The new head of the Prince's green living charity speaks to the Ecologist about ways of engaging individuals and the benefits of corporate partnerships
… at a pop-up restaurant in the beautiful and unique surrounds of Lancaster House - we enticed, had fun and played with the concepts of sustainable …
Fashionable ideas get an ethical makeover at the Centre for Sustainable Fashion. Matilda Lee reports
… staff is drawn from a variety of backgrounds. Just to mention a few...Helen Storey, … the ranks of the fashion industry's bright young things. Previous MA graduates have woven a … on fashion' giving students the opportunity to work outside the constraints of the …
Khushi Kabir was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005 for her work at Nijera Kori, which has helped organise over 175,000 landless people in Bangladesh's rural areas since 1980
… resources continue to be looked upon with impunity, ‘in the interests of the greater good', … every little gain that we see is compounded by newer forms of extraction, which … mean that form of shrimp production that is unsustainable, ecologically damaging, a …
In a values tug of war, many are asking whether London 2012 corporate sponsors like BP, Dow and EDF live up to the Olympic spirit?
… spirit'. Sustainability has been paramount to the London 2012 Olympics - from the … agenda. In October, controversy around Dow Chemicals sponsorship of the Olympic … against the deal with Dow, which now owns Union Carbide, the company responsible for the …
How a rejection by the Nobel Committee spurred Jakob von Uexkull to create the Right Livelihood Award celebrating the solutions helping to ensure a healthy planet and people
… von Uexkull (pictured below), the Award's founder, gave the opening speech and presented … material rather than headline news. For founder Jakob, who spoke to the Ecologist the … the box, and not be afraid to do something unusual,' he says. 'Unusual' is something that …
Women-centred maternity care through midwifery is in danger of extinction, replaced by a medical model that treats birth as an illness. Birth is an act of love, not one of fear and loathing, so what are the consequences? Matilda Lee reports
… 'in danger of extinction'. ‘People no longer understand that our bodies are as well … do it, so can you.' At the birth centre she founded at the eco-community, ‘the Farm' in rural Tennessee, Ina May …
For International Women's Day, the Ecologist reports on the maternity care crisis and looks at ways to overcome the culture of fear facing mothers-to-be
… taken over by technology, exiled from communities into hospitals and overhyped on TV dramas by scare-mongering pundits . As we don't see it happening in our daily lives - around two per cent of births in England are home …
An exclusive interview with Claire Jones-Hughes - the woman behind Brighton’s now famous breastfeeding flash mob. By Matilda Lee
… very threatening. Breasts, used in their functional capacity as a life-giving organ, … to Claire Jones-Hughes in a Brighton café understandable, but not acceptable. One … They had just been swimming and were both hungry, so while she sat munching on a plate of …
Matilda Lee explains how democracy is bypassed as multinationals push
changes in trade law through the labrynthine corridors of the EU
… Puppet Show Matilda Lee | 1st June 2003 News Multinational Corporation Free … exclusive powers to initiate European Community trade policies, and the sole ‘external’ voice to negotiate for the community on the global trading stage, that means …
Unravelling a garment’s green credentials isn’t easy, says Matilda Lee. Instead of fretting about what not to wear there’s a few simple things we can do (that could save money too)
… Living Society sustainablefabricsdilemma.jpg Unravelling a garment’s green credentials … since 3000BC, on the other hand, is unmatched by any synthetic in terms of … – t-shirts and jeans – are bought in the hundreds of millions globally. Polyester and …
A pioneering ethical fashion company is helping maintain traditional livelihoods and prevent deforestation in the Amazon, writes Matilda Lee
… sap drains down into a container tied around the trunk. Without the rainforest, traditional … on sustainable development projects, went around the world after leaving university, …
‘I’ve been to a fair number this – this is a fantastic place to be based,’ says the Soil Association’s Lee Holdstock, fresh from a trip to the remote south west corner of the Isle of Mull in the Inner Hebrides.
… and Kyloe cows wander down to the beach to munch on seaweed and natural grasslands at … the odds stacked against them: with a moribund UK textile market, wool prices as low as … is a fantastic fibre.’ Where we once donned chunky and relatively coarse woollens, today’s …
Former deputy editor of the Ecologist, Paul Kingsnorth, tells Matilda Lee why an obsession with CO2 has distracted environmentalists, and why we may already be beyond the point of no return...
… and destruction of the natural world you get. Until you start talking about that, you are … but the mainstream environmental debate around climate change is pretending that that is … based on cheap cars, hard to see how you can run a retail system based on superstores and …
Environmental journalist Fred Pearce, author of the new book Peoplequake, on why overconsumption is the key issue, the need for relaxed immigration laws, and why men should look after children
… by not supporting family planning in countries with high fertility rates and dire … was a population bomb going off. Actually, around the world today, women have diffused the … level [demographers' figure for the amount of offspring women must have to maintain …
The editor of the influential Worldwatch 'State of the World' report on the best ways to transform cultures from consumerism to sustainability
… Change Worldwatch Avatar New Economics Foundation B Labs Findhorn Ecovillage erik2.jpg … serious cultural engineering. This may be uncomfortable for some, but cultural … the competition. The environmental community, if it really expects to create a …
PHOTO GALLERY: The Estethica exhibition at London Fashion Week showcases pioneering designers who make clothes you never want to throw away. This exclusive photo shoot highlights some of the season's best looks
… Future organic vest Environmental Justice Foundation ; Black Ninja trousers Junky Styling ; classic panama hat Pachacuti ; … shoes Nina Dolcetti Photo 2 Striped dress Junky Styling ; grey leather bag Sonya Kashmiri …
The Director of ActionAid UK talks to us about ending global poverty, achieving trade justice and making supermarkets accountable
… 2010 Activism Politics & Economics UK Uncut Society Poverty ActionAid Climate Change … trade justice and making supermarkets accountable What has been your most successful … was meant to be about wins for developing countries but so far we've only been able to …
The path to many green careers begins as a student. Here are the Ecologist's tips for ensuring that your degree or educational course takes you where you want to go
… where you want to go Youth is wasted on the young, as the saying goes. It's one of life's … that you are presented with the opportunities to decide your future long before the … in. A degree, for example, is a great opportunity to expand your horizons and discover …
The path to many green careers begins as a student. Here are the Ecologist's tips for ensuring that your degree or educational course takes you where you want to go
… where you want to go Youth is wasted on the young, as the saying goes. It's one of life's … that you are presented with the opportunities to decide your future long before the … in. A degree, for example, is a great opportunity to expand your horizons and discover …
Global Cool is the green lifestyle organisation that uses celebrities and mainstream culture to market low-carbon living. Its director Caroline Fiennes talks to the Ecologist
… The Heat has returned this winter and is running currently. The feedback so far is … event with 33,000 people, which we used to launch this winter's campaign. Corporations: … important role in making green living more fun. For example, in Global Cool's Do It In …
What motivates people to act? Tom Crompton, WWF's point man on behaviour change, believes he has the answers. And they go against the grain of conventional campaigning...
… exactly where most work is needed. It was an unsuccessful campaign, but experiencing it has … it risks reinforcing all those values that underpin apathy about environmental problems, … important thing to avoid when campaigning? Undoubtedly, the most important thing to avoid …
Should oil and gas companies be sponsoring the arts? No, says the man behind the unconventional pressure group that's tackling the 'carbon web of institutions'
… the arts? No, says the man behind the unconventional pressure group that's tackling … he thought, ‘Bloody hell, these are all the countries where BP has oil interests'. The … and the arts have deepened a link - and an unhealthy dependence - between arts …
Pai's new rosehip-rich moisturiser packs a real punch, says Matilda Lee
… new rosehip-rich moisturiser packs a real punch, says Matilda Lee First, a word to the … of the ingredients, you need only a small amount to cover your entire face and body. Once I got the amount right, I discovered that Pai's new …
From the next Erin Brokovitch, to a group of teens cleaning up Kenya's Kibera slum, a clutch of innovative youth film-makers are documenting crucial issues and demanding social and environmental justice
… Human Rights Watch film festival: young film-makers tackle eco-issues Matilda Lee … Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. But unlike many her age, Diana's life was changed … in is responsible for contaminating her community's ground water with toxic waste. The …