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Who dares question the industrial food system over GM salmon? | Dan Kennedy
Written on 7 Sep, 2010 at 11:59 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
Genetically modified salmon is deemed safe for human consumption – despite higher levels of a suspected carcinogen With fish stocks around the world depleted by overfishing and depleted by overfishing, farm-raised salmon stands as a viable if not depleted... (Continue reading)
In India the granaries are full but the poor are hungry
Written on 7 Sep, 2010 at 7:59 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
Bureaucracy and corruption in India's distribution system mean that subsidised stocks of grain have been left to rot instead of reaching families suffering from malnutrition India's grain warehouses are bursting at the seams and sacks of rice and wheat... (Continue reading)
American-bashing misses the point when climate talks fail | Colin Beavan
Written on 7 Sep, 2010 at 7:13 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
It's the corporate way of life, not the American people who stand in the way of progress on climate change, says No Impact Man, whose film opened in the UK this week Recently, my book No Impact Man –... (Continue reading)
Video: Greenpeace anti-whaling pair found guilty
Written on 6 Sep, 2010 at 10:23 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
Greenpeace Japan defiant as activists Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki are convicted of theft and trespass after intercepting a box of whale meat ... (Continue reading)
Can supermarket logistics be greener?
Written on 6 Sep, 2010 at 8:22 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
Does it make environmental sense for supermarkets to truck our food via a centralised 'hub'? I saw the news story in the Guardian on Saturday about the Cornish clotted cream which travels 340 miles just to be stacked on... (Continue reading)
Country diary: Peak District
Written on 5 Sep, 2010 at 18:04 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
In Norfolk I have long grown accustomed to a very patchy distribution in our local swallows. Much of the vernacular architecture has been converted into residences or otherwise made unsuitable for these barn-dwelling creatures. The more pervasive use of... (Continue reading)
Guatemala mudslide death toll rises
Written on 5 Sep, 2010 at 11:13 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
• President Alvaro Colom declares national emergency • Dozens of rescue workers buried in further slide Torrential rains from a tropical depression caused landslides that have killed at least 38 people in Guatemala – some of them rescuers trying... (Continue reading)
Luis Urzua, the foreman keeping hope alive for Chile’s trapped miners
Written on 4 Sep, 2010 at 18:07 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
Trapped for a month in the San Jose mine, Chile, shift leader Luis Urzua has worked heroically to protect his men About 700 metres underground, in the most traumatic of circumstances, Luis Urzua has no intention of relinquishing command... (Continue reading)
Google and Galaxy Zoo could aid global climate project
Written on 4 Sep, 2010 at 18:07 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
Climate scientists meeting in Britain this week hope to build a database to predict natural disasters precisely. And records of the voyages of the Bounty and Beagle will assist them in their task Leading climate scientists will gather in... (Continue reading)
UN calls special meeting to address food shortages amid predictions of riots
Written on 4 Sep, 2010 at 18:06 in Green Living | viewed times | 0 Comments
Poor harvests and demand from developing countries could push cost of weekly shop up by 10% Two years after the last food crisis, when prices surged by nearly 15% in the UK, food inflation is back. Soaring global food... (Continue reading)
