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The European Emissions Trading Scheme was always going to disappoint the NGOs who wanted a perfect climate solution, but simply bashing it ignores the progerss that can be made through small steps

Study shows industrialised countries are 'outsourcing' carbon emissions to countries like China, one quarter of whose CO2 emissions are from exports

With spring around the corner, why not take a walk around your local park or forest to get a closer look at - and photograph - local wildlife. Uploading pictures can win a school near you a green roof

Strapped for garden space needn't mean being strapped for home-grown veg, as an experienced London balcony gardener reveals

Thousand-year-old Indian method of using tree seeds to purify water should be used more widely for tackling waterborne diseases

A tax on unhealthy foods would be more effective at tackling obesity than making healthy foods cheaper but could hit the poorest the hardest

This gallery of images shows a prototype solar powered, zero carbon house designed by students at Nottingham University

An obsession with happiness science is just the chemistry set for a new opiate of the masses. Give me misery, says Tom Hodgkinson

It won't come naturally to most pampered westerners, but running in a barefoot-style can help reduce injuries and make trainers less resource-intensive...

Anne Power, Professor of Social Policy Housing and Social Exclusion at the London School of Economics, on why nearly all homeowners can afford to insulate properly, and how to save energy on a budget

In her second blog posting, young environmental pretender Sylvia Sunshine reports on her attempts to convert her office workplace to more sustainable practices

Study identifies naturally occurring alternatives for controlling wireworm, a widespread potato pest in the UK

Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer... well, enemies who are making some pretty bold pledges, at any rate

Brazil is hailed as a biofuels success story - producing and using ethanol from high yielding crops within the country. But those indigenous families who have been displaced by sugar cane cultivation see things differently

'Biggest not always best' says dairy industry as new super-dairy is proposed for Lincolnshire