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A planned hotel in the Seychelles has been cancelled thanks to the protests of locals concerned about their food supply

The uniting of 800 million rural workers against the loss of their traditional way of life gives lie to globalisation’s claims to beneficence. Resistance is far from futile, says Ed Hamer

Who needs nature when you can manufacture a superior, ersatz substitute?

It began as a student project: environmentally-friendly underwear with a message. But Green Knickers has taken off - to the delight of its founders. Matilda Lee reports

Personal Carbon Quotas need to be introduced at a ‘community scale’ new report from the RSA concludes

Next time you grumble that it's too much effort to seperate you plastic from your cans, imagine doing it as the bullets are flying over head

At 8:30pm on Saturday 28th March the world will be plunged into darkness. But fear not, this is not a cause for alarm but for celebration.

There have been plenty of attempts to try and value standing rainforest – you can tot up its total carbon content, you can value the ecosystem services it provides, you can look at its land value…

Another strain of MRSA is emerging from the factory farms of Northern Europe, and it is linked to the insatiable demand for cheap meat on our plates. The Ecologist Film Unit investigates

Dan Box teaches a class about climate change and its effects on the Carteret Islands, which are sinking due to rising sea levels, and how children can help stop climate change.

Laura Sevier reports on why we shouldn’t be taking our water for granted, as well as offering some easy ways to avoid wasting it

'We're here because our parents' generation has failed us and it's up to young people to stop climate change by whatever peaceful means we have left.'

MPs, medical professionals and scientists unite in demanding a thorough evaluation of the utility of vivisection. By Kathy Archibald, Science Director of Europeans for Medical Progress

Cancellation of the British International Motor Show should signal an end to our onanistic car culture

Campaigners give cautious welcome to Government’s decarbonisation programme