July 2009 printable subscriber newsletter

Ecologist

30th June, 2009

Despite only launching the website on June 19th, we already have a raft of great content for you to read. In this newsletter you can read our exclusive expose of Vedanta Resources plc's shareholders, our report on the decay of World Heritage Sites and a meaty investigation into the viability of using biochar to mitigate climate change. To download, log in with your username and password, then scroll to the bottom of this article...

A very warm welcome to our first printable monthly newsletter. On the pages that follow, you’ll find all the key stories from the website in June, as well as our favourite comment piece. If you’ve made the transition with us from the print to the online version – thankyou. Your support is what enables us to continue, and we’re sure that not only will you find the website as informative as the magazine, but that in time you’ll become as comfortable using it as you were leafing through the print edition.

lf you’re a new subscriber, welcome also. You’re joining us as we enter a new stage in the Ecologist’s history, going where, at certain times in our past, we have feared to tread. What has become abundantly clear in the last few years is that environmentalists must no longer be afraid to tread anywhere. Just as in the past we might have balked at the thought of moving online, so many early disciples of the green movement harboured an innate fear of working with business, government and mass media. Today, we must be prepared to plumb all these depths, even if at times we feel uncomfortable. If we do not, our fate is clear: we lose relevance, we lose our voice, and into that...

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