28/8/2010 In a rare interview, zen buddhist master Thich Nhat Hahn warns of the threat to civilisation from climate change and the spiritual revival that is needed to avert catastrophe. Read the rest of this entry »
26/8/2010 Activist by James Hansen (the world’s most important climate scientist – Editor) http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/ Read the rest of this entry »
26/8/2010 Guardian The amount of material used to make plastic bags has reduced by 39,700 tonnes per year since 2006. Read the rest of this entry »
17/8/2010 New Scientist Green machine is our weekly column on the latest advances in environmental technologies. Read the rest of this entry »
11/8/2010 New Scientist The scandal of food waste is even worse when you consider how much energy is being thrown away Read the rest of this entry »
12/8/2010 Guardian In my opening statement at a debate the other night, I had 60 seconds to reach a half-drunk, half-interested
crowd. Read the rest of this entry »
11/8/2010 Guardian The 50th ’superhome’ in Welwyn village. Read the rest of this entry »
5/8/2010 Guardian Misguided images of sacrifice may be putting people off living more sustainable lifestyles. Read the rest of this entry »
5/8/2010 Guardian The Republican Dan Maes has exposed the dark conspiracy behind bike hire networks Read the rest of this entry »
3/8/2010 BBC Porsche has decided to make a limited number of the new hybrid supercar it’s been developing, called the 918 Spyder. Read the rest of this entry »
30/7/2010 New Scientist MORE energy is wasted in the perfectly edible food discarded by people in the US each year than is available in oil and gas reserves off the nation’s coastlines. Read the rest of this entry »
29/7/2010 www.realclimate.org Happy 35th birthday, global warming! Read the rest of this entry »
27/7/2010 Guardian Miniature cattle could be the future of environmentally-friendly beef. Read the rest of this entry »
21/7/2010 New Scientist The Gulf oil disaster is a wake-up call, but we’ll sleep right through it. Read the rest of this entry »
21/7/2010 New Scientist THE blowout of the Deepwater Horizon oil well is haunted by superlatives. Read the rest of this entry »
21/7/2010 New Scientist BUBBLING green tubes filled with algae gobbling up carbon dioxide and producing biodiesel may sound like the perfect way to make clean fuel, but it could generate nearly four times the greenhouse emissions from regular diesel. Read the rest of this entry »
21/7/2010 New Scientist Why is wind power derided as subsidised, inefficient and uncompetitive when the opposite is true, ask Jérôme Guillet and John Evans. Read the rest of this entry »
7/7/2010 By Alister Hamilton at Transition Edinburgh South. Read the rest of this entry »
21/7/2010 New Scientist IF YOU’RE a typical westerner, you ate nearly 100 kilograms of meat last year. Read the rest of this entry »
17/7/2010 Observer 10 ways vegetarianism can help save the planet. Read the rest of this entry »
18/7/2010 By Susie Mesurees. Simple measures such as turning electrical appliances off at the mains and installing energy-efficient lightbulbs could slash the UK’s carbon dioxide emissions by about 40 megatonnes a year, Read the rest of this entry »
16/7/2010 Guardian When a group of residents declared Garstang in Lancashire a Fairtrade town 10 years ago, Read the rest of this entry »
13/7/2010 BBC Sarah Shields was happy to hand some of her garden over to Jake Butcher. Read the rest of this entry »
7/7/2010 Guardian Germany could derive all of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2050 and become the world’s first major industrial
nation to kick the fossil-fuel habit, Read the rest of this entry »
6/7/2010 Guardian Please can you give me some direction on my travelling problem. Read the rest of this entry »
7/7/2010 Guardian | Living our values is one of the core objectives agreed by the directors of Guardian News & Media (GNM). Read the rest of this entry »
5/7/2010 Guardian Now that we’ve all seen the pelicans smothered in crude oil courtesy of BP’s
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2/7/2010 Guardian The Network Rail study on climate change could save the industry £1bn over the next 30 years. Read the rest of this entry »
2/7/2010 Guardian “If you want to build a ship, don’t call together some men just to gather wood, prepare tools and distribute tasks,” proclaimed the French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, “Instead, teach them the longing for the endless sea.” Read the rest of this entry »
1/7/2010 Guardian Air pollution over London: Figures show that it is contributing to the premature deaths of more than 4,000 people in the capital. Read the rest of this entry »
30/6/2010 BBC Using “good old-fashioned” farming techniques will help deliver a sustainable green revolution in Africa, byTensie Whelan. Read the rest of this entry »
30/6/2010 BBC A step-change in renewable capacity is part of the committee’s prescription. Read the rest of this entry »
27/6/2010 Independent By Daisy Jellicoe Gary Neville had planning permission refused for his £6m eco home. Read the rest of this entry »
29/6/2010 Guardian Post your questions for Slow Food UK, the “eco-gastronomic” organisation Read the rest of this entry »
27/6/2010 Observer Even freshly minted money looks dirty to an eco warrior. Read the rest of this entry »
26/6/2010 Guardian Fifteen years ago Ismail Serageldin, an Egyptian who was vice-president of the
World Bank, shook politicians by predicting that the wars of the 21st century… Read the rest of this entry »
25/6/2010 BBC Home owners are sceptical about the benefits of generating electricity to meet the needs of their own homes, Read the rest of this entry »
21/6/2010 Guardian Overconsumption is costing us the earth and human happiness. Read the rest of this entry »
21/6/2010 New Scientist ”CLIMATEGATE”and the flaws in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s last
report…. Read the rest of this entry »
22/6/2010 Guardian “No sooner did we awake from the six years nightmare of war and feel free to enjoy life once more than … Read the rest of this entry »
21/6/2010 Guardian Britain’s manufacturers have condemned the government’s climate change policy as “chaotic, overcrowded and complicated” and are calling …. (for) an economy-wide carbon tax. Read the rest of this entry »
16/6/2010 Guardian It’s 2030, only 20 years from now: Read the rest of this entry »
16/6/2010 Guardian Growing demand from emerging markets and for biofuel production will send
prices soaring, Read the rest of this entry »
9/6/2010 BBC Sir David King has called on governments to “de-fossilise” their economies. Read the rest of this entry »
8/6/2010 BBC carbon footprints. Examples. Read the rest of this entry »
21/6/2010 Guardian Story of Stuff creator Annie Leonard’s new book examines the high
price of the western world’s obession with all things material. Read the rest of this entry »
4/6/2010 BBC UK received a first warning about London’s air pollution levels in 2009. Read the rest of this entry »
3/6/2010 Guardian The UN says agriculture is on a par with fossil fuel consumption because both rise rapidly with increased economic
growth. Read the rest of this entry »
3/6/2010 BBC A group of experts convened under a UN umbrella has been taking a look at what aspects of our global society are the least sustainable Read the rest of this entry »
2/6/2010 Guardian In China it is illegal to be without a solar panel on a certain-sized home. Read the rest of this entry »
26/5/2010 Independent One more step in what scientists are increasingly referring to as the Sixth Great Extinction is announced today: the disappearance of yet another bird species. Read the rest of this entry »
26/5/2010 Guuardian More biodiversity in food crops is better for the environment and means more pleasure for us, says US ecologist Gary Nabhan. Read the rest of this entry »
24/5/2010 Independent By Emily Beament Britain’s carbon emissions are set to fall again slightly this year after the recession drove dramatic declines of around 10 per cent last year, analysts say. Read the rest of this entry »
24/5/2010 Guardian Flying, particularly on long-haul flights, is so highly emitting that it dwarfs everything else on an individual carbon budget. Read the rest of this entry »
24/5/2010 Guardian by Owen Bowcott Popular concern about climate change has declined significantly, following this year’s harsh winter and rows over statistics on global warming, a survey has found. Read the rest of this entry »
24/5/2010 Observer The average British recycling rate is just 18% of the collective bin – a long way off the 50% required by 2020. Read the rest of this entry »
17/5/2010 Independent Evidence for global warming has mounted but public awareness of the threat has shrunk, Read the rest of this entry »
13/5/2010 Guardian George Monbiot agrees with our project, Dark Mountain, that “something has been lost … in the desperate search for green solutions Read the rest of this entry »
13/5/2010 Guardian Couples often fail to see eye to eye but now, more and more, the focus of their arguments is the environment. Read the rest of this entry »
11/5/2010 BBC CO2 should not be the prime target of climate policy, the report argues. Read the rest of this entry »
10/5/2010 GuardianPetrol refined from tar sands crude oil has been imported into Europe, Greenpeace study shows. Read the rest of this entry »
7/5/2010 Guardian It is the super-yacht for the carbon-conscious billionaire. Read the rest of this entry »
5/5/2010 New Scientist It was hailed as a breakthrough in the fight to cut carbon emissions. Read the rest of this entry »
6/5/2010 Guardian Economic growth is incompatible with cutting carbon emissions, most of which are produced by manufacturing and consumption. Read the rest of this entry »
4/5/2010 Guardian It’s always hard to imagine a world fundamentally different to the one we encounter everyday. Read the rest of this entry »
1/5/2010 Guardian Digital waste has grown exponentially over the last decade as storage of data Read the rest of this entry »
1/5/2010 Independent by Geoffrey Lean and Harriet Shawcross. Read the rest of this entry »
1/5/2010 Guardian It started last year with two men in a pub. It spiraled from there, and gathered in thousands of people from across the world who shared its vision. (or lack of vison? Ed). Read the rest of this entry »
1/5/2010 Guardian I don’t hammer down motorways. Read the rest of this entry »
29/4/2010 Guardian Every time someone pushes the on-button on an electronic device, there is an expectation that the unit will power up quickly and display images in vibrant color. Read the rest of this entry »
22/4/2010 New Scientist Magazine issue 2757 The United Nations has made 2010 its Year of Biodiversity. Read the rest of this entry »
26/4/2010 New Scientist Magazine issue 2757 The United Nations has made 2010 its Year of Biodiversity. Read the rest of this entry »
24/4/2010 New Scientist Magazine issue 2757 World grabs more and more toilet paper. Read the rest of this entry »
22/4/2010 Guardian Wide streets, bikes in parks, cycling culture … 10 reasons why the German capital is a marvellous place to cycle. Read the rest of this entry »
25/4/2010 Guardian Bill McKibben is a writer, activist, and co-founder of 350.org. Read the rest of this entry »
25/4/2010 CO2NOW.org In 2009, the average concentration for atmospheric CO2 (Mauna Loa Observatory) was 387.35 parts per million (ppm). Read the rest of this entry »
70 members from 62 Academies, from Albania to Zimbabwe. Read the rest of this entry »
19/4/2010 Guardian Airlines are reported to be losing £130m a day due to the ash cloud but the effects of climate change will cost a lot more. Read the rest of this entry »
19/4/2010 Guardian Melting Andes glaciers pose a threat to Bolivians. Read the rest of this entry »
19/4/2010 BBC The amount of water used to produce food and goods imported to developed countries is worsening water shortages in the developing world, a report says. Read the rest of this entry »
19/4/2010 BBC Views of the US around the world have improved sharply over the past year, a BBC World Service poll suggests. Read the rest of this entry »
17/4/2010 BBC The philosopher, writer and recent writer-in-residence at Heathrow airport imagines a world without aircraft. Read the rest of this entry »
14/4/2010 New Scientist Magazine issue 2756 16:30 15 April 2010 I LIVE in the San Francisco Bay Area, the epicentre of smug green consumerism, Read the rest of this entry »
14/4/2010 New Scientist Magazine issue 2756 BRACE yourself for more winters like the last one, northern Europe. Read the rest of this entry »
14/4/2010 Guardian It is a pleasingly Gallic phrase that brings to mind marauding students and protesting unions. Read the rest of this entry »
14/4/2010 Guardian Heat loss, shown by this thermal imaging picture, is supposed to be minimised by the new Energy Performance Certificates. Read the rest of this entry »
12/4/2010 Guardian Going carbon neutral: State governments are beginning to set the stage for widespread climate action with emissions laws, energy efficiency rules and renewable energy standards, but the hands-on work of actually achieving carbon-neutral status is happening in cities. Read the rest of this entry »
12/4/2010 Guardian Sales of organic food, drink and other products slumped by 12.9% in the UK last year as producers battled against a downturn in consumer demand and the worst trading climate for 20 years, new figures reveal today. Read the rest of this entry »
6/4/2010 New Scientist Issue 2752 Energy meters are coming out of the closet and being upgraded to “smart meters” as governments press us to think about how much power we’re using. Read the rest of this entry »
8/4/2010 New Scientist Issue 2755 USHI OKUSHIMA is the oldest resident of Ogimi, the most elderly community in Japan Read the rest of this entry »
Data on World comparisons. Ecofootprints and greenhouse gas pollution. From Fred Pearce’s 2010 book PeopleQuake. (details in BOOK LIST). Read the rest of this entry »
31/3/2010 Guardian Greenpeace has identified Kansas-based oil firm Koch Industries as a multimillion funder of climate sceptic groups. Read the rest of this entry »
30/3/2010 Guardian Recycling can be just as much about keeping up the the Joneses than being environmentally friendly. Read the rest of this entry »
30/3/2010 Guardian James Lovelock: Humans are too stupid to prevent climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
30/3/2010 Guardian Shoppers choose hybrid cars to improve social status, say researchers. Read the rest of this entry »
30/3/2010 Guardian Suppose the government could cut energy consumption and carbon emissions without raising consumer prices or spending a single penny of taxpayer’s money. Read the rest of this entry »
30/3/2010 Guardian You ask, they answer: The Carbon TrustPost your questions for the trust on carbon labelling and what you can do to reduce your footprint. Read the rest of this entry »
28/3/2010 BBC Abu Dhabi’s ‘green’ city Masdar. Read the rest of this entry »
26/3/2010 BBC UK beaches are being ruined by an ever-accumulating tide of plastic litter, the Marine Conservation Society says. Read the rest of this entry »