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Just building a million latrines won't solve Africa's sanitation crisis

21 Jan 2011: Juanita During: Empowering local communities to solve their own problems is the best way to improve health across the continent
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How can we feed the world and still save the planet?

21 Jan 2011:
Madeleine Bunting: Underinvestment and market failures have trapped many countries in a vicious cycle of low productivity and exposure to price hikes, says Olivier de Schutter, the UN special rapporteur on the right to food
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Flood defence spending: Where are the gaps?

20 Jan 2011:
Damian Carrington: Government cuts mean some planned flood and coastal defences will not go ahead. But no one wants to tell me which ones. Can you help plug the information gap?
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Rain, cycling and glasses: they don't mix

20 Jan 2011:
Peter Walker: Fellow four-eyed cyclists, give me your tips on seeing where I'm going in a downpour

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Green heat industry hits out at renewable heat incentive delay

Government warned hold-up will cool interest in ground source heat pumps
How much can we really trust climate models to tell us about the future?

Better scientific research and powerful computers mean climate models are getting ever more reliable

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Eco power lists: Fatuous, invidious and misrepresentative

George Monbiot: The fame, extreme wealth and disproportionate influence celebrated by such lists are completely at odds with the values of the green movement
Sales of sustainable seafood soar in UK supermarkets

Consumers choose coley, dab, mussels, squid and sardines after species were championed by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's in Channel 4's Fish Fight campaign

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Saudi Arabia's oil reserves in 2008

The world's largest producer of oil has seen its reserves grow little since 1988
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Recycling rate in East Lindsey district council for 2007-08

This is more than twice the rate of the UK's worst-peforming local authorities

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Police spy who married activist suspended from duty

Jim Boyling had two children while working undercover with environmental group Reclaim the Streets
Traders condemn EU's 'Mickey Mouse' carbon market after botched trading statement

Regulatory mistake causes carbon price to soar then plunge, while concern grows over spot market, closed in the wake of cyber attacks
Global Warming Policy Foundation donor funding levels revealed

Accounts show extent to which secretive thinktank is funded by anonymous donors rather than income from membership fees
Sri Lankan floods could leave 400,000 children without enough food

Worst floods in country's recent history have destroyed homes, schools and agricultural land
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Captains of industry must change their investment priorities

Tom Delay: Our major companies still prioritise traditional high-carbon ventures over genuine green growth
My beef isn't with beef: why I stopped being a vegetarian

Jenna Woginrich: To be vegetarian is to be a pacifist, avoiding the fight against animal cruelty. Eat meat from sustainable farms, and we will win
That witch, inflation, hurts us more without protection

Raj Patel: Soaring food prices will make many go hungry, but austerity-driven policies will make the suffering even worse
Eco-terrorism: the non-existent threat we spend millions policing

George Monbiot: Spying on environmental activists serves no one's interests except for big corporations. Let's end this insult to democracy
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Chinese activists condemning Canada for selling China seal meat

This article from Watts reminds us that NGOs and groups in China feel free to criticise foreigners but remain tight-lipped when regarding the equally important policy decisions of Chinese officials.

Green shopping

Soap by Visionary

Ticks all the boxes: Fair Trade, vegan approved, organic, and free from synthetic dyes, fragrances and palm oil. £3.95
Fair Trade chopping board

Shaped like a teapot and ideal for serving, preparing or sharing your teatime sandwiches. £12.25
Eaga energy monitor

Displays up-to-the-minute electricity usage in your home or workplace and helps saving on your energy bills. £24.46
São Tomé hot chocolate

Delicious hot chocolate drink, high in cocoa content and 100% Fairtrade. £2.54
Fair Trade bookends

A set of two bookends, moulded from chain to the shape of supportive stick men. £21.96
Eaga 'Standby Off'

Innovative 8-gang plug that switches off peripherals when the main appliances are on standby. £30.62
Fair Trade tealight holder

Create a magical glow in your living space with this stunning glass tealight holder. £6.07
iPhone solar charger

Power your iPhone with renewable energy: this compact iPhone case has an integrated solar panel. £51.01
Solar 3-in-1 toy

Ignite the spark of science in your child with this great introduction to solar power technology. £13.22

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