Infographic by Arbtech Related articles across the web Boris Johnson told to divest £4.8bn pension fund from fossil fuels Prices Fail to Reflect Fossil Fuels’ Real Costs We need to […]
I remember that carbon wizard Anthony Turner, who runs Carbon Sense, once told me that the atmosphere has no political boundaries. And just as carbon dioxide affects everyone, so too does nuclear pollution. It all depends […]
A new report is questioning the coal industry’s claim that the fuel is a key component in the fight to reduce energy poverty worldwide, and is also expressing doubt about the viability of […]
According to agroecoloy.org, agroecology is: The application of ecology to the design and management of sustainable agroecosystems. A whole-systems approach to agriculture and food systems development based on traditional knowledge, alternative agriculture, and […]
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 […]
In Japan, Masanobu Fukuoka has pioneered perhaps the most energy efficient agriculture in the world, growing a variety of crops together but without ever ploughing the land, thus preserving soil structure and fertility. […]
In 1987, the remote fishing village of Chungungo in Chile was transformed by the installation of a fog collecting system, after relying solely on water supplied by truck for years. With a dependable […]
Rik Kretzinger grew up on a Christmas tree farm and spent his college years studying horticulture, but he found it too difficult to make a living as a small farmer so he spent […]
Alumni Association Annual Lecture: ‘Shale-Fracking: Good or Breaking Bad?’ Bristol, Thursday 8 May 2014, 6.30 pm Fracking has transformed the energy landscape in North America and it’s about to do the same in […]
In India, rainwater harvesting systems on 83,000 hectares, a little more than half the size of Delhi, could provide clean drinking and cooking water for the entire one billion population of the country. […]