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Thursday May 17, 2012
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  • 'Shwopping'? An ugly word for a dubious enterprise - Guardian Environment (Friday, 27 April) - Why is Joanna Lumley endorsing M&S's campaign to make us consume more?This week, with the help of national treasure Joanna Lumley, Marks & Spencer launched its Shwopping campaign. The idea is to encourage people to bring old garments into stores when they buy new ones, to reduce the 1bn items...
  • Sarah Raven's top five wild flowers for gardens - in pictures - Guardian Environment (Friday, 27 April) - Native British wild flowers are vanishing fast, yet they're long-flowering and easy to grow in your garden. Sarah Raven picks out her favouritesSarah Raven...
  • MBAs compete for £5,000 sustainable business prize - Guardian Environment (Friday, 27 April) - Students think green as Marks & Spencer and Cranfield University unite to reward the best sustainable business ideaI've never been a dragon before, never mind a "green" dragon, so as I took my seat at the top table with the other judges of the M&S Sustainable Retailing Challenge, I wondered...
  • EU states close to agreeing on greater local say in managing fisheries - Guardian Environment (Friday, 27 April) - Reforms could pave way for countries avoiding annual rows over fishing quotas by adopting a long-term approachProposals to give European Union member states a greater say over how their fisheries are managed moved a step closer to acceptance on Friday, as part of a wider package of reforms that represent...
  • Plantwatch: Oak before Ash we'll have a splash, Ash before Oak in for a soak - Guardian Environment (Friday, 27 April) - Blustery winds are sending blizzards of blossom whirling around, although this month's rains came just in time to get plants growing and prevent trees from developing stunted leaves in drought-stricken areas. How much more rain will fall may depend on a fascinating competition between the oak and ash to see...
  • Get a Bag and a Receipt: When Social and Environmental Justice Collide - My Plastic Free Life (Friday, 27 April) - What does the Trayvon Martin murder have to do with sea turtles choking on plastic bags or the toxicity of bisphenol-A?  At first glance, not a whole lot.  And it’s not the kind of  news I would normally write about on My Plastic-Free Life.  But listening to the April 17...
  • Country diary: Cambrian Mountains: Watchers at the ford - Guardian Environment (Friday, 27 April) - Cambrian Mountains: Two grey wagtails, tails bobbing incessantly, shrill at me in alarm and flit urgently upstreamAn old couple, arms linked, walking sticks giving an easy, patient impetus, are climbing the lane as I descend through its wild avenue of alder, oak and ash. They ask if I'm bound for...
  • Letters: Coalition policy not green enough - Guardian Environment (Friday, 27 April) - While it's encouraging that David Cameron has restated his pledge to lead the greenest government ever, his assertion that it's already been achieved is jaw-droppingly wide of the mark (I've delivered on promise to be greenest government ever, says PM, 27 April). Earlier this year the government fired the starting...
  • Is climate protest making a return to the UK? - Guardian Environment (Friday, 27 April) - Since 2009 climate protest has been on the back burner in Britain – but a new coalition may be about to change thatDid climate protest go away? It certainly did. By 2009 the UK had a worldwide reputation for climate action, but in the years after the UN climate talks...
  • Rules relaxed for reporting offshore oil and gas accidents - Guardian Environment (Friday, 27 April) - The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has introduced a new regulation that says injuries need only be reported if workers are out of action for over seven daysThe North Sea safety regulator has lightened up the rules for reporting accidents offshore even as one operator in the field, Total, struggles...