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Douglas Stewart: Green Office Week - It's Simple!

2013-05-16T06:02:37Z

It's Green Office Week, so I've put together some useful tips for 'greening-up' the workplace...

Read more: Green Living, Green Office, Green Energy, UK Environment, UK Green, UK Impact, Impact, UK News

Anders Lorenzen: Why Lomborg is Wrong

2013-05-15T19:04:44Z

Bjørn Lomborg he claimed that green energy technologies are too expensive and energy inefficient, and we should frack more and reduce subsidies for renewable energy. I will try to tackle his points and clarify why I believe he is wrong on almost every single issue.

Read more: HuffPost Live, USA Today, Earth Day, Bjorn Lomborg, Renewable Energy, Green News, Environment, United States, Climate Change, Solar Power, China, UK News

Jean Lambert: EU Membership: Good for Business and the Environment

2013-05-14T13:55:56Z

There are all sorts of positive reasons why the UK shouldn't leave the European Union: the freedoms afforded its citizens, the commitment to international co-operation, the environmental benefits it brings, the workers' rights it requires, the international status membership affords the UK, and so on.

Read more: Environment, Politics, Jean Lambert, Business, Eu, Lcci, UK Politics News

Murad Qureshi: Government Runs Rough-Shod Over Residents on Aircraft Noise

2013-05-13T09:45:55Z

When the Government published its aviation policy framework in draft form, it asked the right questions about noise, air quality and climate change, but the final version fails to deliver on these. It is disappointing that so few of the recommendations we and others made have been taken up by the Government.

Read more: Environment, Air Quality, Climate Change, Aviation, UK Transport, Heathrow Third Runway, Heathrow Airport, UK Politics News

Anders Lorenzen: 400 PPM, We Know What We Have to Do

2013-05-10T18:54:49Z

Its clear what we need to do to avoid dangerous climate change; we must wean ourselves off fossil fuels, leave the remaining ones in the ground and make the big switch to renewable energy.

Read more: Green News, Environment, Green, Carbon, Climate Change, Co2, Fossil Fuels, 400ppm, UK Green, UK Impact, UK News

Prince Harry 'Worries About Visual Impact' Of Windfarms

2013-05-11T06:36:24Z

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...

Read more: Prince Harry in America, Prince Charles, UK Green, UK World, UK Environment, Prince Harry, Environment, Environmentalism, Wind Farms, UK News

Protesters Kicked Out Of Oxford University Dinner To Celebrate 'Irresponsible' Shell Partnership

2013-05-10T05:27:39Z

A private dinner hosted by Oxford University to celebrate its controversial new partnership with oil company Shell was dramatically gatecrashed by pro...

Read more: Student Protests, Student Politics, Environment, Green, Oil, Oxford University, Poll, Shell, News, Video, UK Universities & Education News

Emily Buchanan: Environmental Education Is Not a Choice - It Is an Explicit Priority

2013-05-07T07:55:55Z

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.

Read more: Environmental Education, Environment, Environmentalism, Education, Education Reform, Michael Gove, UK Environment, UK Education, Climate Change, UK Politics News

Alastair Roderick: The Growing Environmental Crisis is the (Economic) Slavery of our Time.

2013-05-07T14:07:29Z

OK, don't freak out about what comes next. The growing environmental crisis, and especially those determined to do nothing about it, or even outright deny it, is in economic terms the modern equivalent of slavery. Before you report me to the Daily Mail, do hear me out, and please note my emphasis on economic.

Read more: Environment, E.F. Schumacher, Economics, UK Environment, UK Economy, Economic Crisis, UK Politics News

Mike Giles: Rethinking the UK's Foreign Policy Role

2013-05-06T11:33:58Z

Despite the US-led invasion of Afghanistan starting back in October 2001, around 9,000 British soldiers still remain stationed in the country to this day, with a remit of training up local military forces to take over security by the end of 2014.

Read more: Energy, UK, Debt, Karzai, Al-Qaeda, Britain, Troops, Afghanistan, Hiv, Quantitiave Easing, One Nation, Taliban, US, Trident, Army, Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change, Bin Laden, Revolutionise, Environment, Aids, Carbon Credits, One World, Iraq, UK Politics News

Ben Acheson: Offshore Wind Farms Will Leave the UK Feeling Blue

2013-05-02T16:04:24Z

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.

Read more: Blue Carbon, Green Energy, Climate Change, Global Warming, Environmentalists, UK Environment, Environmentalism, Climate Change Legislation, Environment, UK Green, Wind Farms, UK Politics News

Sue Cross: The World as We Know It Will End Unless We Change Our Eating Habits - A Case For The Vegan Option Continued.

2013-04-28T17:48:32Z

In many parts of the world incomes are increasing and ever more people are moving into cities. Lifestyles are changing. And so are diets.

Read more: Veganism, Animal Rights, Factory Farming, Animal Welfare, Food Politics, Environment, Meat, Food Security, UK Lifestyle News

Nancy Campbell: Very Well Thus! Sea Journeys in Contemporary Art

2013-04-28T04:27:33Z

No two artists have the same response to the sea.

Read more: Environment, Art, Voyage, Oceans, Water, Art Exhibitions, Book Art, Contemporary Art, UK Entertainment News

Britain's Richest MP Claims Families Waste £50 A Month On Food

2013-04-27T08:03:40Z

Richard Benyon, listed as the most wealthy MP in the Commons and the heir to a £125million fortune, has criticised British families for wasting food....

Read more: UK Conservative Party, UK Environment, David Cameron, Richard Benyon, UK Economy, Waste, Financial Crisis, Food Prices, Mary Creagh, UK News

Enjoy The Spring Weather While It Lasts

2013-04-24T06:25:22Z

The UK's turbulent spring weather is set to continue this week, with warm weather today before temperatures plummet by the weekend.

The mercury is ...

Read more: Rain, Weather Forecast, UK Weather, UK News, Spring, UK Environment, Warm Weather, Sunshine, UK News

Mimi Bekhechi: Why an Earth Day Menu Shouldn't Include Meat

2013-04-21T19:00:00Z

This Earth Day, 22 April, many environmentalists will be advocating the three R's - recycling, reusing and reducing. While these actions are important and worthwhile, we would be better off focusing on a different letter: V for vegan.

Read more: Environment, Climate Change, Vegetarian, Animal Rights, Peta, Animal, Earth Day, Global Warming, Vegan, UK Impact, UK Lifestyle News

Nick Molho: EU Climate Policy Urgently Needs National Champions

2013-04-17T05:03:12Z

The European Parliament's vote this week against delaying the release of some 900 million carbon allowances (known as the 'back-loading' proposal) is disappointing on several grounds.

Read more: Carbon, Environment, Eurozone, European Union, Europe, Eu, Climate Change, UK Politics News

Anders Lorenzen: Will We Finally Witness a Cycling Revolution in London?

2013-04-14T08:44:18Z

As a cyclist myself, I congratulate Boris on scaling up his transport ambitions and recognising the benefits of making London a cycle friendly city; if just some of his plans go through, they will be a great victory for cycling in London. The plans however face many obstacles...

Read more: Green News, Environment, Infrastructure, Cycling, London, Boris Johnson, Transport, Cycling in London, UK Transport, UK Lifestyle News

Helen Wilson: Free Papers Are Costing the Earth

2013-04-13T12:18:54Z

There is something irresistible about a free newspaper or magazine. Human nature is such that we can't help but pick them up, regardless of their qual...

Read more: Recycling, Environment, Publishing, Newspapers, Recycle, UK Environment, UK Newspapers, Free Papers, UK Media, UK Lifestyle News

Elisabeth Whitebread: Why Caring for Nature Should Stay in the National Curriculum

2013-04-14T20:02:34Z

We wrote a letter, which was published this weekend alongside an article in the Sunday Times. It calls on the government to re-instate caring for nature in the primary school curriculum for the benefit of children today and tomorrow. Sir David Attenborough called me up to let me know he would sign our letter.

Read more: Environment, David Attenborough, Education, Wellbeing, Michael Gove, Children, National Curriculum, Nature, UK Conservatives, UK Universities & Education News

Amy Leech: Will Our Environment Minister Vote for the Bees or the Chemical Companies?

2013-04-12T08:24:47Z

Today's news that Waitrose are suspending the use of the three neonicotinoids in their supply chain is a ray of hope for the bees amidst predictably grey skies and gloomy headlines.

Read more: Environment, Government, Bees, UK News, Neonicotinoids, Owen Paterson, UK Politics News

Green Futures: The Rise of Impact Investment

2013-04-11T05:47:40Z

Awareness of the need for new ways of investing is growing, and there are some tentative signs that it is having some impact on investor behaviour.

Read more: Consumer Engagement, Business, Investment, Finance, Economy, UK Business, UK Environment, UK Green, UK News

Chris Mayhew: Product Packaging: A Responsible Revolution

2013-04-10T10:44:58Z

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.

Read more: Food Packaging, Packaging, Sustainable Living, Environment, Environmentalism, Sustainability, UK Environment, UK News

Green Futures: GM: Time for a More Nuanced Debate

2013-04-09T06:36:32Z

What is a person with a conscience to think about the fraught and complex issue of genetic modification (GM)? Picking sides used to be easy: if you were green, you were against GM because it was unnatural and industrial.

Read more: Genetically Modified Food, Procurement, Health, Agriculture, Gm, GM Crops, Science, UK Environment, GM Food, UK Tech News

Ben Acheson: Modern Environmentalism - 'People Would Rather Believe Than Know'

2013-04-08T19:00:00Z

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.

Read more: Earth Day, Friends of the Earth, Green News, Green, Environment, Environmentalism, Green Lobby, Green Living, Green Energy, Greenpeace, UK-Environment, UK Green, UK Politics News