The outgoing chief of the Government's independent sustainability watchdog, Jonathon Porritt, has criticised the Treasury and Department for Business for a failure to advance the sustainable development agenda
… Sustainability 'undone' by Treasury and BIS, … Porritt Sustainable Development Commission Sustainability Green Bonds RBS Treasury … chief of the Government's independent sustainability watchdog, Jonathon Porritt, has …
Forest foods are a vital source of nutrition for millions of people, writes Bhaskar Vira, and we need to make them an even bigger part of our diets for the sake of health, biodiversity, local economies, and to increase food global security in a warming world.
Forest foods - the tasty, resilient, sustainable answer to world hunger Bhaskar Vira | 1st June 2015 Comment Food Forests Africa Un allanblackia-woman-cut.jpg Forest foods are a vital source of …
They build masterfully constructed homes, have a brilliantly regulated social order, are essential to sustaining the environment and are playing a vital role in sustainable development projects.
… to improve livelihoods and ecological sustainability at a grassroots level. …
Liberia's Jogbahn Clan is at the forefront of efforts to resist the grab of Indigenous Peoples' land and forests for palm oil plantations. But according to the country's President, they are only 'harrassing and extorting' international investors.
… inclusive economic growth, environmental sustainability and long-term poverty …
Of course rising world population matters, writes Biff Vernon, due to its impact on the planet and its resources. But to actually do something about it, don't even mention the 'p' word. Instead let's cut back on our wasteful, high-consumption lifestyles - and empower women everywhere!
… everywhere! Global population growth and sustainability are sometimes confused with local and regional population and with sustainability, migration and nationalism. The … growth. Secondly, there is the issue of sustainability, which as I've described above, …
Across Africa, corporations are grabbing community land and water - and nowhere more than in Liberia, where half the country has already been lost. But one community has shown it's possible to overcome intimidation, organize and resist.
When our land is free, we're all free Silas Kpanan'Ayoung Siakor Jacinta Fay | 7th May 2014 News Land Grabs Africa Farming Indigenous Peoples epo-women-dancing-cut.jpg Across Africa, corporations are …
Corporate interests have skewed the entire development agenda for agriculture in Africa, writes Ian Fitzpatrick. Instead of investing in sustainable, small scale farming along agroecological principles that raise production and support rural communities, governments - including the UK's - are backing destructive industrial farming and land grabs.
Agroecology can feed Africa - not agribusiness Ian Fitzpatrick | 10th March 2015 News Africa Land Grabs Development Corporations malawi-farming-cut.jpg Corporate interests have skewed the entire …
A $395 million coal fired power station is planned for Mauritius - bulldozed aver the wishes of the population, official advice and the environment ministry. But as Zaheer Allam reports, there's still everything to fight for.
… Its main role was to act as a pioneer of sustainability by policing the current … the MID, who supposedly carried the mantle of sustainability, was shamed by its inaction and …
An elite group of aid donors and agribusiness corporations met in London this week to plan the takeover of Africa's seeds, writes Ian Fitzpatrick, replacing traditional seed breeding and saving by small farmers with a corporate model of privatized, 'improved', patented, genetically uniform and hybrid seeds in a profit-driven market.
Carving up Africa - aid donors and agribusiness plot the great seed privatization Ian Fitzpatrick Oliver Tickell | 26th March 2015 News Africa Food Farming Corporations Seeds USA UK …
We need a renewable energy revolution, an end to fracking, no new nuclear power, efficient homes, and the break up of our energy cartels, writes Jeremy Corbyn, All that, and strong protection for wildlife and oceans, no TTIP trade deal with the US, clean air to breathe, and massive investment in public transport. Is there anything not to like?
… is long overdue. Labour must put policies for sustainability at the heart of everything we …
Environmental groups say nuclear power will create a legacy of waste and undermine the UK's drive towards an economy based on renewable energy
… Friends of the Earth and the Government's own sustainability watchdog said the issue of … door open for GM, says new SDC chief Will Day Sustainability in danger of becoming jargon, …
Overfishing along West Africa’s coast is endangering fish stocks and livelihoods, but local fishermen are not to blame.
… 2007 News Illegal Fishing Africa Fish Stocks Sustainability Fishing Crisis Food Security … We have seen small improvements towards sustainability by EU agreements, but there are … for consumers concerned about the sustainability of the fish they eat, the …
Chinese citizens are responsible for much of the wildlife crime taking place in Namibia, inflicting immense damage to the country's environment, and undermining community based conservation, writes the Namibian Chamber of Environment in this Open Letter to China's Ambassador Xin Shunkang. China must act to stop its citizens' criminal activities, and invest in making good the damage caused.
… amongst the first to advocate for ecological sustainability within a philosophy of …
The love affair of the 'pro-nuclear greens' with a failed technology has paved the way to the UK's destruction of its renewable energy industry, writes Jonathon Porritt, and to the imminent deal with Chinese parastatal corporations to build a new fleet of already obsolete nuclear power plants at massive cost to us all.
… Bradwell. How can that possibly work from a sustainability point of view, let alone an …
Green Revolution architect Norman Borlaug is credited with 'feeding India'. But the feat took more than hybrid varieties and fertiliser, and it will take a much more sophisticated approach to help Africa feed itself
… the narrow perspective adopted: agricultural sustainability cannot be reduced to questions … of production alone. Neither is agricultural sustainability simply the wise and careful …
In an exclusive interview Welsh environment minister Jane Davidson tells Tom Levitt why she won't be opposing new nuclear power or selling off any forests... and why she wants to end Westminister's control over renewable energy
… Davidson, Welsh Minister for the Environment, Sustainability and Housing In an exclusive … Welsh Assembly Minister for the Environment, Sustainability and Housing READ MORE... NEWS … Welsh construction centre leads field in sustainability The new Construction and …
Returning to age-old, chemical-free farming techniques is improving crop harvest for Malawian farmers
Malawi reaps the reward of returning to age-old, chemical-free farming Molly Stevenson | 22nd June 2010 Activism Food And Farming Sustainable Natural World Compost Fertilisers Food Security Africa …
While the Gates Foundation and conservative politicians are bigging up GMOs and agribusiness, writes Colin Todhunter, a quiet revolution has been working its way across Africa. Agroecological farming, constantly adapting to local needs, customs, soils and climates, has been improving nutrition, reducing poverty, combatting climate change, and enriching farmland.
… in terms of our health, the environment and sustainability and not least in terms of food …
The UK's nuclear power programme is driven by military demands, write Andy Stirling & Phil Johnstone - but not in the way you might think. The most essential need is not for plutonium or tritium, but for a nuclear industrial sector to design, build and maintain the reactors that power nuclear submarines. Without them, the Trident missile system would have no military credibility.
Trident, nuclear submarines and the UK's nuclear power imperative Andy Stirling Phil Johnstone | 15th January 2016 News Nuclear WMD UK Energy Politics hms-vanguard-cut.jpg The UK's nuclear power …
Plastic waste, often burning, is a constant companion in Gambia, a poor country where few enjoy formal rubbish collection, writes Louise Hunt. Now a pioneering project to upcycle waste plastic is beginning to tackle the problem - and in the process enhancing women's social and economic status.
… journalist writing on social affairs, sustainability and international development. …
The European Parliament has had a great week, writes Molly Scott Cato MEP - for those who oppose GMOs in food and farming. MEPs voted on five occasions to say no to GMOs, and gave their support to agroecology as the only sustainable way to feed the world.
… Molly is formerly Professor of Strategy and Sustainability at the University of …