The Welsh town of Chepstow is the most recent to declare itself 'plastic free'. PAUL MILES reflects on the subsequent media frenzy, the community's unwavering enthusiasm, and their long-term goals
… sculptures have been made by local primary school children using litter from the town’s … Charlotte Moore, co-ordinator of the primary school project, explained that these business …
Sheffield City Council signed a 25-year PFI highways’ maintenance contract with Amey, owned by Ferrovial, for £2.1bn in 2012. Now Amey is chopping down almost half of the city's street trees. Is this to cut costs, or are these trees 'dangerous, dead, diseased, dying, damaging or discriminatory'? PAUL MILES investigates
… She had been teaching at a local Sheffield school when access to her flat in the leafy …
As the price of oil increases again, Canada's tar sands once more look like a giant cash cow to the industry. Now, the only thing standing between the 400 ton bulldozers and rampant environmental destruction may be a small group of First Nations people...
… rumble over the scarred landscape, driven by school leavers earning $100,000 a year. The …
In the first of his new Ecologist columns on the ups and downs of trying to live a Greener, low-impact lifestyle, writer PAUL MILES debates the eco pros and cons of getting his first dog
… and confidence-boosters in offices and schools. I can understand why. For the past …
As adventure tourism exhausts its possibilities, what next?… A look at why we travel, its environmental impact, and where our final destination might be
… reviving traditional dances. In Kenya, a new school is training Masai to become safari … restored habitats and the construction of schools and clinics. All too often, though, …
The Gates Foundation has just announced a $42 million project over several years to develop a toilet that doesn't need water, mains power or sewerage and that will cost next to nothing
… toilets. One being developed by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, for …