Making It Personal
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Recently the launch of the second IPCC report on the impacts of climate change coincided with a bout of smog hitting London. Although strictly more an ‘air pollution’ than a…
Environment
Time to Get Tough on Plastic
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Plastic has become an essential but disposable part of our lives particularly over the festive season. Whatever your choice of fayre or gift it’s difficult to avoid and, although recycling…
New EU Law: Penalties for Eco-crimes
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Deepwater Horizon, Fukushima, the Niger Delta or Canadian tar sands – these are just some examples of environmental disasters caused by humans. The large-scale destruction of our planet’s ecosystems threatens…
The Science of Informed Uncertainty
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In this age of big data and constant information you might think scientific knowledge would bring more certainty to our lives, but greater insight can paint a more complex and…
Sustainability Science: The New Superhero
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Sustainability science – it’s a mouthful to say let alone define, explain or put into the proverbial nutshell. It is believed the concept was officially introduced twelve years ago at…
More Than Honey
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One in every three bites of food we eat comes from a pollinated plant or an animal that depends on bee pollination. So bees are absolutely essential to human beings…
Bea Johnson’s Zero Waste Path to Happiness
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Sublime: Was there a turning point in your life that made you decide to lead a Zero Waste lifestyle? Bea Johnson: It is downsizing that triggered our rethinking. The transformation…
Fast Track
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To put things in perspective, journeys by train produce 70-90% less carbon than flying and research indicates that when released higher in the atmosphere the contribution to global warming at…
Green City, Blue Trees
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As part of the City of London Festival, which took place earlier this week, Trees for Cities, a charity concerned with deforestation, set up an art installation in collaboration with…
