Campaigns officer for WWF UK, Ian Duff, reflects on his participation in this year's Climate Camp and the relevance of civil disobedience in today's climate change campaign
… of onlookers, clambered over a final wall before racing for the water. On the water …
The MD of Britain's largest insulation company demands: back warm, efficient homes now, or condemn millions to cold, damp and sky-rocketting fuel bills.
… happening since your announcement, or in the walls, lofts and roofs of UK homes? The real …
Theresa May's party made a commitment to delivering the lowest cost power in Europe. The Conservatives also promised utter impartiality in deciding between power generation technologies. So how can it now justify a pro-nuclear energy policy that could cost each household £12,600? OLIVER TICKELL investigates
… the UK government has seen the writing on the wall and dumped hyper-costly nuclear power in …
During the past weeks, the world’s media have been transfixed by the convulsions of the US and global fi nancial system. At stake are billions in bail-outs and trillions in derivatives. The viability of banks and currencies is threatened, and ultimately the savings and investments of hundreds of millions of ordinary people.
… must compete not only with numbers from Wall Street, but also with stories about our …
We must urgently move from Petropolis and dependence on fossil fuels to Ecopolis supported by regenerative economies.
… few still surrounded by a completely intact wall. The town was still ringed by thriving … to be milked in stables within the town walls. In the morning they were herded out to …
It's time to halt the loss of the nation's front gardens to dreary paving, writes Jenny Jones. Green gardens protect against floods, provide homes for wildlife, keep cities cool in summer, and help us all feel happier. Now, with 7 million gardens already paved over, we must protect those that remain.
… areas are predominantly clay, this can mean walls cracking from subsidence. The RHS report …
The oceans cover almost three-quarters of the planet’s surface, and represent the last great wilderness. Yet they are hugely impacted by human activities. Could privatisation - as proposed by the World Bank - be the answer?
… we own land we generally erect a fence or wall to keep our livestock in and to prevent …
Storms, floods, tidal surges, a failed badger cull, GMO controversies ... then Owen Paterson, widely considered the worst Environment Secretary we have ever had, vanished. Lesley Docksey wonders - will he ever return?
… seaside town centres and demolishing the sea wall at Dawlish, leaving the one and only rail link to Cornwall hanging in midair. Dr Rob Thompson, from …
In writing <i>Leviathan</i>, Thomas Hobbes created a monster: us. By reasserting our humanity we can correct the mistakes of the social scientists, says Tom Hodgkinson
… of nature is something seen outside the city walls. Inside the Brave New World, the people …
Water is life, writes Javan Briggs. And it belongs to all of us. California's water shortage is caused, not by 'drought', but by massive long term over-pumping. And as the crisis worsens, the response under the 'water as property' model is just to pump all the harder. We must manage water as a commons - to sustain us all, not to profit the few.
… they repeatedly come up against a brick wall of political excuses, cronyism, and state …
The number of wild vertebrate animals has more than halved over the last 40 years, writes Hugh Warwick - a truly catastrophic rate of decline. Yet the BBC did not consider it important enough to ask the Prime Minister about yesterday morning. Step one to saving our wonderful wildlife - rekindle our love for the natural world.
… sets you up for grief, so we hold back, erect walls, and numb ourselves with quick fixes. …
Banks - love 'em or hate 'em, they're an integral part of nearly every economic system. But just how would they function in a steady-state, earth-linked economy?
… and social, does not penetrate its walls. READ MORE... COMMENT I'd rather vote …
Journalism in the United States is a dying profession, says Paul Craig Roberts, recipient of the International Award for Excellence in Journalism 2015. Corrupted by corporate wealth and power, and intimidated by a repressive state, the mainstream media have assumed a new role as messengers of fear, hatred and naked aggression that's driving the world to nuclear war.
… network. News Corp owns Fox News, the Wall Street Journal , and British newspapers. … the US Treasury and Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal. Roberts' How the Economy …
Don’t look at a society and think it is so big, so complex, that nothing can change. Don’t think: “I am one single person, what can I do?” That, says Satish Kumar, is despondency; that is pessimism. Instead, whatever you can do, do it. Step by step.
… you can do, do it. Step by step. The Great Wall of China was not built in one day. …