Tag Archives: environment
The penguins and the bees
Posted in: In the news by Lily Barclay , October 15, 2008 – 3:34 pm
The animal world is becoming worryingly out of sync. In recent weeks we’ve had reports on disappearing honeybees, starving guillemots killing chicks in neighbouring nests, and the decline of the common toad. Sadly, all these situations seem to be linked to man-made problems, such as climate change, the threat of overfishing and habitat destruction.
But one…
Green prisons
Posted in: Burning issues by Lily Barclay , October 8, 2008 – 10:23 am
Green architecture, a private beach and organic cuisine might sound like the credentials of a luxury spa, but it’s actually the world’s first ecological jail. Inmates at Bastoey Prison in Norway are responsible for recycling their rubbish, tending the vegetables and caring for the prison’s lambs, cows and pigs. And drugs aren’t the only banned…
A luxury we can’t afford?
Posted in: In the news by Will Watt , October 6, 2008 – 10:05 am
In some ways, a huge sense of relief seems to have come over the country and its media. All those difficult questions posed by the unsustainable lifestyles we lead can all be forgotten in the face of a good old-fashioned recession.
Neil Tweedie in the Telegraph (30 August) urges us to “Forget about carbon offsetting and…
Stickers of shame
Posted in: Burning issues by Lily Barclay , September 22, 2008 – 3:09 pm
We Europeans like to think of ourselves as greener than the average American, but we’re one step behind on 4×4s.
While Boris Johnson has given London’s gas guzzlers the green flag by scrapping plans for an increased congestion charge, across the pond Arnold Schwarzenegger has other ideas. The Californian governor has announced plans for all new…
