Andrew Del Prado argues that society's attitude to recycling electronic gadgets is lagging far behind our desire to create the technology in the first place, and tells the Ecologist how his organisation is trying to combat this trend.....
… e-Recycling: Why we must and how we can Andrew … comes with the proliferation of electronic waste. According to the Environmental … 2009 Facts and Figures on Municipal Solid Waste, about 82.3% of electronic waste in the …
Camilla Scaramanga takes a look at how growing food in schools is having a positive impact on children, teachers, parents and wider society.......
… impact on children, teachers, parents and wider society....... "If you listen to … watching monitors, greenhouse monitors, recycling/landfill monitors." Former pupil, … to green your school School buildings, food, waste - even the curriculum itself should all …
We do not have to be constrained by our current dysfunctional system of capitalism, argues Michael Townsend. People are already finding and implementing more attractive alternatives. A quiet revolution is under way ...
… Michael Townsend. People are already finding and implementing more attractive alternatives. … more consumption - and the linear take-make-waste economy. After all, this is generally … activity focused on re-use, repurposing, andrecycling. This means economic activity and …
Hazel Sillver and Susan Clark round up some of the best and brightest eco-stationery on offer.
… Supplies fluke2-360x485.jpg Hazel Sillver and Susan Clark round up some of the best and … paper that is made from 100% post consumer wasteand suitable for double-sided printing. … stores have been made from 100% post consumer wasteand natural rubber. The Green Stationery …
The creators of nonprofit 70 Degrees West share the ideas that motivate them to pursue their incredible yet challenging dream to document the impact of humans on some of the planet's most unique ecosystems....
… you access to new insights about yourself and the world-at-large. You'd meet creatures, … do about plastic pollution is reducing their waste. Reusing or repurposing are also good steps to take. Recycling is an option, but should be a last …
Lorna Howarth examines a growing movement in urban planning that moves beyond preventative sustainable development to 'regenerative' development, aiming to counter some of the destruction urbanisation has wreaked on the planet....
… This multi-purpose building is both a stadium and a solar power station. Copyright World … a city, we must return compost from organic waste. We must make regenerative energies into … and by improving ‘downstream' reuse andrecycling of end-of-life products including …
Teresa Anderson of the Gaia Foundation peels back the gloss of modern gadgets to reveal the devastating environmental and social costs of their manufacture.
… Exposes The True Cost of Hi-Tech Teresa Anderson | 30th April 2013 News … exposes how the accelerating consumption andwasteful disposal of our electronic gadgets is … The report highlights not only the lack of recycling of electronic waste; but the lack of …
Fernanda Mayrink, who championed and launched the ‘Light Recicla' scheme tells Alex Elliott how it is revolutionising lives in Santa Marta and beyond.
… Fernanda Mayrink brings light and safety into the … see any arms and guns, but there was a lot of waste in the streets. When it rains heavily … project in Sierra called Ecoelce where recycling posts had been introduced in …
How do you change a damaging culture of littering amongst 200,000 hedonistic festival-goers? The answer is to go deep........
… | 17th July 2013 Ethical Living Society Recycling & Waste glastonburyimg_0408.jpg Image courtesy … of their duties to stop people littering and peeing on the ground by Gaia's Guardians , …
Need an eco break? Hazel Sillver recommends hopping on a ferry and making your way to the Isle of Wight....
… Hazel Sillver recommends hopping on a ferry and making your way to the Isle of Wight.... … the treehouse loo is a composting toilet andwastewater runs into a reed bed in the woods. … heating and bio-bubble treatment for waste. * Tom's Eco Camping Lodges – part tent, …
An interview with Trebbe Johnson by Juliana Schneider
… you are teaching at Schumacher College in May and your non-profit organisation Radical Joy … a very prestigious grant to recycle steel waste. He told me that he was very excited … he drove out to an enormous mound of steel waste. He climbed to the top of the mound with …
The health of our soils is more important now than ever, says the Soil Association’s Helen Browning - especially with the challenges that climate change will bring ...
… Browning | 8th November 2013 Comment Food And Farming Comment Organic Farming Soil Food … with growing perennial crops and trees, andrecycling sewage sludge safely back to soils. … may mean separating industrial from household waste systems. The phosphate in sewage is …
Could your fashion style be destroying forests and driving orang-utans towards extinction? Nicole Rycroft shows how cellulose fibres used in textiles are a major cause of biodiversity loss worldwide. But your choices can make all the difference ...
… your fashion style be destroying forests and driving orang-utans towards extinction? … queries that you'll hear echoing in boutiques and malls will be "Is this shirt made from … into a slurry of dissolving pulp. It's a wasteful, chemically intensive and inefficient …
Garden designers are increasingly conscious of green gardening methods, but designers at this year's RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show are demonstrating how gardens can be used to convey green messages to increase environmental consciousness amongst the public too. Mandy Almond, Show Manager, talks us through some of the gardens....
… messages at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show Mandy Almond | 8th July 2013 Ethical Living … threaten them with pollution, from waste plastic in the oceans and toxic residues … ‘fridge mountains', symbolic of society's wastefulness with resource, and conjures up an …
Sharon Garfinkel appreciates the rise and rise of Oxfam's trading arm....
… Oxfam Charity Shops: The Ultimate in Recycling Sharon Garfinkel | 13th June 2013 … Sharon Garfinkel appreciates the rise and rise of Oxfam's trading arm.... Walk onto … to operate its own textile-sorting facility, Wastesaver in Huddersfield. Launched in 1975, …
Leading academic brands industry a "scam" as campaigners condemn our growing thirst for bottled water
… love affair with bottled water - a national scandal? David Gray | 11th April 2013 News … a scam, backing campaigners' claims of wasted millions and environmental pollution at … is damaging the environment and a huge waste of money - in the UK alone, the market …
Peter Hume examines plans for a zero-carbon, zero-waste, car free city in Abu Dhabi that will rely entirely on renewable energy sources, and asks whether the concept can become a sustainable reality......
… Hume examines plans for a zero-carbon, zero-waste, car free city in Abu Dhabi that will … rely entirely on renewable energy sources, and asks whether the concept can become a … energy per capita, and to recycle all its waste. Masdar, the company, is an Abu Dhabi …
The US's 'dash to frack' for oil or gas, which has transformed the country's energy market, is seriously depleting and contaminating aquifers and surface water supplies, writes Valerie Brown. The choice facing America is plain - energy, or water?
… June 2013 News Water USA Fracking Pollution Waste … energy market, is seriously depleting and contaminating aquifers and surface water … water and how they will dispose of their wastewater. Even in the face of a drought …
Why Pakistan’s recent announcement of a ban of non-biodegradable plastics may not be beneficial for the environment. Lorna Howarth reports.....
… we’ve had a veritable avalanche of feedback and comment in the Ecologist offices. … This fragmentation is not a solution to the waste problem, but rather the conversion of … can hamper the collection and subsequent recycling of post consumer plastics. In …
If the world is to feed a growing population against a backdrop of climate change and biodiversity loss, argues Charles Windsor, we must put a cost on the damage we are causing to soils, water, climate and ecosystems.
… against a backdrop of climate change and biodiversity loss, argues Charles Windsor, … a charge has been placed on the dumping of waste it has dramatically changed a society's approach to recycling - and produced jobs. Or take the …
Home to many great eco-friendly attractions, Jamaica is fast becoming one of the top green destinations in the world by reducing its carbon footprint. Aimme Avory-Adams takes a look at what the paradise island has to offer.......
… takes a look at what the paradise island has to offer....... With World … energy and buying only local produce to recyclingwasteand saving water, many hotels strive to …
In the wake of the Bangladesh factory collapse Sarah Compson implores us all as consumers to take responsibility for what we wear and not to turn a blind eye.
… Sarah Compson | 17th May 2013 Comment Society Waste & Recycling Politics & Economics … to take responsibility for what we wear and not to turn a blind eye. News of the …
When looking at the numbers of cars cruising Britain's roads, the amount of carbon being constantly released is staggering. Paul Creeney looks at how public transport is evolving to become a viable alternative....
… or sneaking into a pub for the first time and asking for one of the three drinks you've … of sustainable travel as there isn't enough waste cooking oil in the country to power … been cut to a minimum, using things such as waste cooking oil could be the way forward. …
In her weekly column, the Ecologist's Lorna Howarth reports on the stories that show standing up for what we believe in can and does make a real difference.
… Is this possibly the most creative use of waste ever? Lorna Howarth | 20th January 2013 … Howarth reports on the stories that show standing up for what we believe in can and does … alongside open sewers littered with plastic waste. Bebi, who is 19, is the proud owner of …