The Sustainable Development Commission has been axed, the Food Standards Agency has had its powers stripped and DEFRA appears to be stalling. Where then does this leave planning for a national sustainable food strategy - and healthy eating plan - asks Nick Hughes?
… Sustainable food production and healthy eating … Tesco Supermarkets shopppppppingngigg.jpg The Sustainable Development Commission has been … then does this leave planning for a national sustainable food strategy - and healthy eating …
The President-elect may be determined to lead America down an environmentally damaging path, writes Andrew J. Hoffman. But he may find few in the corporate world, where a growing number of major players are committed to eliminating CO2 emissions and making sustainability a core element of their business systems and supply chains, leading to global green transformation.
… to be setting us on a path to becoming more sustainable. But not so fast. The world is still getting less sustainable As promising as these developments … our world continues to become less, not more, sustainable, and the nature of the problems we …
Building a new more sustainable future is surely best done by creating inspiring alternatives rather than criticising the old. DANIEL CHRISTIAN WAHL celebrates the work of Gaia Education - an educational NGO that is at the forefront of locally focused sustainability education on six continents
… Joanna Macy india.jpg Building a new more sustainable future is surely best done by … to the UN Decade for Education for Sustainable Development in 2005. After … moving beyond ecovillage design to supporting sustainable community development at village, …
Making Ghana’s cocoa sector more sustainable isn’t the easiest of tasks but for the Louis Bolk Institute’s Christian Mensah that’s all part of the job. Ruth Styles caught up with him to find out how he’s doing it
… Q&A: sustainable agriculture expert, Christian … Making Ghana’s cocoa sector more sustainable isn’t the easiest of tasks but for … Working with the RFA and its partners in the Sustainable Agriculture Network [SAN], he …
In a second response to a recent article published in the Ecologist, "Are the UK 'biomass sustainability standards' legitimising forest destruction?", SBP Chief Executive Officer Carstem Huljus debunks the myths in a right of reply
… myths in a right of reply The acceptance of sustainable woody biomass by many European … particularly in relation to demonstrating the sustainable sourcing and production of a range … stipulated by either FSC, PEFC or SFI (Sustainable Forest Initiative) for undertaking …
This month wood pellet mills in the southern US that supply the UK's Drax power station were awarded 'sustainability' certificates under a voluntary scheme governed entirely by energy companies. The certificates provide no credible guarantee that the fuel does not come from ecologically valuable natural forests and wetlands, clear-cut and replaced by industrial plantations.
… According to official Guidance , the Sustainable Biomass Partnership (SBP) is the … for sustainability certification from the Sustainable Biomass Partnership SBP … electricity being automatically deemed sustainable in the UK, however the latter is …
In an independent cotton sustainability ranking released earlier this week by Pesticide Action Network (PAN) UK, Solidaridad and WWF, just eight out of 37 companies make it out of the red zone. Only home furnishing giant IKEA, which tops the list, is in the green zone.
… and the agenda set out in the UN's new Sustainable Development Goals, this is … is grown. For a decade or more, various sustainable cotton initiatives from Organic … trying to do just this by instigating more sustainable practices that cut farmers' costs …
Fashionable ideas get an ethical makeover at the Centre for Sustainable Fashion. Matilda Lee reports
… Ethical Fashion Organic Cotton Centre For Sustainable Fashion Orsola De Castro Fast … benefited from support from the Centre for Sustainable Fashion. Photo by Kerry Dean. … get an ethical makeover at the Centre for Sustainable Fashion. Matilda Lee reports …
Delny Britton investigates the hidden impacts of western mainstream medicine - including pollution from pharmaceutical products, high carbon emissions and adverse drug reactions - and asks whether the healthcare sector can ever be truly sustainable
… the healthcare sector can ever be truly sustainable While slow to enter the choppy waters of sustainable development, the healthcare sector … ‘future proof’. In February 2011 the NHS Sustainable Development Unit (SDU) for England …
Alison Gwilt and Timo Rissanen’s attempt to define sustainability in a fashion context provides some fascinating insights but doesn’t show enough engagement in the wider environmental debate for Mark Newton
… Shaping Sustainable Fashion: Changing the Way We Make … Gm Monsanto Books Reviews shaping-sustainable-fashion.jpg Alison Gwilt and Timo … with regard to food or energy, but Shaping Sustainable Fashion: Changing the Way We Make …
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Be it chicken keeping, foraging or organic gardening, if it's the good life you want, there’s a course out there for you. Tom Antebi rounds up some of the best
… spirals, the need for self-produced and sustainable amenities is becoming increasingly … to Self-Sufficiency: The Complete Guide to Sustainable Living , brothers Dick and James … making use of local natural resources in a sustainable way. And the Strawbridges’ aren’t …
Dam builders have a new mantra, writes Tom Fawthrop: 'sustainable hydropower'. Repeated at every opportunity, it is based on the unproven idea that large dams can be made 'sustainable' by promising future 'mitigation'. And so it is at the Don Sahong dam in Laos which is about to devastate the mighty Mekong and the 60 million people who depend on it for food and livelihood.
… Damming the Mekong - the myth of 'sustainable hydropower' Tom Fawthrop | 16th … have a new mantra, writes Tom Fawthrop: 'sustainable hydropower'. Repeated at every … unproven idea that large dams can be made 'sustainable' by promising future 'mitigation'. …
A store like Walmart can wield more power than a country over a logging company - especially in the global South. But what's good for Walmart is not always good for the planet. Peter Dauvergne & Jane Lister outline 7 key tools for retailers to limit the impacts of timber consumption
… legitimizing a world of ever- increasing unsustainable consumption. Fundamentally, the … Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development greenhouse gas … in developing countries. Aided by sustainable procurement guides developed by …
Later this week, an organisation that has helped make safer drinking water available to families in Indonesia will receive the new Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy and Water 2016. Here, Chhavi Sharma, explores the importance of using sustainable energy technologies to supply safer drinking water around the world.
… Manager with Ashden | 6th June 2016 Comment Sustainable Energy Safe Drinking Water Ashden … will receive the new Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy and Water 2016. Here, … Sharma, explores the importance of using sustainable energy technologies to supply …
IKEA likes to sell itself as a principled, sustainable furniture producer. But has its low-cost, high-volume business model meant that it has had to compromise environmental concerns for money? Peter Salisbury reports
… IKEA likes to sell itself as a principled, sustainable furniture producer. But has its … that it wanted everything it sold to be ‘more sustainable’ by 2015 - a slightly opaque … and that, by claiming its products are ‘sustainable’ and come from ‘renewable’ …
Faced with multiple converging crises humanity is challenged to redesign the human presence on Earth within the lifetime of present generations, writes Daniel Christian Wahl, and so transform our impact from degeneration to regeneration. We are capable of creating diverse creative cultures elegantly adapted to the uniqueness of place.
… scale from green chemistry, product design, sustainable architecture, community design, … design that transcends and includes green, sustainable and restorative approaches as …
Global food production may need to double over the next century to feed a growing world population, writes Tim Radford - just as yields crops in major crop-growing areas fall due to higher temperatures. But there is another way: to build sustainability into our food production and consumption.
… Climate food crunch demands sustainable food system Tim Radford | 27th … could produce enough food and still support sustainable development , protect the … increase the amount of land that we use." The sustainable alternative In contrast, a study …
Claims such as 'responsibly farmed' are being used to boost supermarket sales but do not always mean an environmentally-friendly fish product
… do not cover the use of terms such as 'sustainable' or 'responsible'. Thornton said … - Japanese-owned Princes was ranked the least sustainable in the UK for its use of purse …
Launching a major new report, the chair of the Westminster Sustainable Business Forum argues that local government can save £7 billion a year in running costs, cut carbon and improve services by better managing its property assets
… new report, the chair of the Westminster Sustainable Business Forum argues that local … budgets for both cash and carbon mean that sustainable property management should be … Management - produced by the Westminster Sustainable Business Forum , are clear. If …
The global economy has already outgrown the Earth, writes Jason Hickel. Yet even the UN insists that we need decades of continued economic growth to end poverty. The truth is the precise reverse: we must end growth - not just to save our planet but to refocus the economy on meeting human needs.
… To deliver sustainable development, first give up on … needs. What is so refreshing about the UN's Sustainable Development Goals is that they … global warming below 2C, and calls for "sustainable patterns of production and …
Support from UK supermarkets to phase out tuna caught with damaging fishing gear could make the Western Pacific tuna the world's first sustainable industrial fishery
… Experts hail world's first 'sustainable industrial fishery' for tuna Chris … the Western Pacific tuna the world's first sustainable industrial fishery It's a perfect … is partnering with them to market their sustainable tuna globally. One expert calls …
Combining a detailed dissection of our unsustainable economy with an introduction to Buddhism, Sulak Sivaraksa’s economic vision provides an alternative to globalisation
… Combining a detailed dissection of our unsustainable economy with an introduction to … for eradicating poverty and building a sustainable world. These require the …
Despite Cameron's promise to lead the 'greenest Government ever', the environment has taken a heavy bashing since the 2015 election, writes David Clubb - whether on oil, fracking, renewable energy or planning policy. But Wales is doing its best to follow a sustainable path, and demonstrating badly needed environmental leadership that the whole UK would do well to follow.
… But Wales is doing its best to follow a sustainable path, and demonstrating badly … the whole UK would do well to follow. The sustainable energy sector is not a homogeneous … of renewable energy, storage and grid, sustainable construction, energy efficiency …