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20-30th March 2016 The Pesticide Action Week, curated by French organisation Générations Futures, is an annual and international event, open to everyone, with the aim to promote alternatives to pesticides. The campaign takes […]
The transformation of the energy system in Germany is a declared political goal of the federal government. By 2050, greenhouse gas emissions are to be reduced by at least 80 percent under 1990 […]
The Paris climate conference last December was seen to be a game-changer: an opportunity to start the process of tackling the challenges set by climate change on a global basis. All of the […]
Myanmar Stoves Campaign is the newest SLOW LIFE Foundation project, which focuses on distributing cook stoves in Myanmar. It will be the first Gold Standard Certified carbon project in Myanmar. So far over 5,000 […]
Netherlands President of Council of EU in 2015 As part of its desire to make the circular economy a centrepiece of its presidency of the Council of the European Union during the first half […]
Global Footprint Network reports that China is the world’s largest contributor to annual growth in the demand for ecological resources and services, and has been for the last five years for which data […]
Earth Hour sweeps across twenty-four time zones and six continents on 28th March 8:30 PM local time Everyone’s talking climate change. Use #YourPower and take climate action now! Take your first step towards […]
Rooftop gardens in cities could provide more than three quarters of the vegetables consumed in them, a case study from Bologna, Italy, suggests. If all suitable flat roof space was used for urban […]
This year’s PV Module Reliability workshop is being held at Loughborough University’s Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST) in Leicestershire, UK, from April 16-17th. International speakers and participants will largely focus on […]
In American field trials, researchers found that plots planted with neonicotinoid-treated soybeans contained more slugs, fewer beetle predators and had 5% lower yields. The insecticide may be reducing the beetles’ effectiveness as a […]