Sustainability consultant Dr David Strong tells Pat Thomas why the way we think about sustainable building needs to be demolished and rebuilt
… Sustainable cities- rethinking sustainable building Pat Thomas | 1st June 2009 News Sustainable Cities Climate Change Waste And … tells Pat Thomas why the way we think about sustainable building needs to be demolished …
Is it healthy? Is it organic? Is it fairly traded? How far has it travelled? At times, making informed choices can feel like a full-time job. Here is a pocket guide to buying food from the new book Stuffed
… research from the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, University of … their goods, and support and education for sustainable farming practices. The Fairtrade … Stewardship Council (MSC) label promotes sustainable fisheries by: maintaining and …
You may think that by avoiding the near-extinct bluefin you're off the hook and can tuck into other types of tuna. Think again, says Pat Thomas
… Label Food Tinned Tuna Overfishing Mercury Sustainable Fish … box below) practiced by small scale domestic sustainable fisheries is a cleaner method … Council has begun to certify small-scale sustainable tuna fisheries. Although there are …
Your recycled loo paper may be soft, strong and very, very long, but is it really all that green? Pat Thomas gets to the bottom of an issue of convenience
… possible 100 per cent for producing ethical, sustainable tissue products for the European … total is recycled material and is it from a sustainable source? Does it make any claims …
At heart, fair trade is a strategy for poverty alleviation. It creates opportunities for producers in the developing world who have been economically disadvantaged by the conventional trading system and ensures they receive a fair price for their goods, and support and education for sustainable farming practices.
… their goods, and support and education for sustainable farming practices. Fairtrade is … do use traditional, and thus organic and sustainable, techniques. Some Fairtrade labels …
Celebrities have a unique ability to engage people in environmental campaigns, writes Pat Thomas. Neil Young is a case in point: his latest album, The Monsanto Years, conveys an eloquent message of the dangers of GMOs and corporate power, and his upcoming European tour offers green campaigners a unique opportunity to engage a broader public in the fight for a green future.
… in the EU about meat, climate and sustainable diets that is still going on … explored on The Monsanto Years , the theme of sustainable farming and GMOs is the one that …
In his final State of the Union address, George Bush announced his support for the adoption of biofuels on a massive scale. But is the plan such a good idea? By Pat Thomas
… using words like ‘deforestation’ and ‘sustainable farming’ and rubbing shoulders …
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) began in 1997 as a joint initiative between the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Unilever, a multinational company and one of the world’s largest buyers of fish. Its aim was to help preserve our dwindling fish stocks by certifying well-managed and sustainable fisheries.
… fish stocks by certifying well-managed and sustainable fisheries. Unilever and WWF are no … also easily learn which varieties of fish are sustainable and which are not. The Marine …
In the run up to the British general election, Pat Thomas says the various party manifestos are starved of sound policies on food security and sustainability
… Labour government has put a figure on its sustainable food plan – £1 billion. To those …
Two decades ago the world's first GM foods went on sale, writes Pat Thomas. The consumer flirtation with GMOs soon died away, yet the biotech industry has grown into a global behemoth, driving agricultural intensification and sending agro-chemical sales through the roof. It's time for us to take a stand once again and insist: there are better, healthier ways of growing food.
… and health consequences? What productive and sustainable alternatives have fallen by the … in the future, needs to have a rational sustainable food policy which acknowledges … the Right to Food concluded that organic and sustainable small scale farming could double …
It’s easy to feel so overwhelmed by the problems facing our planet that we turn away to whatever will cheer us. Pat Thomas shows us the pattern of climate change denial
… Are we living by morally responsible/sustainable values? There was a time when to … to ask ourselves, what in our lives is not sustainable, and what can we do to change? 4 … and regular contact with nature, to live more sustainable and responsible lives. Regular …
Skin has a life of its ownthat most of us know nothing about. Getting in touch with its natural rhythms, rather than bullying it with creams and potions, is the most reliable
path to a better complexion
… in the Ecologist June 2005 For ethical and sustainable suppliers of Health and Beauty …
Pat Thomas, Health Editor of the <i>Ecologist<i/>, responds to Felicity Lawrence's article in the Guardian on the link between junk food and mental health
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I know, I know. Every time you think you've gone your greenest, some killjoy comes along and raises the bar a little higher. Apologies in advance.
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Increasing quantities of 'hidden GMOs' are finding their way into our diet, writes Pat Thomas. They are coming mainly in US imports for supermarkets and caterers, and in animal feeds used for meat, dairy and egg production. It's time for chefs, pubs, takeaways and restaurants to take responsibility for the food chains that supply them - labelling the GMOs in their meals, and better still, cutting them out.
… about them, or about where they fit in the sustainable food and provenance debates. In …
A new book by WWF 'Meeting Environmental Challenges: The Role of Human Identity' makes the case for a new kind of campaigning that sees the person behind the behaviour. Pat Thomas is impressed
… up provoking, even deepening the kind of unsustainable behaviour they seek to change. It …
Don’t hit the bottle, warns Pat Thomas, else you’ll do more than swallow marketing hype
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The Panorama programme on GM foods and crops last Monday was a masterpiece of spin, bluster, misrepresentation and outright deceit, write Lawrence Woodward & Pat Thomas, with the BBC's top investigatory strand hijacked to force feed the UK population with the purest of pro-GMO propaganda.
… and successful non-GM approaches to sustainable farming. The perspective that GM …
Our love affair with convenience culture extends to a reliance on convenience ‘cures’ for minor complaints. In the first article of a new series, the Ecologist’s Health Editor Pat Thomas says that self-medication isn’t the same as self-help
… in the Ecologist April 2007 For ethical and sustainable suppliers of Health and Beauty …
What's the real price of your bouquet? Pat Thomas dishes the dirt on cut flower production in less-industrialised countries
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The good, bad, and ugly sides of chocolate addiction.
… communities that need them. • Environmentally sustainable farming methods such as organic … living wage from their cocoa, it supports sustainable cocoa production. Buy organic This …
A little bit of natural seasoning won’t kill you, it’s what gets added – or taken away – that matters. Pat Thomas explains why refining and demonising salt is such a crude response
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