TreeHugger:
Earth Creations spring/summer 2010. Credit: Earth CreationsEarth Creations, known for their clay-dyed apparel has been creating sustainable clothing for women, men, and children since 1996. The women's casual and sportswear line for spring/summer 2010 introduces two new hues; celadon (light green) and moonstone (beige), a (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Once a place to escape to, the suburbs became a byword for conservatism. Owen Hatherley on a surprising exhibition at the London Transport MuseumA couple of years ago, I temporarily moved out of south-east London, where I have lived for 10 years, into a strange, exotic land. Flat-sitting in East Finchley might not sound ful (Read More)
The Guardian:
Digital economy bill proposals receive welcome from music and film, but anger from ISPs and privacy campaignersThe government's planned crackdown on unlawful online filesharing has been attacked by privacy campaigners and internet service providers but welcomed by executives and artists in the music business.Earlier today, (Read More)
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• Shortage threatens low-carbon targets, argues business group• Gap comes as demand for scientists and engineers increasingBritain lacks the skills or training facilities to make the successful transition to a low-carbon economy that its international commitments require, an influential group of businesses and non-governmen (Read More)
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High-octane drama of polar bears tumbling to a bloody death may leave viewers feeling manipulated by propagandaThe high-pitched whine of a low-flying jet engine fills the air as the camera tracks across images of shimmering glass buildings, the Towers of Mammon in an unidentified urban CBD. No, this is not the opening credi (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Richard Lambert says even the Conservatives are not ambitious enough about cutting the Britain's deficitRichard Lambert can see for himself the hole into which public money is being poured. Outside the CBI's offices in London's Centre Point, excavation work is under way on the £16bn Crossrail project to link Heathrow to the (Read More)
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An installation featuring giant tropical tree stumps in Trafalgar square is designed to symbolise threatened rainforest trees throughout the worldWhether you perceive them as beautiful sculptural objects or a scene of devastation, giant tree stumps from an African rainforest are the last thing you expect to see in London's (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
National debt soars to 59.2% of GDP, the highest since records began in the 1970sBritain's budget deficit blew out to the worst ever reading for an October last month, suffering a much bigger than expected shortfall of £11.4bn, official data showed today.The Office for National Statistics also said that the national debt so (Read More)
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When New Zealand's sink forests are harvested in the 2020s, as is likely, all that carbon will return to the atmosphereThe government of New Zealand responded with some irritation to my column last week, which castigated a national strategy for meeting its Kyoto climate targets by allowing greenhouse gas emissions to rise b (Read More)
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Industrial revolution power house shakes off dirty image with high scores on recycling, green space and tackling climate changeA city once wreathed in smoke and deafened by shipyard steel-hammers, has transformed itself into the greenest in Britain, according to the country's most comprehensive sustainability audit.Million (Read More)
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Uncertainty over investing in green technologies more dangerous than lack of Copenhagen treaty says Achim Steiner, the head of the UN environment programme Vital business investment in clean technology to tackle climate change is being threatened by delays and doubts over the Copenhagen deal on climate change, senior figure (Read More)
The Guardian:
Changing connections "Green Card Lawyers" [Usenet spam] and "My Naked Wife" [email virus] arose (War beneath the web, 12 November) because they could. Both Usenet and email were successful among early adopters, but neither could really adapt to their eventual parasites. The web has become popular too, and also has issues wi (Read More)
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A new, government-sponsored, awards scheme is helping to showcase the UK's innovation in science and green technologyDesigning traffic lights to be more energy efficient may not seem the hardest thing to do. Change the energy-wasting incandescent bulbs for modern light sources and you're done, right? Not quite."We've reinve (Read More)
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• Tariffs could be lowered on Latin American imports• UK shoppers urged to keep buying Caribbean fruitBritain's shoppers are being urged to keep faith with fair trade Caribbean banana growers as Europe and Latin America prepare to declare a ceasefire in the 16-year "banana wars," one of the world's longest-running trade dis (Read More)
The Guardian:
Provides statutory basis for reining in government's spiralling deficit and debtThe government's new fiscal responsibility bill will provide a "firm and binding statutory basis" for reining in the government's spiralling deficit and debt in the wake of the credit crunch and recession, the Queen said.The bill will commit the (Read More)