Last week's 'War on Waste' - throwaway coffee cups were the deserving target - was an exemplar of effective single-issue campaigning by Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall. But the answers to our waste problems go way beyond recycling. We must begin to plan a societal transition to a post-consumer culture of caring, sharing, and knowing when we have enough.
… Hugh's 'War on Waste' is great - but we need to grasp the … | 3rd August 2016 Comment Waste Consumerism Recycling Economics Green Economy Society UK … a post-consumer culture of caring, sharing, and knowing when we have enough. Watching the …
The waste warrior behind the You Tube hit and now book 'The Story of Stuff', on banning children's advertising, making manufacturers responsible for waste and shifting our values
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Our economy demands that we make consumption our way of life, the that we seek our spiritual satisfaction in consumption…
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Do you want the best for your baby, but don’t want to harm the environment? Then use reusable nappies. Contrary to popular belief, modern reusables are cheaper and more hygienic than disposables, and you won't have to spend hours cleaning them.
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Are you living the dream? Or walking zombie-like through the nightmare of modern consumerism? Laura Sevier explores the sanity of downshifting
… Or is fresh, clean air, the company you keep, and a less stressful living environment more … condition of overload, debt, anxiety andwaste resulting from the dogged pursuit of … heroes. Because they consume less, are less wasteful and tend to be more sensitive to the …
Economist Herman E Daly argues that our future depends on a new economic model, one that needs to be defined by the dynamic balance – the steady state – of the natural world upon which it depends.
… Finance Free Trade Globalisation Politics And Economics Society Archive_206.jpg … as on the earth’s capacity to deal with the waste produced by all that we produce. This … in technologies, such as energyefficiency andrecycling, are so easy that it will make the …
China's growing 'bling' culture has taken off big time, writes Thembi Mutch - yet it is widely reviled among ordinary people who in the face of China's industrial boom hold resolutely to traditional values of economy and frugality, quietly yearning for the old days of clean air and safe, wholesome food to fill their stomachs.
… driven by a deep desire for healthy living and wholesome food Thembi Mutch | 24th April … Like many Chinese, she uses far more, andwastes much less, of any plant, or animal she … respect Chinese are way ahead of the West: recyclingand re-using is integrated into …
Ros Coward reports from Murcia in southern Spain, the driest place in Europe, where tourism and intensive agriculture is draining its meagre water supplies and causing a growing environmental crisis.
… International Development Natural World Food And Farming Pollution Archive_14.jpg Ros … the driest place in Europe, where tourism and intensive agriculture is draining its … and that a river discharging into the sea is wasted water. But this is a myth. Without its …
Next week, the Hay Festival in Wales kicks off with its usual big name line-up of writers. Andy Fryers, organiser of the festival's special 'Greenprint' initiative, talks about expanding green events and shrinking footprints
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Sundance Renewables in Wales is a pioneering workers' co-operative and social enterprise converting used cooking oil into a low emissions alternative to diesel
… Recycling used cooking oil to power diesel … Wales is a pioneering workers' co-operative and social enterprise converting used cooking … is to ensure that no usable oil goes to wasteand that community-based, …
At ReTuna in Sweden everything sold is recycled or reused or has been organically or sustainably produced. NATALIE BENNETT reports on the benifits of a more circular economy and what we can learn from the world's first recycling mall.
… Rethinking retail space and manufacturing practice: a local, circular … and what we can learn from the world's first recycling mall. Back in 2006, which feels like … trying to turn the products of a carelessly wasteful economy into new but environmentally …
Are SUVs a crime against civilisation, or paragons of efficiency? Are they ugly, arrogant and antisocial, or bright, beautiful and mobile? And do the polar passions they arouse pit the politics of envy against the Americanisation of British culture? Paul Kingsnorth and Michael Harvey discuss
… Transport Cars Petrol Road Oil Incineration Landfills Community Climate Change … that dares speak its name. And it’s such a waste of time and effort. If you want to save … Aren’t we only learning now the truth about recycling or, for that matter, wind farms? So …
Crude oil may be running out, but Brighton's transport revolution is powering up. Jan Goodey meets Tom Druitt, the driving force behind the Big Lemon Bus
… a day with 47 million journeys a year, and you have one route, five drivers and two … My aim is to make a difference.’ Fuel from waste With that in mind, the buses run on waste vegetable oil courtesy of a growing …
From cars to petrochemical giants, every man and his dog has green credentials to show off to the world, but just how genuine are they? John Naish takes a closer look
… From cars to petrochemical giants, every man and his dog has green credentials to show off … aspect of production: emissions, energy use, recycling. In practice, that can’t be done.’ … costs’. Instead, change is achieved only when wasteful products, such as energy-sapping …
Crude oil may be running out, but Brighton's transport revolution is powering up. Jan Goodey meets Tom Druitt, the driving force behind the Big Lemon Bus
… a day with 47 million journeys a year, and you have one route, five drivers and two … My aim is to make a difference.’ Fuel from waste With that in mind, the buses run on waste vegetable oil courtesy of a growing …
Easter is a time when - chocolate munching aside - it's still possible to take a step back from consumer-capitalism, writes Frederick Trainer, and pause to think where it's getting us. The sad fact is that so long as society is driven by consumerism, our society can never be ecologically sustainable or just.
… life' manifesto could save the world - and us Frederick Trainer | 3rd April 2015 … writes Frederick Trainer, and pause to think where it's getting us. The … solved in a society obsessed with production and consumption, affluent living standards, …
Plastic pollution in the oceans is impacting every level of marine life, writes Kate Rawles, from micro-plankton to whales. And here is your chance to do something about it - join a research expedition to the Azores next month to study the problem and develop solutions!
… Kate Rawles, from micro-plankton to whales. And here is your chance to do something about … than 5mm, are the most abundant form of solid-waste pollution on the planet. Their source? … this context; from boycotting plastic bags to recycling to reducing our overall consumption …
Every summer a team of cyclists set off across Britain stopping along the way to perform an eco-themed play to schools, festivals and communities. Welcome to the Otesha Project...
… an eco-themed play to schools, festivals and communities. Welcome to the Otesha … HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE CASE STUDY: recycling bicycles It’s the greener way to go, … DIFFERENCE CASE STUDY: running a sustainable waste service in Kenya Worldbike is using …
How can we reduce our ever increasing throughput of raw materials? By breaking out the the 'iron cage of consumerism', writes Mariale Moreno: make things to last - whether clothes, houses, cars, or washing machines. Join a car club. Share domestic appliances with neighbors. And bring back the laundromat!
… Recycling is not enough! Sharing is the way to … 2014 Ethical Living Green Economy Consumerism WasteRecycling laundromat-cut.jpg How can we … Share domestic appliances with neighbors. And bring back the laundromat! Every year …
Richmond council has become the first in the country to run its entire vehicle fleet on 100 per cent recycled biodiesel, while Lincolnshire is using the stuff to patch roads
… Councils using chip fat as fuel and road filler Amy Dickson | 5th November … Biofuel Councils Local Authorities Energy WasteAndRecycling Transport biodiesel1.jpg Richmond …
Sustainable fashion is the only option for the future. Consumers are ready for it - so why is the industry slowing down its efforts?
… industry slowing down its efforts? Glamour and sustainable fashion are not natural … planet's future and the growing problem of wasteand environmental degradation. More … There are even several brands starting to use waste products as an input into their …
Traveling in the US by boat and train visiting solar laboratories and environmental groups, Keith Barnham found many successful community initiatives in renewable electricity, and brings news of progress towards the ultimate renewable challenge: a solar fuel that could eventually replace gasoline in cars, trucks, buses, trains and aircraft.
… Traveling in the US by boat and train visiting solar laboratories and … Germany in exploiting the AD of farm and food waste. This might reflect the influence of the … that made the original plants grow. Hence recycling it provides a cheap fertilizer that …
Green party deputy leader AMELIA WOMACK tried to cut plastic out of her life after witnessing haunting images of a bird struggling because its stomach was lined with waste. But the ingrained nature of plastic in modern society made the task much harder than expected. This is her story.
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