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Beekeeping relieves land degradation in Kyrgyzstan
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A growing digital waste cloud
We are tossing all our information into a big digital haze known as cloud computing — an ever-scalable collection of energy sucking data centres and server farms.
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Journey of a printer cartridge
A Japanese printer cartridge recycling initiative is an example of good corporate cooperation - an essential ingredient for a green revolution.
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E-waste: not your normal trash
Increasingly large amounts of electrical and electronic waste are raising questions about resource efficiency and concerns about the dangers to humans and the environment.
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Bolivia’s fight for survival can help save democracy too
Naomi Klein argues that the people's summit in Bolivia to tackle climate change is a radical response to the Copenhagen club's failure
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Earth Day 40th Year Special: Give earth a chance, again
Despite some progress since the first Earth Day, the West’s environmental problems have been outsourced.
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Scientists cleared of malpractice in hacked e-mails
University of East Anglia climate researchers are "dedicated if slightly disorganised", but basic science was fair, an inquiry finds.
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Requiem for a species
In his latest book, Requiem for a Species, ethicist Clive Hamilton examines why we resist the truth about the full implications of climate change.
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Don’t hound the climate scientists
IPCC chief Rajendra Pachauri re-asserts that evidence of climate change is undeniable, despite recent scientific inaccuracies.
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Resilient Bangladesh: Songs for a changing world
In this final part of the Bangladesh series, we see how children are learning about adapting to changes in their environment.
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Resilient Bangladesh: Mapping local solutions
This second video of the series shows how the people of Bangladesh are tackling local problems like less predictable rainfall.
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Resilient Bangladesh: Fishermen cope with rough seas
This video brief, the first in a 3-part series showcasing Bangladeshi resilience in coping with climate change, looks at a fisherman's struggle.
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Scrap and trade: scavenging myths
Scavenging from the waste stream not only reduces poverty among trash pickers, but brings myriad economic and environmental benefits.
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Putting nanotech to green use?
After a glimpse of eco-friendly uses of nanotechnology at a recent exhibit in Tokyo, we still have questions.
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How things work: Carbon trading
The debate around the merits of cap and trade has become intense of late, particularly in the United State
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Post COP15 industrial policy
National industrial policies need to be reassessed in light of the financial crisis and ongoing negotiations for a global agreement on reducing emissions.
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Obama gives green light to nuclear reactors
The US president announces $8.3 billion in loan guarantees for construction of the country’s first nuclear reactors in 30 years.
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