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| Nikon Corporation openly promotes hunting and sells a large selection of hunting accessories in the US, but can a global company really sell both wildlife optics and hunting products? Can we still consider hunting as just another “sport”? Is there a place for Ethics in a global business? Read the full article by Ion Holban here |
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The Black Fish is a Marine conservation group campaigning to change the way we think about and treat our marine environments. Founded in 2010 the group has rapidly expanded and currently has members in 20 countries. New Environmentalist has worked with The Black Fish at several key events in the UK. After attending a talk by The Black Fish founder Wietse van der Werf, Siobhan took the opportunity to interview him. Read our interview here |
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The value of natural resources to humanity is impossible to calculate; industries such as agriculture and mining rely on ecosystem services or natural resources for success. The success of our species therefore relies on humans finding a ways to develop without placing our environment in jeopardy. In order to protect our environment we may need to find a simple way to make the value of natural resources and systems clear to everyone. Read more |
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On Thursday the 18th of October New Environmentalist joined forces with its partners from the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition at the Treasury to remind David Cameron and George Osborne that it’s time they start taking our Green Economy seriously! Siobhan, our Communications Manager and Ion, our Founder joined hundreds of other leaders and protesters from campaign groups such as RSPB, Greenpeace, WWF-UK, Friends of the Earth, People & Planet and UNICEF-UK to deliver a joint letter to the prime minister, asking him to show greater support for the UK’s carbon targets, while resisting calls to build more fossil fuel infrastructure. Read more here |
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Climate change is becoming big news again; with the problem being blamed for the wildfires and drought in the western states of the United States. On 6th August there were reports that climate change may have also contributed to the 2010 heat wave in Russia. The view that climate change makes a significant contribution towards the increased occurrence of such events was also proposed by Professor Christopher Field of the Departments of Biology and Environmental Earth System Science at Stanford University when he addressed the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Read more here |
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An alternative view of the American lifestyle and its impact on society and the natural environment.
By Kirsty Floyd. See the Photo diary here |
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Last week the UN conference talks on Sustainable Development took place; otherwise know as Rio+20. We never had great expectations from these talks however we appear to have reach a new low in the ongoing failure to confront the environmental challenges that lie ahead. Its duration has been cut from two weeks to just a few days and some of the worlds leaders have not even attending: David Cameron (UK) and Barack Obama (US) to name a few. In response to this and to highlight how much can and needs to be done several alternative conferences and events have been organised around the world. In this article we will be covering mostly the response in London from events organised by the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition and Campaign Against Climate Change.
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Ask your MP to support the Rio-UK Declaration by the Stop Climate Chaos CoalitionThe Rio+20 Earth Summit is taking place in Rio de Janeiro this June, 20 years on from the original Rio Earth Summit. The UK should be leading the move to a fair and green economy, not going backwards on its commitments. Please ask your MP to show their support by signing our Rio-UK Declaration.Find out if your MP has signed the Rio-UK declaration by following this link . |
Behind the label
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Have you ever thought about the amount of cream we put on our body, hair, or face every day? Do we know what are the ingredients contained by the dearly bought creams and what their real impacts are on our health and more widely on our world? As the crop production and animal husbandry recognize the harmful effects of chemicals and are being encouraged into organic farming, we must consider whether we really need those chemicals to be beautiful and stay healthy. And no less importantly conserve our planet’s own health and beauty. |
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With just a few weeks to the London mayoral election the candidates face an unlikely challenge: having to include cycling on their manifesto. Groups such as Londoners on Bikes are lobbying all the candidates, analysing their policies, and announcing their voting recommendation in an election that seems set to be different.
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| If you are reading this then you are part of an increasing number of people buying soya products. Chances are that you could be a vegetarian that either for health or environmental reasons is considering soya as an alternative source of protein to meat. At New Environmentalist we want to encourage people to lower their carbon footprint and eat less meat, but is soya a viable alternative? We thought it would be interesting to see where the mainstream supermarkets got the Soya for their own brand vegetarian products, and we have also asked two producers that specialise in Soya and vegetarian products. The two questions that we asked were: 1. Where is the Soya grown? And 2. Is it non-genetically modified? Read full article HERE ! |
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A cycling revolution is happening in the UK and it couldn’t happen any sooner! Only in the last week two major campaigns have been launched and New Environmentalist is proud to support both the Cities Fit for Cycling Campaign national campaign run by The Times newspaper and the Love London, Go Dutch Campaign initiated by LCC (London Cycling Campaign).
Please pledge your support directly on the campaign websites and if possible, contact your local MP to voice your concerns on cycling in your area. While these campaigns are important at both national and regional levels, we believe that the changes required need to happen at a local level first. That is why, at New Environmentalist we have been running our own local cycling campaigns since 2010, in an effort to raise more awareness of cycling as an alternative and healthier local means of transport in urban environments. Read more here.
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Our volunteers that cycle in Brent have complained to us that our council has fallen behind other London councils for safe cycling. We believe that the main culprit is the out-dated transport infrastructure: all the main roads linking Brent to Central London are narrow and over-crowded. Trying to cycle around Wembley, Brent Park, Wembley Park, Harlesden, Dollis Hill, Willesden, Kilburn High Road or Harrow Road feels like playing Russian roulette with one’s life. There are almost no secondary roads for cyclists to use due to an unfortunate legacy of railways, waterways and poorly designed motorways. Additionally, a lack of serious investment in cycling has resulted in only a small number of cycle lanes and few cycling facilities.
Please find here the full text of our email to our MP for Brent: Sarah Teather, in the hope that we will be represented in the Parliament debate on cycling, on Thursday, 23 rd February 2012. |
