not take a walk around your local park or forest to get a closer look at - and photograph - local wildlife. Uploading pictures can win a school near you a green roof
… Win a green roof for your school by photographing local wildlife Matilda Lee | 9th March 2010 Activism Schools Wildlife British Science Association … local wildlife. Uploading pictures can win a school near you a green roof Children, adults …
Tips for passing on green fingers, and a taste for vegetables, to your sprogs
… Green Living Food And Farming Gardening School Food Soil Association Roots And Shoots … to December on the website . The Growing Schools website has a fantastic search … small groups into the apiary when visiting. School rules What kind of food messages does …
Alice Waters on dining with the Dalai Lama, edible schoolyards and life in Berkeley, USA
… Waters on dining with the Dalai Lama, edible schoolyards and life in Berkeley, USA Can you … Jonathan Kozol’s books on the US public school system, particularly The Shame of the Nation: The restoration of apartheid schooling in America, have had a profound …
Despite increased poaching threats, a difficult political situation, drought and climate change, Goldman Prize Winner Raoul du Toit has pioneered a new approach in community stakeholding to save the black rhino
… prevent poaching? We want to give rhinos to schools. In an area around these conservancies … we've got a number of impoverished schools, a few secondary schools but mainly primary schools. What we …
In Kansas City, Missouri, people have lost jobs, schools have closed and hospitals have moved away. Now the government has subsidised a new federal nuclear weapons plant with $815 million in municipal bonds...
… Kansas City, Missouri, people have lost jobs, schools have closed and hospitals have moved … Kansas City, Missouri people have lost jobs, schools have closed and hospitals have moved … why the government is building bombs, not schools. Local activists have collected just …
The editor of the influential Worldwatch 'State of the World' report on the best ways to transform cultures from consumerism to sustainability
… and marketing, but also by working with schools to get children to sign petitions not … change terms. Those working on making school meals more sustainable, local and … change in the US and abroad? EA: The Roman school food system , where 67 per cent of the …
From plastic bag-free towns to refashioned clothes and bus fleets run on chip fat, here's a guide to what you can do to tackle waste in your community
… and recycling your rubbish at home, at school and in the workplace. Freecycle … information for primary and secondary school staff to set up school recycling schemes Click here for an …
The Director of ActionAid UK talks to us about ending global poverty, achieving trade justice and making supermarkets accountable
… over 40 million more children are now in the school worldwide. The campaign links north and … been involved through the ' Send my friend to school ' campaign. We also had a ‘ Who Pays? ' …
From Darina Allen's mountain picnics to Mark Boyle's moneyless meditations and Craig Sams decorating with fungi, 11 environment-minded luminaries tell us what they'll be doing this festive season
… season Darina Allen, Ballymaloe Cookery School Where I spend Christmas varies, but …
From Darina Allen's mountain picnics, to Mark Boyle's moneyless meditations and Craig Sams decorating with fungi, 11 environment-minded luminaries tell us what they'll be doing this festive season
… season Darina Allen, Ballymaloe Cookery School Where I spend Christmas varies, but …
Anne Power, Professor of Social Policy Housing and Social Exclusion at the London School of Economics, on why nearly all homeowners can afford to insulate properly, and how to save energy on a budget
… Green Living Interviews Anne Power London School Of Economics Decc Pay As You Save … Housing and Social Exclusion at the London School of Economics, on why nearly all …
The path to many green careers begins as a student. Here are the Ecologist's tips for ensuring that your degree or educational course takes you where you want to go
… HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE How to green your schoolSchool buildings, food, waste - even the …
The path to many green careers begins as a student. Here are the Ecologist's tips for ensuring that your degree or educational course takes you where you want to go
… HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE How to green your schoolSchool buildings, food, waste - even the …
Veteran campaigner and former Ecologist contributor Joss Garman talks to us about past campaigning successes - and why a Green Investment Bank should be a top priority for the Coalition Government
… campaign to date? When I was still at school and sixth form I spent many a Saturday … chickens did, and Jamie Oliver's campaign on school meals. Who is your campaign hero (past …
From the 21st to 27th March thousands of people in the UK will be involved in a week of action on climate change. So why is Climate Week making some greens so angry?
… and women's institutions to small businesses, schools, girl guides - that's when the thing … mass planting of willows at a Manchester high school to prevent flooding. The Climate Week …
Starting out growing your own food isn’t hard, it’s just a matter of course, says first-time farmer Matilda Lee
… organic farming. The Organic Farm School, as the initiative is known, will … of teachers available. With the Organic Farm School, the Soil Association aims to reach … www.soilassociation.org/organicfarmschool Courses based around growing skills, …
Ahead of the latest UN climate conference, leading academic Anthony Giddens explains why it's time to switch to smaller agreements between major world powers
… Labour peer and former director of the London School of Economics Ahead of the latest UN …
The pioneers behind Apple Day - Sue Clifford & Angela King of Common Ground - have recently published a handbook on community-owned fruit orchards. Here they give the Ecologist their top tips and advice on getting started
… authorities with local people. Increasingly schools and hospitals are joining in. The … Allington Pippin, Peasgood's Nonsuch and Schoolmaster. Recently wild flowers have been …
It began as a student project: environmentally-friendly underwear with a message. But Green Knickers has taken off - to the delight of its founders. Matilda Lee reports
… She recruited an old friend from secondary school, Rose Cleary-Southwood, whose …
With luxury tents and a steady supply of organic milk included, as Matilda Lee discovered, a weekend under canvas at Billingsmoor Farm is far from basic
… they could have done a day at the Forest School run by Philippa Chinn. Children aged … of spending between one and three days at the school, learning how to collect water from the …
From education and training to hands-on application of energy efficiency and renewable technologies, this year's Ashden Award winners, announced this week, are weaning the UK off its addiction to fossil fuels
… runs an innovative programme in secondary schools called ‘Young Energy People' (YEP!) …
The Pesticide Action Network campaigner on why and how the government should urgently implement EU legislation on pesticides to protect human health and the environment
… use of pesticides in certain places such as schools, parks and hospitals; introduce a …
The story of how a group of dissatisfied residents pulled together, got funding, and created a blooming community garden where the work, and the rewards, are shared
… and they've led gardening sessions for local schools. FOAG is now discussing where any excess produce could go - whether local schools or hospitals. Lydia Thornley, an …