Are you an ethically minded entrepreneur motivated by a strong social mission? Starting a social enterprise gives you a more flexibility than a charity, but the reassurance that your values come first...
How to set up a social enterprise Christine Ottery | 28th January 2010 Activism Society Social Enterprise Training Funding Networks bikeworks.jpg Are you an ethically minded entrepreneur motivated by …
It won't come naturally to most pampered westerners, but running in a barefoot-style can help reduce injuries and make trainers less resource-intensive...
Save your health and the planet: run barefoot Christine Ottery | 4th March 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Clothes Barefoot Shoes Terra Plana Galahad Clark Health barefootrunningpic.jpg It won't …
Indigenous communities are dedicating themselves to protecting the land, ecosystems, and traditional cultures with thousands of years of history. In Canada, Lush Spring Prize 2017 winner Indigenous Climate Action is supporting some of those communities. Lush Times writer KATIE DANCEY-DOWNS visits Indigenous Climate Action to find out more.
… land turned over to pipelines and land trains. Ta’ah, and other Elders we speak to …
Katie Dancey-Downs visits a permaculture garden with a powerful message.
Growing self-sufficiency in Uganda Katie Dancey-Downs | 16th July 2020 News Resurgence & Ecologist Uganda Permaculture Food And Farming Jackson Bigasaki, caretaker at the permaculture demonstration …
Will an hour's extra daylight after work make us greener, happier, healthier and safer? A campaign to move the clocks forward by one hour all-year-round says it will...
Should we stay on British Summer Time all year round? Christine Ottery | 20th April 2010 Ethical Living Climate Change Energy Society Transport Green Living Move Clocks Forward 10:10 Lighter Later …
Some honey producers have a bad reputation for welfare standards - but many beekeepers are doing things very differently. The Barro Vermelho community in Brazil is using beekeeping to help regenerate the natural world, increase bee populations, and simultaneously create a better life for people. Eusebio De Carvalho told his story to The Lush Times writer KATIE DANCEY-DOWNS
How beekeeping has turned around the lives of a community in Brazil Katie Dancey-Downs | 4th May 2018 News Bees Brazil bees_collecting_pollen_2004-08-14.jpg Some honey producers have a bad reputation …
Displaced from their ancestral land, the Batwa people of the Democratic Republic of Congo have faced years of instability. A new eco-village offers hope to the community, but fulfilling basic needs while still respecting cultural identities is a delicate balance. KATIE DANCEY-DOWNS reports
Displaced in the DRC: Finding a home for the Batwa Katie Dancey-Downs | 13th September 2017 News Batwa Displaced Indigenous Green Eco-homes Eco-Village 405225.jpg Displaced from their ancestral land, …
The Canadian government has given the go ahead for an oil pipeline extension which would run through 518 km of Secwepemc Territory. But its people, the so-called 'Tiny House Warriors', are fighting back, one small dwelling at a time. KATIE DANCY-DOWNS went to visit them
The indigenous communities fighting back in Canada Katie Dancey-Downs | 12th March 2018 Comment Lush Tiny House Warriors Trans Mountain Kinder Morgan Tiny House Warriors The Canadian government has …
Indian coal firm Adani is struggling to finance its proposed mega coal mine in Australia's Galilee Basin, write Marina Lou & Christine Ottery, as promised government support evaporates and a major investor looks set to pull out.
… The transportation of the coal on ships and trains is also likely increase urban and …