The latest film from the 'Story of Stuff' team focuses on consumer electronics and the problems of waste, recycling and toxic components
… on consumer electronics and the problems of waste, recycling and toxic components Sales of … Although Europe and the US have set up e-waste recycling systems, much of the e-waste ends up being illegally exported to less …
What would you do if an American company planned to site a huge incinerator - bigger than the Millennium Stadium - above your town? How would you feel if you knew that no existing technology could prevent that incinerator pumping out toxic chemicals?
… Incineration Toxics Friends Of The Earth Waste And Recycling Video pollution.jpg What … COMMENT How to combat the growing menace of e-waste More robust enforcement of laws designed to tackle the growing problem of e-waste is urgently needed, says Anja ffrench of …
Forty years ago this month, Robert Allen prescribed some methods for the individual to cut down on their waste. Have we heeded this advice and is it still relevant today?
… The Ecologist August 1971: Our battle with waste The Ecologist | 1st August 2011 Other Archive Ecologist 40 Years Ago 1971 Waste Advice Public Individual Recycling … for the individual to cut down on their waste. Have we heeded this advice and is it …
Watch the trailer for the Oscar-nominated film documenting how Chinese villagers challenged a powerful chemical company over pesticides and dye-factory pollution
… according to soil study NEWS Low-cost e-waste recycling in China releasing catalogue of pollutants The world's growing waste mountain of mobile phones, computers and …
Creating regenerative urban systems is a key to solving the many interconnected crises of our times.
… the resources we use originate and where our wastes end up. We tend to have vague notions about the destination of our solid waste, but know little about the liquid wastes we flush away. The fact is that we all …
Evolution favours diversity and decentralisation. GM food favours monoculture and monopoly. So, in my view, this so-called scientific food revolution is anti-evolution ...
… statistics, some 40% of the world's food is wasted and thrown away. And the remaining 60% … to do about stemming the 40% of food being wasted. And can we not resolve to feed people …
A major investigation by the Ecologist reveals a host of unreported environmental and social costs linked to the fishmeal production industry in Peru
… of ‘pipe people’ who survive by reclaiming waste discharged from nearby fishmeal … the sea. Vorges and Diaz skim off the useful waste, particularly the fat, before shovelling …
A Green New Deal built around public abundance is more necessary than ever.
… to Win: Why we need a Green New Deal observe. Waste Another third of the city’s housing … of decentralised, efficient, community-run waste management in every area – eventually … helping to reduce 67 per cent of the city’s waste production. Thiruvananthapuram’s …
Forty years ago, the Ecologist wrote about problems associated with the flight of Spain's agricultural workers to city centres.
… to the BBC, UK citizens produce more waste today than citizens of any other European nation. Efforts to reduce such waste on the part of major retailers was the …
The World We Made by Jonathon Porritt takes us on an optimistic journey to 2050 via some unexpected routes
… economy has been largely achieved, with waste virtually eliminated through new design, … action. A global campaign to reduce food waste is one example of how they eventually …
Bibi van der Zee discovers there is no excuse for Britain – still struggling with an energy system built for the 1950s – not to construct a new and greener energy system fit for the 21st century. All that is lacking is the political will.
… the bill for processing and storing nuclear waste makes up more than half the Department … down old networks and being colossally wasted in the process”. Phil Jones of Northern …
Campaigners against the third Heathrow runway and residents of the local villages Sipson, Harmondsworth and Harlington this week celebrated the anniversary of the market garden project in Sipson, 'Grow Heathrow'
… the owners to illegally dump cars and other waste. Residents and campaigners involved in …
We start our coverage of the United Nations climate talks in Bonn with a look at some of the targets that rich nations are bringing to the table. We also flag up the dangers of the scientifically unfounded rush to include Biochar and large-scale no-till agriculture in the draft negotiating texts.
… illustrative in nature … [and] assume waste-derived biochar provides only a very …
A rise in the uptake of technologies like aquaponics and aeroponics is helping to boost the growth of urban farming, but how much of our food can we really produce in the cities? Tom Levitt reports...
… called aquaponics, in which fish and their waste are used to grow fresh vegetables. …
Forty years ago after Lawrence Hills wrote ‘Fertility or Pollution’ the use and disposal of sewage is still a problem but things are starting to look up
… 200 holiday resorts had beaches covered in waste. He suggested that instead sewage should …
1minutetosavetheworld.com is an online film competition that encourages people from all over the world to submit a one minute length film about climate change.
… in a world ravaged by the consequences of wasted electricity, it only takes one finger …
Our current approach to climate change is strengthening the ideological substructure that is devouring our planet. Charles Eisenstein urges us to tackle the problem at a fundamental level and to focus on the health of humans and natural systems.
… in front of our faces. There is no time to waste! Everything is at stake! It’s do or die! …