Lou Dartford, make-up artist and green beauty blogger, shows how it's done
… Health And Beauty Health Society Spring Trends Inika Dr Haushka Jane Iredale Lavera … and try some of spring’s biggest beauty trends for size. From 70s luxe to bright orange lips, spring’s beauty trends are both ultra-wearable and achievable …
As Kraków, Poland's second city, takes steps to protect its citizens from rising electromagnetic 'smog' from mobile phones, wifi, Bluetooth, smart meters and other devices, Lynne Wycherley summarises 2016's news highlights on the emerging bio-risks of rising exposure to non-ionisiong radiation. For how much longer can governments continue to ignore the growing evidence of harm?
… radiation from mobile and wireless trends continued to rise rapidly, alongside … in the wind: unheard cautions But escalating trends were in train. In July, the USA's … And as time passes, might profit-driven trends for microwave 'smart homes', crammed …
The Vegan Society today launches its Plate up for the Planet to encourage people to abandon meat and dairy products, for their health, and for the health of the environment, reports LAURA BRIGGS.
A vegan diet can reduce environmental impact Laura Briggs | 27th July 2017 Ethical Living Vegan Diet Health Climate Change Environment Animal Welfare 24445360053_4bf5ecacf9_b.jpg The Vegan Society …
Far from downsizing, Government transport statistics reveal a trend towards multi-car households and bigger engines as well as more children being driven to school
Bigger engines, two-car households and school runs on rise The Ecologist | 16th February 2010 News Cars Transport Health carsontheroad.jpg An increasing number of households in Great Britain now own …
Private water companies have never been more aggressive in their sabotaging of efforts to 'make water public', writes Satoko Kishimoto, with legal threats and challenges launched under 'free trade' agreements. But as citizens worldwide reject corporate water profiteering, the trend of water re-municipalisation has gathered unstoppable momentum.
Our public water future - closing out the corporate profiteers Satoko Kishimoto | 17th April 2015 News Water Corporations Commons Trade paris-fountain-cut.jpg Paris-based Veolia and Suez are …
The increase in meat and dairy consumption is set to cause huge increases in greenhouse gases, reports Tim Radford. A shift to less animal-based diets would cut greenhouse gases, conserve forests and grasslands - and make us all healthier, with reduced obesity, diabetes and associated conditions.
… 50 years of data about the dietary habits and trends in 100 of the world's most populous …
Wild bee decline is closely associated with the advance of intensive farming and habitat loss, a new study shows. It follows an earlier paper that linked 'delayed action' decline of wild bees to exposure to pesticides including fungicides - previously considered 'bee-safe'.
… The study, titled ' Modeling the status, trends, and impacts of wild bee abundance in … the first time aims to assess the status and trends of wild bees and their potential … The papers ' Modeling the status, trends, and impacts of wild bee abundance in …
Free-Range Dairy is a new initiative that could reverse the trend towards industrialised mega-farms.
Is There Grass In That Milk? Lorna Howarth | 24th May 2013 News Food And Farming Health shutterstock_76747288.jpg In a recent survey of 600 farmers, 95% were in favour of cows having at least …
Two critical markets are pursuing a stressed planet’s renewable resources, presenting policymakers with complex and difficult choices. The Worldwatch Institute’s latest look at Earth’s “vital signs” sees dangerous times ahead as the “sustainability crisis” unfolds. China Dialogue's Maryann Bird investigates
… annual report on the environmental trends shaping the planet’s future. According … cited by Worldwatch are food and agricultural trends and energy and environmental ones that … burning. Worldwatch’s report tracked 44 trends, only six of which were considered …
The world is already experiencing water scarcity driven by over-use, poor land management and climate change, writes Nafeez Ahmed. It's one of the causes of wars and terrorism in the Middle East and beyond, and if we fail to respond to the warnings before us, major food and power shortages will soon afflict large parts of the globe fuelling hunger, insecurity and conflict.
… European support to these regions to mitigate trends of environmental degradation, is …
If you are one of the many millions of people who rely on vitamins and supplements to maintain their health and conquer illness, it’s time for you to get active. The Ecologist explains why
Hidden Agenda The Ecologist | 1st June 2003 News Vitamins Health Supplements Pharmaceutical Industry Supplements Holistic Medicine Allergies Supplements Health Politics And Economics Archive_99.jpg …
After the Clean Air Acts banished the smogs of the 50s and 60s, many thought that air pollution problems had disappeared. They were wrong
… awareness The driving force behind these trends is an ever-increasing medical … populated Ruhr region – unveiled similar trends. It noted that calcification (the … a number of complications to contend with. Trends of urbanisation and increased …
With the growing trend for natural swimming in cities new opportunities are opening for architects and designers to create dramatic, inspiring, enjoyable new public spaces in urban waterways, writes Jane Withers. And it's the subject of a new exhibition at London's Roca London Gallery ...
Urban Plunge - open swimming in the heart of the city Jane Withers | 13th September 2014 Ethical Living Water Cities Design Building copenhagen_harbour_bath_1-cut.jpg With the growing trend for …
The International Agency for Research on Cancer has labelled the world's biggest herbicide, glyphosate, as 'probably carcinogenic'. Another four widely used organophosphate insecticides may also pose a cancer risk.
IARC: Glyphosate 'probably carcinogenic' Oliver Tickell | 23rd March 2015 News Toxics Health Farming Corporations roundup-bottles-cut.jpg The International Agency for Research on Cancer has labelled …
The risk of leukemia for children living near power lines closely tracks levels of radiation from nuclear bomb test fallout, writes Chris Busby. The obvious explanation the 'experts' have chosen to ignore: the electro-magnetic fields increase radiation exposure.
Power lines, fallout and childhood leukemia Chris Busby | 9th May 2014 News Radiation Health WMD didcot-powerlines.jpg The risk of leukemia for children living near power lines closely tracks levels …
A major new study reveals that climate change may be a global medical emergency far bigger than we previously thought. But the authors also see signs that world may be starting to wake up to the danger, reports JOE WARE
… for the transmission of Dengue due to climate trends since 1990. With 50 to 100 million …
George Osborne's announcement last week of £15 billion for English road schemes may have played well with frustrated drivers, writes Daniel Newman. But all the road spending will achieve is to lock us more deeply into an unsustainable, unhealthy and deeply dissatisfying way of life.
More roads, more traffic, more misery - how commuting is killing us Daniel Newman | 8th December 2014 Comment Transport Health Society UK m5-traffic-paul-townsend-cut.jpg George Osborne's …
With the UK's Digital Economy Bill set to be finalised today, new 5G microwave spectra are about to be released across the planet without adequate safety testing, writes Lynne Wycherley. Global neglect of the Precautionary Principle is opening the way to corporate profit but placing humans and ecosystems at risk, and delaying a paradigm shift towards safer connectivity.
… has echoes of fracking, and other headlong trends. In Captured Agency , the Harvard …
Climate change probably caused the savage drought that struck Syria nearly a decade ago, writes Alex Kirby - and helped to trigger the civil war that has so far claimed over 200,000 lives.
Climate change sparked Syria's ruinous war Alex Kirby | 6th March 2015 News Climate Change War Middle East Water Farming syria-poppies-cut.jpg Climate change probably caused the savage drought that …
After 12 successive months of record high global temperatures, yet another record has been broken, writes Tim Radford: the lowest May sea ice extent ever observed in the Arctic - over half a million square kilometers under the previous low, set in 2004.
… is in line with the longer-term, decadal trends for the Arctic as a whole. "The region … April for 50 years is in line with long-term trends. The Arctic is undergoing warming at …
Detroit is the site of a neoliberal experiment that's already being repeated elsewhere, writes Chris Grove, with unpayable debt used to force the privatization of public services and the terminate democratic power and accountability. But as the city's poor find themselves cur off from water, a new, wider conception of human rights is emerging from the wreckage.
… Warning US and global allies of deepening trends, Maureen Taylor, State Chair of MWRO, …
Humans have been breastfeeding for nearly half a million years. It’s only in the last 60 years that we have begun to give babies highly processed convenience food called ‘formula’. Pat Thomas investigates
Breastmilk vs 'formula' food Pat Thomas | 1st April 2006 News Health Babies Breats Breast Milk Milk Breastfeeding suck_on_this.jpg Humans have been breastfeeding for nearly half a million years. It’s …
The human species has been breastfeeding for nearly half a million years. It’s only in the last 60 years that we have begun to give babies the highly processed convenience food called ‘formula’.
Suck On This Pat Thomas | 1st April 2006 News Breastfeeding Breast Feeding Children Parents Health Babies Milk Children Green Living Health investigates.jpg The human species has been breastfeeding …
UK supermarkets led the world in saying 'no!' to GM foods and ingredients, writes Liz O'Neill. But they faltered on GM feeds for pigs, cattle, poultry and fish, with GM soy and corn dominating the UK's non-organic market. Now campaigners are putting the pressure on supermarkets to make their entire supply chains GMO-free for the sake of animal, human and ecological health.
Supermarkets: 'Feed me the Truth' about GMOs in our food chain! Liz O'Neill GM Freeze | 7th March 2017 Activism GMOs Health Farming UK Consumerism Corporations tesco-milk-cut.jpg UK supermarkets led …