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Green Thinking
Mark Lynas
Mark Lynas is a climate change writer and activist, author of the acclaimed book 'High Tide' and fortnightly columnist for the New Statesman. He was selected by National Geographic as an 'Emerging Explorer' for 2006
Top Eco Articles
'Hoon is the real vandal'
UK Green Party leader Caroline Lucas gives her take on this week's runway protest by direct action group Plane Stupid which saw 52 cancelled flights at Stansted
Labour 'dithering' over third runway
The government is accused of dithering as the decision over Heathrow's third runway is put back to 2009. And a leading Labour opponent says the delay is proof of Cabinet-level divisions
When a cow is not a cow
Science made easy, with the help of one persistent parishioner
Where's the beef?
The Slow Food movement has an almost millenarian belief in the virtue of amalgamating gastronomy with ecology. It will take more than such utopian thinking, however, to transform Britain's woeful food culture
The big green challenge
Community enterprises, with their roots in co-operatives and credit unions, are now emerging as powerful models to combat climate change. Ministers take note...
Conflict over Heathrow third runway
British ministers at the same environment conference have expressed conflicting views on the impact of Heathrow expansion on air pollution
Silence of the bees
Beekeepers have been struck two such terrible blows over the past 18 months that there may not be any home-produced honey in Britain's shops by Christmas
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London's secret garden
There's a little known wildlife reserve by St Pancras station but as the area develops will Camley Street Natural Park retain its particular charm?
In Business
Organic panic
The organic lobby has hampered any chance of a sensible debate over food production. That's why Zoe Williams is staging a boycott
Friends of the earth
The Big Ask
Celebrities urge the public to join an on-line march for a tough new climate law
Blog
Sian Berry's Blog
The Green Party activist and anti-4WD campaigner writes for http://www.newstatesman.com
Blogs
Life at Findhorn
A fortnightly insight into life inside one of Britain's best known eco-villages – Findhorn – by resident Jonathan Dawson.
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