To fly or not to fly? Jeremy Smith navigates his way through a tricky issue and finds that there isn't a simple answer
… slopes. There's even a disco on one of the trains. For many people it might be enough to rediscover how trains and boats and bicycles and horses put …
Growing crops to solve the planet’s energy needs doesn’t work. Recycling the energy in our waste just might have a significant part to play. By Jeremy Smith & Jon Hughes
Less waste, more speed Jeremy Smith Jon Hughes | 29th March 2007 News Biogas Sweden Bush Biofuel Dung Biomass Biofuel Biotechnology Agribusiness Farming Biotechnology Ozone Layer Incineration …
The community of Machynlleth has gone beyond just investing in someone else’s wind turbine. They’ve clubbed together and planned, built and paid for one of their own.
… Energy Fund that Bro Dyfi has set up. It trains up local people as ‘energy champions’ …
We are obsessed with our odour. We slavishly scrub off all that makes us distinct as members of a species, and then spray ourselves liberally with a homogenous fug of the latest mass-marketed musk. Jeremy Smith wonders why
Scent and sensibility: our obsession with odour Jeremy Smith | 1st November 2002 News Perfume Scent Fragrance Identity Consumerism Society SWEETEXCESS_NOV03_MAIN_1.jpg We are obsessed with our odour. …
In the six years I spent at the Ecologist from 2001-2007, there was only one issue we really shied away from tackling properly. And that was tourism.
Sustainable travel - bons voyages? Jeremy Smith | 19th June 2009 Comment Eco Travel Tourism Flying Aviation Green Living jeremy-blog-image.jpg In the six years I spent at the Ecologist from …
The UK budget must be about pouring enough water on climate fires and irrigating resources to those in need - not about plucking geese and ‘maxed-out’ credit cards.
We need an ecological interest rate Andrew Simms | 2nd March 2021 | Comment Ecological Interest Rate Economics Climate Breakdown Budget Editor’s Picks Rishi Sunak The UK budget must be about pouring …
A harrowing insight into the hugely profitable and brutal world of captive dolphins
Dying to entertain us Torsten Engelbrecht Jeremy Smith | 1st October 2004 News Dolphins Confined Trainers Dolphin Captivity In Dolphins Natural World Investigates_17.jpg A harrowing insight into the …
Why and how we must welcome human migration in a warming world. Part 2 of 2.
A hostile environment Andrew Simms | 3rd August 2022 | Comment Climate Breakdown Immigration Migration Mo Farah Economics 990756_5000m_winnaar_mo_farah_14822734038.jpg Why and how we must welcome …
New study shows three quarters of ‘off road’ SUVs sold in the UK are to people living in our towns and cities.
What the actual truck? Andrew Simms | 7th April 2021 | News Climate Breakdown Transport SUVs SUV New study shows three quarters of ‘off road’ SUVs sold in the UK are to people living in our towns and …
The world lives under oil’s spell. Jeremy Smith reveals the extent to which the industry’s by-products have permeated our lives.
Oil & Security Jeremy Smith | 1st April 2003 News Oil Oil Dependency Saudi Oil Iraq Plastic PVC Hemp Oil Alternatives Russia Oil Russia Security Bush Oil George W Bush Opec Middle East Companies …