Supermarkets are driving destruction of the Amazon rainforest by using meat from farms responsible for illegal deforestation, according to a three-year investigation of the global trade in Brazilian cattle products…
From the category archives:
Land
Flooding is common in the world’s largest remaining tropical wilderness, but this year the waters rose higher and stayed longer than they have in decades. Experts suspect global warming may be driving wild climate swings that appear to be punishing the Amazon with increasing frequency…
Forests covering an area the size of the Isle of Wight could be felled under controversial Government plans which would increase the UK’s carbon emissions by an amount equivalent to putting an extra 172,000 cars on the road…
This week the Prince Of Wales launched a new campaign to raise awareness of tropical deforestation and encourage action to end it. The campaign was launched on social networking sites across the web, urging people to show their support by signing up…
An ice bridge linking the Wilkins Ice Shelf, in Antarctica, has snapped. Scientists say the collapse could mean the ice shelf, which is the size of Jamaica, is on the brink of breaking away and provides further evidence of rapid change in the region…
Soaring demand for palm oil is accelerating the destruction of the Indonesian rainforests, a tragedy for the forests and the people and animals who depend on them – and a disaster for the global climate. This Greenpeace video reveals the cause and extent of the damage…
If you were inspired by Tuesdays article – Guerilla gardening for greener cities – or maybe just curious, check out this short video featuring Richard Reynolds (founder of guerillagardening.org) on a mission to brighten a street in Hackney, London, with the support of the local community…
For those unfamiliar with the term, guerrilla gardening is a form of nonviolent direct action aimed at greening otherwise neglected or derelict land, particularly in urban areas, purely for pleasure or for the purpose of growing food…
As government ministers in the UK were approving plans for a third runway at Heathrow airport, Greenpeace and other environmental campaigners were busy buying up land on the proposed site of the new runway…
