Environmentalism

Understanding Environmental Behaviour in the 'Black Box' of the Household

Dr Stewart Barr | Posted 23.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Dr Stewart Barr

With all the investment in behaviour change campaigns and infrastructure, why is there still material that can be recycled going into the bin in our homes? Only half of all plastic bottles are currently sent for recycling, revealing a significant gap between the strong environmental values people profess and their behaviour.

Prince Harry 'Worries About Visual Impact' Of Windfarms

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.05.2013 | UK

Prince Harry has voiced concerns about the visual impact of windfarms during his tour of America. His comments came as he attended a reception in D...

Environmental Education Is Not a Choice - It Is an Explicit Priority

Emily Buchanan | Posted 08.05.2013 | UK Politics
Emily Buchanan

Michael Gove needs to understand that environmental education is not a choice - it is an explicit priority. And whilst you can give teachers the chance to develop their own educational structure based on broad "purposes of study," certain topics must be compulsory.

Offshore Wind Farms Will Leave the UK Feeling Blue

Ben Acheson | Posted 06.05.2013 | UK Politics
Ben Acheson

Despite their importance, around 2-7% of global blue carbon sinks are lost annually - four times the rate of loss of rainforests. Building massive turbines near such resources will only exacerbate the damage and release huge amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere.

'Zero Fuel' Plane Begins Landmark Journey Across USA

Huffington Post UK | Posted 03.05.2013 | UK Tech

The first attempt to cross the United States in a solar powered plane has begun. The Solar Impulse plane has a wingspan of 63 metres - as big as an...

Product Packaging: A Responsible Revolution

Chris Mayhew | Posted 11.04.2013 | UK
Chris Mayhew

Due to overwhelming pressure from consumers and government initiatives, manufacturers are finally getting the message that less is definitely more when it comes to the packaging that surrounds the products that we buy.

Modern Environmentalism - 'People Would Rather Believe Than Know'

Ben Acheson | Posted 08.04.2013 | UK Politics
Ben Acheson

When E.O. Wilson said "people would rather believe than know", he perfectly summed up modern environmentalism; the movement which has been radicalised to the extent that its policies are now better described as anti-science, anti-business and even anti-human; not pro-environment.

Climate Fun Was a Game Changer

Paula Owen | Posted 15.05.2013 | UK Tech
Paula Owen

People may have thought we were just having a laugh but our games night at the London Science Museum was a winner for the environment. More than 100 people turned up to play a variety of family favourites including eco bingo, giant human sized eco snakes and ladders, and a food footprint game.

Time to Legalise the Trade in Rhino Horn?

Chantal Lyons | Posted 05.05.2013 | UK
Chantal Lyons

This is one argument that simply won't go away. Environmental researchers writing in the Science journal want the trade in rhino horn to be legalised, by selling shavings harvested from the horns of live rhinos in the hope that poachers won't just hack their faces off instead.

We Can Never Be Truly Sustainable Because We Can't Change How We Think

Joey Faulkner | Posted 28.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Joey Faulkner

The reality of the 'get well soon, Earth!' campaign is a perverse self-importance. It tries, like all of us really do, to hide the deep ingrained desires of a human being or moreover any creature that has managed to survive this long.

The Environmental Crisis Is an Economic Opportunity

Natalie Bennett | Posted 26.04.2013 | UK Politics
Natalie Bennett

All too often I'm told that now's not the time to raise environmental issues. Of course it is tough for voters not sure where tomorrow's lunch money or next week's rent is coming from to think beyond those pressing personal problems, but the fact is there are many immediate environmental issues that demand our attention now.

Wind Power: What Is It We Are Trying to Save?

Luke Dale-Harris | Posted 31.03.2013 | UK
Luke Dale-Harris

Across Europe, wind farms continue to be erected in areas where they cause significant harm. Perhaps most distressing of these are those being thrown up across the migratory corridor that runs through Eastern Romania, along which hundreds of thousands of birds fly each year.

Recognising the People Who Keep Our Green Places Special

Mike Collins | Posted 13.03.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Mike Collins

In recent years there has been a boom in community led initiatives from creating new woodlands to running an orchard. These places, which are often quite small, can bring people together to share the wonder of being immersed in nature and seeing how the seasons change.

Jessica Elgot

Meet Diana Carney, Left-Wing Thinker, Eco-Devotee, Occupy Enthusiast

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Elgot | Posted 27.11.2012 | UK

The British wife of the new governor of the Bank of England is also well acquainted with the "green stuff" - she's an environmental activist with an i...

'Eco-doom': Silently Trending on Teens Virtual Networks

Inma Martinez | Posted 20.01.2013 | UK Tech
Inma Martinez

If you thought that your children were clubbing with Penguins or feeding livestock on a digital farm oblivious to the threat of ecological disasters, smell the coffee that organisations running such networks have uncovered.

Miliband Calls For Power Sector To Decarbonise By 2030

PA | Posted 22.09.2012 | UK Politics

Labour leader Ed Miliband has called for a clear goal to decarbonise the power sector by 2030, as part of efforts to drive a "green industrial revolut...

Draining the Planet's Resources: Go Vegan for World Water Week

Mimi Bekhechi | Posted 28.10.2012 | UK
Mimi Bekhechi

The choice is simple: we can continue wasting the world's resources, or we can help conserve water and other resources by choosing vegan foods. It takes only 1,644 litres of water to grow one kilogram of cereal crops compared to 15,415 litres of water to produce one kilogram of beef.

Why Thinking About Death May Prompt You to Save the Planet

Jon Underwood | Posted 25.09.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Jon Underwood

We invite strangers to meet in a friendly place and discuss death over tea and cake. We're not trying to lead people anywhere - we think the good stuff is where people are at already. We just create a safe space and, for a couple of hours, death ceases to be a taboo.

Why We Need to Protect Landmarks Like the White Cliffs of Dover

Mike Collins | Posted 10.09.2012 | UK
Mike Collins

It's a rare quality for one single place to have such a standing in a nations collective memory that it comes to symbolise the character and spirit of a country. The White Cliffs of Dover have served that function for countless generations and really do encapsulate that often over used word 'iconic'. 

Trump Tees Off As He Opens Scottish Golf Course

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 10.07.2012 | UK Sport

American billionaire businessman Donald Trump opened his luxury golf course in Scotland on Tuesday as he teed off at the first hole alongside golfing ...

PHOTOS: Australia To Create World's Largest Marine Reserves

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 14.06.2012 | UK

Australia is to build the world's largest network of marine parks, more than three million sq km in size, ahead of the Rio +20 summit on climate chang...

World Environment Day: Why Rio+20 Matters

Joe Ware | Posted 04.08.2012 | UK
Joe Ware

With the global economy still in the doldrums, this year's World Environment Day on June 5 is trumpeting the merits of the Green Economy as an alternative way of creating jobs and growth -- without trashing the planet.

Clarkson, BBC Investigated By Police For 'Disturbing Barn Owls'

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 26.05.2012 | UK

BBC Countryfile and Jeremy Clarkson are facing investigation by police after the show "disturbed" protected barn owls during filming for the show on h...

Energy Entrepreneurs Fund To Drive 'Innovation In Low Carbon Technology'

Posted 08.05.2012 | UK Tech

As part of its drive to fulfil its oft-derided pledge to become the 'greenest government ever', the coalition recently announced a new drive to stimul...

'Green Tax' Could Add 10% To Household Bills

PA/The Huffington Post | Posted 09.04.2012 | UK Politics

Home owners could be blocked from carrying out minor improvements to their houses if they refuse to also make their houses more environmentally friend...