84 plot owners at Manor Gardens allotments in East London are soon to have their lovingly tended vegetables bulldozed for the 2012 olympic games. We asked the gardeners, including one man who has held his plot for fifty years, how they felt about the London Development Agency's decision, and what they plan to do now.
Caroline Lucas was arrested on 8th January for protesting against the Trident missile system at the Faslane naval base in Scotland. She spoke to the Ecologist shortly after her release to talk about the illegality of the weapon, and why politicians should be spending less time in the House, and more time under the placard...
Graham Thompson, from the pressure group 'Plane Stupid', talks to the Ecologist about facing an ASBO, what needs to be done about aviation, and who's next on the target list. Watch out, O'Leary...
The Idler magazine promotes, among other things, a good work-life balance. And its editor, Tom Hodgkinson, had things other than work on his mind when he gave this talk in a shop full of Ukeleles. Find out about the origin of mince pies, the puritans who banned Christmas, and Gordon Brown's bottom...
The Economist magazine ran a cover story suggesting that buying ethical food was a useless, 'feel good' gesture. The Ecologist says that they are wrong. We spoke to Jeanette Longfield, coordinator of the food and farming charity Sustain, to find out why.
In an article for the Ecologist, David Nicholson-Lord likened discussing population to 'placing your head on a stand at a coconut shy'. This didn't stop Lord Adair Turner, Richard Ottaway MP, and Catherine Budgett-Meakin tackling some tough questions at the Royal Geographic Society. Listen to their responses below.
Never mind population increase; shouldn't it be decreasing?
A biologist asks the most sensitive question of all.
Lord Adair Turner showed a graph which plotted standard of living against population. It formed a curve. The audience wanted to know whether our standard of living is rising...or falling.
What would you spend £20 billion on rather than an outdated military deterrent? Click here for some answers, and to listen to the reasons why nuclear is nonsense.
How green is David Cameron really? Make up your own mind, by listening to the speech he gave on Conservative environmental policy at the Green Alliance Annual Debate.
