The Guardian:
Our need for a greener, life-enhancing economic model should make us seek answers in the unlikeliest of placesPerhaps it was when investigators realised that a mortgage had been given to an "M Mouse" that the depth of the ban (Read More)
The Guardian:
"The generation that has passed ... held together the bonds of our society." Thus spoke the archbishop of Canterbury at Westminster Abbey (Silence of the brave, 12 November). Surely, with the death of three old soldiers, the (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
The authors of a provocative new book have bad news for animal-lovers: pets are bad for the planet. They consume vast amounts of precious resources, produce mountains of noxious waste – and they can be a disaster for wildlife (Read More)
Huffington Post:
Starting Sunday October 18, HuffPost hosted the inaugural No Impact Week, where people around the globe examined and reduced their ecological footprint by taking part in a short and intense period of conscious consumption sup (Read More)
TreeHugger:
photo: Alpha via flickr.By now you've probably heard that adopting a vegetarian diet, or at least cutting way down on you meat consumption, is a great way to reduce you ecological footprint and get some great health benefits (Read More)
Huffington Post:
How do I make a difference? We've all asked ourselves this. When we think about what we can do as individuals, especially related to the state of increasingly urgent environmental concerns, the idea that one person can change (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Some undignified suction noises are a small price to pay. But I won't be emptying the blood on to my compost heapEvery year, in Britain alone, a staggering 1bn tampons and sanitary towels are used and disposed of – many endin (Read More)
TreeHugger:
Image via KodakWe like to promote solar chargers as a great way to get gadgets off grid and on to renewable energy sources. While there's a ecological footprint associated with solar cells, it's usually offset by the fact tha (Read More)
TreeHugger:
Happy, healthy & sustainable: Green countries scored the highest, yellow and orange in between, red the worst. Image via happyplanetindex.org. What if, instead of comparing different countries on the basis of things like GDP, (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
Latin American nation tops index ranking countries by ecological footprint and happiness of their citizensCosta Rica is the greenest and happiest country in the world, according to a new list that ranks nations by combining m (Read More)
The Guardian:
Over the weekend it transpired that the boss of Apple has had a liver transplant. Cue sharp intake of breath among geeks everywhere. At last a reason for his weight loss and the mystery break from work. But now he's coming (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
A small portion of the world's people use up most of the earth's resources and produce most of its greenhouse gas emissions, writes Fred Pearce. From Yale Environment 360, part of Guardian Environment NetworkIt's the great ta (Read More)
Huffington Post:
Which region of the world has the largest ecological footprint? Check out the graph below, courtesy of Treehugger, to get the answer.
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The Guardian:
The world is heading for an "ecological credit crunch" far worse than the current financial crisis because humans are over-using the natural resources of the planet, an international study warns today.The Living Planet report (Read More)