Tim is the creator of sustainapedia.com and heads digital publisher Treading Lightly. His interests include nature and wild places, cooking, film, sport and music. He is a poet, writer and commentator.
Goa starts with a clean sheet of paper – it does not generate its own electricity. This policy paper, published at the beginning of 2014, outlines the State’s desire to generate energy from renewable […]
Satisfying increased demand for food and biofuels is crucial for human security. The objective of ‘sustainable intensifaction’ – more output with less resources – is technically very challenging. However new engineering and scientific […]
The Eco-Innovation Action Plan Community Platform is a one-stop-shop platform for the EcoAP Community. It is the place for policy-makers, Member State representatives, the business sector, researchers and civil society to share ideas for […]
Launched in 2006 as an initiative of the European Commission, the EUSEW has become a reference point for public authorities, energy agencies, private companies, NGOs and industry associations engaged in helping to meet […]
The greenXpo partnership has developed a new and innovative online initiative to facilitate eco-innovation knowledge transfer. The aim is faster and wider uptake and exploitation of technological as well as non-technological eco-innovations, in addition to good […]
The German federal government adopted its resource efficiency programme – termed a “master plan for sustainable growth” by the then environment minister Norbert Röttgen – in 2012. The aim of the programme is […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Green Power Partnership has released an updated list of the Top 100 organizations that are choosing to use electricity from clean, renewable sources like wind and solar […]
By reviving a traditional watershed technology known as a johad, or check dam, in the Alwar region of Rajasthan, local people have restored the ecological balance of the region. This form of decentralized […]
Procter and Gamble has announced that there will be no deforestation in their sourcing of palm oil, palm kernel oil, and derivatives. This represents a major victory for the green movement, as palm oil […]
The Biodiversity Partnership of British American Tobacco has developed a tool to help organisations to analyse biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES) and create plans to mitigate risks and take advantage of opportunities. The rationale is […]