Improving air quality requires a little less conversation, a lot more action | Letters
The findings in your article (Hundreds of thousands of children being exposed to illegal levels of damaging air pollution from diesel vehicles, 4 April) are scandalous. We are storing up huge unknowns in terms of the future of our children’s lung health. We need urgent action. The government must bring in a fair and ambitious […]
No conflict of interests on pesticide advice | Letters
The assertion by Professor Dave Goulson (Farmers could slash pesticide use without losses, research reveals, 6 April) cannot go unchallenged. He says that pesticides are massively over-used because farmers are advised by agronomists working on commission to sell products. The Agricultural Industries Confederation represents the majority of businesses that supply both agronomy advice and crop […]
Circulate on Fridays: Our current economy is based on ‘physics envy’ & more
Spring has officially arrived here at Circulate’s HQ in Cowes, Isle of Wight, and we hope to share some of that sunshine with one of our richest Friday circular economy roundups featuring some of the best reading, viewing and listening for you to enjoy this weekend. If you read only one thing this weekend, we highly […]
Share your experiences of being a diesel car owner
Experts have suggested car makers pay for the air pollution crisis rather than drivers. If you own a diesel car we’d like to hear what you think In an attempt to combat the amount of toxic pollution produced by diesel cars, the UK’s current plans are focused on making diesel drivers pay to enter cities […]
Nine-year-old sues Indian government over climate change inaction
Ridhima Pandey, daughter of green activist, urges ministers to reduce emissions to limit impact on younger generations A nine-year-old girl has filed a lawsuit against the Indian government for failing to take action on climate change, warning that young people will pay the price for the country’s inaction. In the petition filed with the National […]
A story of regeneration and reforestation from Eritrea
The application and potential benefits of circular economy thinking have been widely described in the European context. What has been less commonly explored is the application in lower income countries such as those in sub-Saharan Africa. During 1998 – 2003, a remarkable project took place in the tiny desert country of Eritrea that showcased a […]
The conservationists, the butterfly hunter and the trade in mounted species
He said he was looking for parasitic wasps but volunteers at Daneway Banks where the large blue is flourishing suspected Phillip Cullen had ulterior motives Mark Greaves, a butterfly enthusiast, points out the slope where he first spotted Phillip Cullen. “He and his mate parked in the layby, climbed over that locked gate, and he […]
It’s either Adani or the Great Barrier Reef. Are we willing to fight for a wonder of the world? | Jeff Sparrow
Climate change has essentially become a class struggle. That’s why it now seems depressing likely we’ll see the reef slowly dying before our eyes Over the last years, as the slow motion catastrophe known as climate change gathered momentum, many have people consoled themselves by imagining a tipping point, a specific manifestation of the crisis […]
Badly burned cockatoo given new feathers with superglue and matchsticks
Endangered Carnaby’s cockatoo treated by vets at Perth Zoo after it was badly burnt on a power line Vets at Perth zoo have used matchsticks and glue to replace the flight feathers of a Carnaby’s cockatoo which was badly injured after it was burned on a power line. Using a syringe to coat the donor […]
My first butterfly of the year
This year is unlikely to be a brilliant butterfly summer because 2016 was so poor. But insects can rapidly bounce back Spring is an unquenchably optimistic time, and two weeks of plentiful sunshine – in the south, at least – has brought out the first butterflies of the year. My first, like last year, was […]