Lessons from the past in how to live a low energy lifestyle
13/4/2011 Guardian Going medieval: Live like Bess of Hardwick -by Lucy Worsley. Read the rest of this entry »
Andes climate change forces rural people into the cities
13/4/2011 Guardian El Alto, city of rural migrants whose crops failed when the climate changed -by John Vidal. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Tidy Street monitors its daily electricity usage as incentive to cut emissions
13/4/2011 Guardian Tidy St: Shining a light on community energy efficiency. Read the rest of this entry »
Nitrogen pollutions damages water, climate, health and wildlife - scientists report
12/4/2011 Independent Nitrogen pollution costs are revealed - by Emily Beament. Read the rest of this entry »
Brazil soybean crops for animal feed are destroying savannah warns World Wildlife Fund
12/4/2011 Guardian Crops for animal feed destroying Brazilian savannah, WWF warns. Read the rest of this entry »
Reactive Nitrogen pollution from farms, vehicles, industry and waste costs European Union £280billion per year.
11/4/2011 BBC Nitrogen pollution ‘costs EU up to £280bn a year’- by Roger Harrabin. Read the rest of this entry »
Europe’s increase in hay fever is caused by carbon emissions - research.
9/4/2011 BBC Carbon emissions linked to Europe’s hay fever rise - by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
Evidence of massive consensus that humans are changing the climate.
8/4/2011 Guardian Is there a scientific consensus on man-made climate change? Read the rest of this entry »
UK climate is threatened by huge pool of Arctic melt water which could divert the Gulf Stream
6/4/2011 Independent Why build-up of fresh water in Arctic could spell trouble for Britain. Read the rest of this entry »
UK government department made TV adverts about global warming in 1991 - withdrawn because of complaints
2/4/2011 Guardian Solved: The mystery of the 1993 global warming TV ad - by Leo Hickman. Read the rest of this entry »
Europe - noise is second only to pollution in causing deaths and damaged lives
31/3/2011 New Scientist Noise kills, and blights lives in Europe. Read the rest of this entry »
Aircraft contrails warm the planet more than the fuel emissions from the flights.
30/3/2011 New Scientist Contrails warm the world more than aviation emissions. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change deniers won’t learn from science - US Congress hearing shows
20/3/2011 New Scientist How not to change a climate sceptic’s mind. Read the rest of this entry »
Consumerism - is it ruining our lives by Tim Jackson
19/3/2011 Guardian Is rampant consumerism ruining our lives? Read the rest of this entry »
UK drivers are learning how to save fuel by Tom Geoghegan
9/3/2011 BBC How are motorists saving fuel? Read the rest of this entry »
Uganda has no climate change sceptics
3/3/2011 New Scientist A country with no time for climate change scepticism. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Climate change doubled likelihood of devastating UK floods of 2000
17/2/2011 Guardian Global warming made the floods that devastated England and Wales in the autumn of 2000, costing £3.5bn, Read the rest of this entry »
UK is ‘lazy man of Europe’ when it comes to organics by Mark Kinver
9/2/2012 BBC The UK government is not doing enough to support and promote organic food and farming, a report says. Read the rest of this entry »
Ethical pioneers changing the way we live
6/2/2011 Observer Martha Lane Fox: “The more people that use technology the bigger the gap becomes for those who can’t”. Read the rest of this entry »
Scientists show that when birds die plants become extinct over time
3/2/2011 New Scientist After the birds vanish, plants are next to go. Read the rest of this entry »
UK the Greenest government ever – that’s a sick joke by Michael McCarthy.
4/2/2011 Independent Some false ideas need robustly confronting, and never more so than when they are enshrined in slogans, Read the rest of this entry »
UK - World’s most efficient solar cells ready for use in the UK - 21.6%
1/2/2011 Independent World’s most efficient solar cells ready for use in the UK. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Poll asked if climate change was a current or imminent threat, 83% of Britons agreed.
1/2/2011 Guardian Public belief in climate change weathers storm, poll shows. Read the rest of this entry »
Cutting down on meat to 4% ‘could reduce ‘greenhouse gas’ - Report
30/1/2011 Independent Cutting out almost all meat from the nation’s diet could help reduce greenhouse emissions, a new report out today claims. Read the rest of this entry »
Greenpeace protests at Koch brothers’ rally
31/1/2011 Guardian The Greenpeace airship flying abover Rancho Mirage, California, as billionaires David and Charles Koch convened Read the rest of this entry »
UN Secretary General says the World’s economic model is ‘environmental suicide’
29/1/2011 Guardian Ban Ki-moon: says the World’s economic model is ‘environmental suicide’. Read the rest of this entry »
UK -Eco power lists: Fatuous, invidious and misrepresentative by George Monbiot
Eco power lists: Fatuous, invidious and misrepresentative. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Climate Weekly survey finds 4 out of 5 motivated to take action on climate change
Climate Week also commissioned another survey, this time conducted by ICM and involving a sample of 2003 adults. Read the rest of this entry »
Al Gore, Gary Neville or Cheryl Cole: who would you trust on climate change? by Leo Hickman
10/1/2011 Guardian We are often told that we are living in the “age of celebrity”. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change is a hard sell - comment by Mark Kohn
9/12/2010 Guardian Climate change is a hard sell – especially when it’s freezing out by Marek Kohn. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Top NASA climate scientist defends activists who tried to shut down coal powered generator.
30/11/2010 Guardian Climate change protesters’ anger was justifiable, says Nasa Scientist. Read the rest of this entry »
Youth activists plan co-operation not protest at Cancún climate summit
26/11/2010 Guardian Police made some 400 arrests at a mass rally in Copenhagen, during the 2009 UN climate summit. Read the rest of this entry »
UK will the localism bill prepare the ground for smart cities? by Michael Lownds
22/11/2010 Guardian Will the localism bill prepare the ground for smart cities? Read the rest of this entry »
Cancún conference - celebrities tell the world’s politicians ‘.. you can make history,’
22/11/2010 Guardian Author Ian McEwan is among those calling for agreement at the Cancún climate talks. Read the rest of this entry »
Conference told people are not just victims of climate change, they are responsible for it.
18/11/2010 Independent Consumers must cast off ‘victim’ culture if governments are to hit climate targets. Read the rest of this entry »
Unilever has announced that 100% of its agricultural raw materials will be ‘sustainably sourced’ by 2020.
16/11/2010 Guardian Unilever’s environmental audit and sustainable agriculture plans are a gamechanger for the way that global companies behave says Jonathon Porritt. Read the rest of this entry »
Carbon footprints - how much emissions for each pound you spend?
What’s the carbon footprint of … spending a pound? Read the rest of this entry »
UK Christmas lighting equal to 22.8 days electricity carbon emissions
12/11/2010 Independent A survey of British householders by price comparison site GoCompare released on November 10 via the Energy Saving Trust Read the rest of this entry »
Paris, Amsterdam, Zagreb and Mexico City have signed up to 10:10 carbon emissions cuts.
14/10/2010 Guardian Four capital cities sign up to 10:10 Read the rest of this entry »
UK Carbon footprint labels: the latest aid for ethical shopping
13/10/2010 Independent Shoppers familiar with seeing fair trade, organic or rainforest labels during their weekly shop will have to get used to another logo: the carbon footprint. Read the rest of this entry »
Adaptation against the odds: enabling communities to cope with climate change
12/10/2010 Guardian Today, the NGO Practical Action will highlight its work with a photo exhibition of images Read the rest of this entry »
Why landfill mining could be the next big thing
12/10/2010 Guardian If the UK keeps dumping rubbish at its current rate it will run out of landfill space by 2018. Read the rest of this entry »
Tianjin talks and a ‘global work party’ by Richard Black
11/10/2010 BBC 10/10/10, if you care to write dates that way - is set for what’s probably the biggest mass event ever in pursuit of curbing climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
Green fatigue hits campaign to reduce carbon footprint
10/10/2010 Independent Car sales, flights and waste all increase as the recession takes its toll on consumers’ motivation. Read the rest of this entry »
World Wide Day of action on climate change - biggest climate change demonstration ever
9/10/2010 www.350.org Biggest climate change demonstration world wide ever claim organisers - 7347 actions world wide in 188 countries. See the pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Oxfordshire town sees human waste used to heat homes by Dhruti Shah
5/10/2010 BBC The sewage is cleaned before it is turned into useful biomethane. Read the rest of this entry »
60 French towns swap rubbish trucks for horse-drawn carts
2/10/2010 Guardian A horse and cart is used to collect the recycling in the St Prix area in France. Read the rest of this entry »
Sustainable lifestyle - What we can learn from our hunter-gatherer ancestors
1/10/2010 Guardian The introduction of sheep in British brought to an end the more sustainable hunter-gatherer way of life. Read the rest of this entry »
USA. James Hansen’s speech to Appalachia Rising march to White House
30/9/2010 James Hansen’s speech at Freedom Plaza before the Appalachia Rising march to the White House on 27 September. Read the rest of this entry »
UN warned of major new food crisis at emergency meeting in Rome
25/9/2010 Guardian July’s wildfires in Russia have led to a draconian wheat ban, pushing up prices. Read the rest of this entry »
What psychology can teach us about our response to climate change
24/9/2010 Guardian Calls to ‘save the planet’ or ‘do it for our grandchildren’ do not engage people, says psychology professor. Read the rest of this entry »
An alternative to the new wave of ecofascism by Micah White
18/9/2010 Guardian British scientist James Lovelock has proposed radical authoritarian measures to combat environmental degradation. Read the rest of this entry »
Secretary General of the United Nations has endorsed 350.org’s 10/10/10 Global Work Party
16/9/2010 email from 350 Dear friends, We’ve got some exciting news: Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, Read the rest of this entry »
Earth, wind and fire: How tapping into the natural world is going mainstream
12/9/2010 Independent Ten people, ten different ways to change your lifestyle, to save money and the planet. Read the rest of this entry »
Britain must adapt to ‘inevitable’ climate change, warns minister
12/9/2010 Independent As experts call for action now, the coalition withholds green funding and appeals to private enterprise. Read the rest of this entry »
Harvard study shows high animal protein diet is bad for health
9/9/2010 www.care2.com A new study from Harvard is telling people to ditch their steak and dive into a bean burger instead or suffer an early demise. Read the rest of this entry »
No Impact Man book/film by Colin Beavan– ‘about my little family’s one-year carbon fast’
8/9/2010 Guardian Recently, my book was released in France. Read the rest of this entry »
Zen buddhist master Thich Nhat Hahnand the art of protecting the planet
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 »
Activist - a short statement by James Hansen (the world’s most important climate scientist - Editor)
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 »
UK = Plastic bag use plummets 43% in supermarkets since 2006
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 »
Green machine: Fighting the efficiency fallacies
17/8/2010 New Scientist Green machine is our weekly column on the latest advances in environmental technologies. Read the rest of this entry »
Stop wasting food, save the world’s energy
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 »
‘Environmentalism’ can never address climate change - by David Roberts
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 »
How Britain’s homes could make cost-free emissions cuts
11/8/2010 Guardian The 50th ‘superhome’ in Welwyn village. Read the rest of this entry »
Do environmentalists hold back sustainable lifestyles?
5/8/2010 Guardian Misguided images of sacrifice may be putting people off living more sustainable lifestyles. Read the rest of this entry »
How free cycle schemes may be part of a ‘UN plot to enslave citizens’ by Peter Walker
5/8/2010 Guardian The Republican Dan Maes has exposed the dark conspiracy behind bike hire networks Read the rest of this entry »
Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid supercar to go on sale - no way to reduce CO2 emissions?
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 »
US - More energy is lost each year in food wasted than oil & gas reserves of nations coastlines.
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 »
Global warming - scientists have warned us since 1975 - 35 years and no effective action taken.
29/7/2010 www.realclimate.org Happy 35th birthday, global warming! Read the rest of this entry »
USA -mini cows could save the planet
27/7/2010 Guardian Miniature cattle could be the future of environmentally-friendly beef. Read the rest of this entry »
Why the gulf oil disaster will not cause a climate change wake up
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 »
Gulf of Mexico oil spill memory will fade fast
21/7/2010 New Scientist THE blowout of the Deepwater Horizon oil well is haunted by superlatives. Read the rest of this entry »
Biodiesel from algae may not be as green as it seems
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 »
All power to the wind – it cuts your electricity bills
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 »
World CO2 Emissions and UK CO2 emissions - note: BP’s data is not impartial.
7/7/2010 By Alister Hamilton at Transition Edinburgh South. Read the rest of this entry »
Eating less meat - what it can do to reduce carbon emissions
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 »
10 ways vegetarianism can help save the planet
17/7/2010 Observer 10 ways vegetarianism can help save the planet. Read the rest of this entry »
UK - Basic energy-saving measures could slash domestic carbon gases by up to a third
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 »
Fairtrade towns to top 500 in UK and beyond
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 »
Edinburgh Garden sharing scheme benefiting owners and helpers
13/7/2010 BBC Sarah Shields was happy to hand some of her garden over to Jake Butcher. Read the rest of this entry »
Germany targets switch to 100% renewables for its electricity by 2050
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 »
What’s the best form of carbon offsetting? by Leo Hickman
6/7/2010 Guardian Please can you give me some direction on my travelling problem. Read the rest of this entry »
Sustainability - The 15-minute digested read
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 »
Cars - Can I fill up the tank and be green?
5/7/2010 Guardian Now that we’ve all seen the pelicans smothered in crude oil courtesy of BP’s
deepwater drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico Read the rest of this entry »
UK Network Rail study to assess impact of climate change
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 »
77 months and counting by Andrew Simms
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 »
Air pollution leads to premature deaths of more than 4,000 Londoners a year
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 »
Calling for an ‘old-fashioned’ green revolution by Tensie Whelan
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 »
UK Advisors urge new UK climate policies
30/6/2010 BBC A step-change in renewable capacity is part of the committee’s prescription. Read the rest of this entry »
UK - Living the ecological dream can be a nightmare when it comes to nimby neighbours
27/6/2010 Independent By Daisy Jellicoe Gary Neville had planning permission refused for his £6m eco home. Read the rest of this entry »
UK - Slow Food - You ask, they answer
29/6/2010 Guardian Post your questions for Slow Food UK, the “eco-gastronomic” organisation Read the rest of this entry »
Can I spend money and be green? by Lucy Siegle
27/6/2010 Observer Even freshly minted money looks dirty to an eco warrior. Read the rest of this entry »
Water shortage increases tensions between countries
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 »
It’s payback time for home generation by Keith Harrison
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 »
Overconsumption is costing us the earth and human happiness
21/6/2010 Guardian Overconsumption is costing us the earth and human happiness. Read the rest of this entry »
Doubt is spreading about the reality of climate change
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 »
Austerity was a hard sell in the 40s. Today it’s harder still - by David Kynaston
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 »
UK Manufacturers appeal for simplified carbon tax
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 »
A vision of zero carbon Britain in just 20 years by Juliette Jowit
16/6/2010 Guardian It’s 2030, only 20 years from now: Read the rest of this entry »
Food prices to rise by up to 40% over next decade, UN report warns
16/6/2010 Guardian Growing demand from emerging markets and for biofuel production will send
prices soaring, Read the rest of this entry »