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The Ecologist's top picks for the holiday season features mineral suncream, a soap with 18 uses, natural insect repellent and more...

Keep up-to-date with all the important developments in the environmental movement with our new twitter site

Current oil consumption is unsustainable and supplies are likely to reach a peak within the next decade, says IEA

He's.... wicked and he's lazy. But he's also surprisingly green. The self-proclaimed Idler on saving the planet from your armchair...

Can local people benefit from tourism? This guide takes you through the issues, and lists over 400 ethical holidays

In the cut-throat world of clean energy investment, is it more important that things are done for the right reason, or that the right thing gets done? We may not like the answer...

In this month's newsletter, we profile one woman standing against coal-mining in the US, show how hospitals, schools and councils could source local food, delve into the science of mobile phones and health, and learn lessons from the first ever climate change evacuation. Scroll to the bottom of the page to download the newsletter

An audit finds more than a third of the English coastline is not open to the public

Tigers breed well in captivity, so why not just farm them behind bars to satisfy those with a taste for tiger bone wine? Debbie Banks from the Environmental Investigation Agency explains why relaxing the rules would be a disaster

How to reduce your ecological footprint, enhance your social calendar, make some interesting friends and maybe even get a love life

US study finds pesticide link to childhood leukemia and calls for more research

Feed-in Tariffs for renewables are what the UK needs to make home-grown energy more attractive. We look at what the 'We Support Solar' coalition is doing to bring about a change, and take a look at the group's new photography competition...

The press are just waiting to stick the knife into organics... but read this new study carefully and you'll realise that this is an infant science

FSA review dismisses health benefits of eating organic but admits to a lack of research on which to base findings

Giant wind farms may grab the headlines but plans to develop local off-grid electricity will have bigger impact on Africans and carbon emissions