The country's first ever retrospective EIA finds that eight five-storey accommodation blocks built by Oxford University caused 'substantial' damage to historic views of the City's dreaming spires, writes Matthew Sherrington. Planners and University want to 'learn lessons' and move on - but campaigners are determined to cut the carbuncles down to size ...
… Oxford University must put right the damage it has … accommodation blocks built by Oxford University caused 'substantial' damage to … writes Matthew Sherrington. Planners and University want to 'learn lessons' and move on …
Eleven easy steps to get you started - from picking your committee and spreading the word to making it fun and worthwhile
… How to start a university eco society Nicholas Bruschi | 14th … 2010 Activism How To Make A Difference University Eco Society Students Environmental … knoydarttreeplanting.jpg When creating a University Eco Society, arrange …
Leeds University is the first in the UK to ban the sale of bottled water on campus. Will other universities follow suit? Sophie Haydock reports
… Campaigns Bottled Water Student Union Leeds University bottledwater.jpg Leeds University is the first in the UK to ban the … Sophie Haydock reports Students at Leeds University have been forced to make some tough …
From ‘First’ to ‘Failed’, student activist group People & Planet has created a new way of ranking the UK’s universities – according to their environmental credentials.
… How green is your university? Laura Sevier | 1st February 2009 … accessible. They can directly impact their university,’ says Bronwen Smith-Thomas, P&P’s … campaigns officer. In February 2008, 39 university, school and college groups staged …
Cambridge University's expansion plans could change the face of sustainable building in the UK. In 2012, construction begins on the greenest development of its size and scope in the UK
… Green Development Sustainable Homes Cambridge University … Cambridge University's expansion plans could change the … roads on the outskirts of an East Anglian university town. There aren't many clues to … city quarter. The land is owned by Cambridge University, and the scheme is intended to …
Cornell student Robert Schooler was shocked at the pro-GMO propaganda emanating from Cornell University and it's Gates-funded 'Alliance for Science'. But rather than just complain about it, he decided to fight back - with his popular 'GMOWTF' website and an important lecture series this fall by GMO experts on the Cornell campus - the ones that Cornell has been ignoring for years.
… Pro-GMO propaganda at Cornell University - a student fights back Robert … the pro-GMO propaganda emanating from Cornell University and it's Gates-funded 'Alliance for … years. My name is Robert, and I am a Cornell University undergraduate student. However, I'm …
Just as the humanitarian crisis of the Second World War gave birth to the swift implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60 years ago in 1948, we now have a planetary crisis that needs to be addressed with equal urgency. Now is the time to call for a Universal Declaration of Planetary Rights.
Enshrining legal rights for the planet Polly Higgins | 10th December 2008 Activism Wildlife Trees Rights Un Declaration Planet Law Deforestation Campaigns Climate Change Climate Change Natural World …
Fancy going to a clothing upcycling workshop, learning how to cook insects from a celebrity chef or sharing tips on greening your office or school? Here's the Ecologist's pick of ideas to get you geared up for Climate Week
… get in for £12.50 Web: Soho Theatre 5. Leeds University Climate Week Event Date: 21st Mar … 11 - 25th Mar 11 Location: Marquee opposite University Union Time: 10:00 - 15:00 Cost: Free The University is using climate week to launch its …
This gallery of images shows a prototype solar powered, zero carbon house designed by students at Nottingham University
… The solar powered house team from Nottingham University unveil the house at Ecobuild This … house designed by students at Nottingham University What would a modern, … Department of the Built Environment at the University of Nottingham. Built with a mass …
Resistance is growing in Todos Santos, Baja California, to a tourism and University campus mega-development of 4,500 homes that claims to be 'free range and locally sourced', writes Viviane Mahieux. It has already grossly disfigured one of Mexico most gorgeous beaches, while locals fear it will drain their aquifers and obliterate a harmonious community.
… Santos, Baja California, to a tourism and University campus mega-development of 4,500 … itself as mindful and an ethically murky university campus. A real-estate project … has already inaugurated Colorado State University's first international campus , …
With spring around the corner, why not take a walk around your local park or forest to get a closer look at - and photograph - local wildlife. Uploading pictures can win a school near you a green roof
… National Science & Engineering Week Open University Green Roof Dusty Gedge … identification project being run by Open University's website iSpot. All pictures … HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE How to start a university eco society Eleven easy steps to …
School buildings, food, waste - even the curriculum itself should all support a connection to, and appreciation for, the environment. Here are some resources to get you started
… from the Ecologist describes how Leeds University Student Union banned the sale of … HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE How to start a university eco society Eleven easy steps to … HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE How green is your university? From ‘First’ to ‘Failed’, student …
A new project at Bath University shows that building with straw is not just eco-friendly, but cheap, easily adaptable and fully recyclable at the end of its life
… Efficiency balehaus.jpg A new project at Bath University shows that building with straw is … it out The two-storey building on Bath University campus was completed in September … though as Pete Walker, director of Bath University’s BRE Centre for Innovative …
Working less is both necessary and desirable from an environmental perspective.
… Authors Kyle Lewis is a PhD candidate at the University of West London and a working time … a PhD in politics and philosophy from the University of Brighton. Their book Overtime: …
After decades of occupation and dispossession, a culture of sometimes violent resistance has taken root in Issawiya. But it is never fetishized, writes Sam Gilbert - resistance is recognized as the only alternative to slavery, and the only means by which the people will ever achieve the freedom they thirst for.
… of French Hill and the ivory towers of Hebrew University. These hills, once a part of … Jewish settlement, Hadassah hospital, Hebrew University, and the separation wall, Issawiya … we make a quick stop on the hill where Hebrew University sits. From there Murad outlines …
Crude oil may be running out, but Brighton's transport revolution is powering up. Jan Goodey meets Tom Druitt, the driving force behind the Big Lemon Bus
… route 42 (which runs between Sussex University and Brighton station) there is no … to see the benefits is Laura Barraclough, a University of Brighton student. ‘You don’t get … Brighton station and running instead from the university to the city-centre shops, which …
Crude oil may be running out, but Brighton's transport revolution is powering up. Jan Goodey meets Tom Druitt, the driving force behind the Big Lemon Bus
… route 42 (which runs between Sussex University and Brighton station) there is no … to see the benefits is Laura Barraclough, a University of Brighton student. ‘You don’t get … Brighton station and running instead from the university to the city-centre shops, which …
What do the Australian Environment Foundation, the Renewable Energy Foundation and the Global Warming Policy Foundation have in common? They are all fiercely anti-environment, writes William Laurance - and we must beware their 'eco-doublespeak'.
… tack in a 2012 debate at Australian National University (you can see a summary of my concerns in this 2012 talk at Stanford University). The misleading practices of some … and Australian Laureate at James Cook University in Cairns, Australia. He also holds …
In 2016 the UK imported £26 million worth of fur, showing that the industry has gone global. Only by exposing the level of cruelty and showing people what lies behind the fashion will change ever come about writes LAURA BRIGGS
… by Dr Savithri Bartlett, Senior Lecturer University of Winchester, and Professor Noël Sweeney, Visiting Professor, University of Winchester, entitled Animals Do … of the Animal Law Study Group at São Paulo University, Brazil, compares the use of …
Plastic Pollution Coalition is a new campaign calling for an outright ban on single-use plastic products. Will you support them?
… , professor of organic geochemistry at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, has … Banning bottled water in universities Leeds University is the first in the UK to ban the …
Molly James & Dan Glass outline the most powerful tools in the grassroots action toolbox - plus information on how you can get involved
… - from disused tracks of private land to university buildings - using them to build … Similar efforts: Free Hetherington- Glasgow University Campus, 0141 339 3765 Marsh Farm- …
Golf club shaped urinal anyone? Digital fridge magnet? Nominate your contenders for Britain's most useless consumer product before 22nd February...
… in the form of a credit card. The New York University-led report concludes that we regard … Banning bottled water in universities Leeds University is the first in the UK to ban the …
Although sea walls are a strong form of coastal defence they effectively wipe out rock pools which are important oases for marine life. Scientists in Sydney have found a solution involving flower pots...
… area plummets. Two ecologists at the University of Sydney, Dr Mark Browne and Prof. … on the Ecological Impacts of Coastal Cities , University of Sydney READ MORE... NEWS …
A pioneering initiative is helping to rebuild the traditional local economy and livelihoods of the Amazonian rubber-tappers
… the man behind the idea. A researcher at the University of Acre and the founder of … helped to finance a demonstrative unit at the University of Acre. In 2007, Petrobrás …