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What do the protesters want? A fairer world! When do they want it? Now! What ideas have they got and what are they willing to do to in their own lives to make it happen? Erm… We live in a world desperately out of balance. A world with problems seemingly so severe and out of […]

It’s less than six months after a round of winter price hikes, but the UK’s energy companies are at it again. In July Scottish Power raised its gas prices by 19% and electricity prices by 10%. British Gas, now owned by Spanish giant Centrica, followed very shortly with 18% and 16% rises to its gas […]

As climatic changes trigger increasingly severe weather-related disasters it’s the death toll that inevitably grabs the headlines. What happens to those who remain is rarely examined. The gruesome reality, as witnessed by the ongoing agony in Haiti and in communities hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami, is that people are left to fend for themselves […]

Firstly dear reader, my apologies. This is a long one. But when it comes to the filthy business of ‘tuna ranching’, there is just so much to say.

Can you change the world in 600 pages? Journalist and eco-campaigner Alex Steffen believes you can. This hefty volume, revised and updated from the original 2006 version, is packed with information, resources, reviews and ideas that give provide a portal to a better future. The book, and the concept behind it, are both brilliant and […]

The ocean covers more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface and plays a major role in regulating the weather and climate of the planet. It seems unbelievable, then, that it has taken so long for climate scientists to factor in the dynamism of the ocean into their climate calculations. But it’s not as easy […]

Climate change worriers have been on a steep learning curve for years. Desperate for certainty about the carbon cycle and how it affects climate, they’ve been grappling with concepts like “parts per million”, “feed back loops”, “CO2 equivalents” and “carbon sinks”. Reliance on the media as a primary teacher simply has added to the confusion. […]

The one size, one shape, one skin tone monoculture that dominates our ideas of beauty is a cultural poison. The only antidote is to recognise that beauty is a journey, not a destination. Spring is here. The birds are singing. The trees are blooming. In stores across the country a colourful array of swimsuits has […]

Of all the forms of alternative energy, none is so contentious as biofuels. More than a decade ago the possibility of filling the energy gap with fuels made from plants came charging onto our horizons full of bold promises.  But the promises have not been fulfilled and this book in part aims to explore why. Within […]

  There’s the price that you pay for something in the store and then there’s the other price, the hidden price, the price that everyone pretends isn’t real. This challenging, at times gritty documentary by director Frank Piasecki Poulsen goes deep behind the gloss, glamour and convenience of mobile phones and reveals a price so […]