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In a recession we all tighten our belts, right? Not necessarily, according to an academic at the University of Hertfordshire.

City legislators in Toronto, Canada, have stipulated that half the surface area of roofs on new large buildings are to be seeded as green roofs.

Amazon indians have called for an insurrection against the Peruvian government, whose authority they say they no longer recognise.

UN special rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, has made welcome statements indicating a shift in attitude towards food policy

An increase in air pollution is destroying floral aromas, meaning pollinators such as bees and butterflies may soon be struggling find pollen sources.

ecoigo is London’s environmentally conscious car service- the ecological alternative to taxi, minicab and private hire.

Farmaround, the UK's original organic box scheme, delivering assorted selections of seasonal organic fruit and vegetables direct to the door as well as a selection of organic groceries and eco cleaning products.

At the end of the UN Climate Talks in Bonn we get a close reading of the state of play from Third World Network's Meena Raman.

Anyone interested in how food can be produced year-round without a heated greenhouses will find this a genuine page-turner.

The Idle Parent, the Bumper Book of Nature and the Lorax are three books that'll help keep children cheerful - the cheap way.

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Native species = good; invasive species = bad, right? Not necessarily, says Dr Peter Bridgewater. Try taking a longer term view of ecology...

Launched in 1970, by environmentalist Edward Teddy Goldsmith, the Ecologist has been at the heart of the environmental movement for almost 40 years

The world’s leading environmental affairs magazine, now www.theecologist.org, was founded in 1970 by Edward Goldsmith. The magazine quickly became a platform for those who would go on to be the leading lights of the environmental movement