Archived articles from 2002
Balinese Dancers
Solar Rally Riders Choose Rickshaws
30 Dec 2002
A minimum of seven solar powered rickshaws will be used to transport participants part of the way along the route of the Royal Rajasthan Solar Rally, organised by the Maharana Mewar Charitable Foundation (MMCF) and Malcolm Moss, for 29th March 2003.
Win a Computer for your School!
30 Dec 2002
Have you got a story to tell? Are you doing a great project you want to write about? Perhaps there are some recycling schemes in your community. Maybe your school is linked with a school overseas. Are there any arts projects happening where you live?
Trees Get Reprieve
30 Dec 2002
Brazilian mahogany was listed as a priority species in need of increased international protection at the CITES conference in November
Span’ners in the Works
30 Dec 2002
During my gap year, in the autumn of 2001, I went back to my old sixth form at Impington Village College to set up a SPAN (Sixth formers' Political Awareness Network) group as a forum for politically interested people to take action.
Walking to China for Peace
30 Dec 2002
Paul Coleman has been planting trees for peace everywhere he goes on his marathon walk from Britain to China.
New Vision for a New World
30 Dec 2002
An extraordinary 40,000 people from the broadest imaginable spectrum gathered in Florence for the first ever European Social Forum, united in their shared belief that Another Europe is Possible. Born of Brazil's World Social Forum, this social movement of movements is thinking beyond the present system of economic globalisation
Whales and Dolphins Saved from Active Sonar
30 Dec 2002
In San Francisco on October 31, 2002 ñ A federal court granted a request by environmental groups to block the Navy from deploying a new high-intensity sonar system that scientists believe poses a threat to entire populations of whales, dolphins, seals and other marine mammals.
Whales and Dolphins Saved from Active Sonar
30 Dec 2002
In San Francisco on October 31, 2002 ñ A federal court granted a request by environmental groups to block the Navy from deploying a new high-intensity sonar system that scientists believe poses a threat to entire populations of whales, dolphins, seals and other marine mammals.
Urban Otters
30 Dec 2002
Otters are returning to over 100 of Britain's towns and cities for the first time in up to thirty years, according to new statistics published by The Wildlife Trusts. Otters can now be seen in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle, Carlisle, Leeds, Doncaster, Norwich, Bristol, Canterbury and Cardiff and they are living and breeding in thirteen urban areas.
The World’s Largest Solar Cooker
30 Dec 2002
Mount Abu, in the state of Rajasthtan, India, possesses favourable sources of potential renewable energy
Light Fantastic Transport
30 Dec 2002
A new electric tram system could revolutionise public transport in medium sized towns across the country
Cows and Cloudforests for Christmas
30 Dec 2002
When looking for unusual presents to give friends and family, why not choose something that benefits others or the environment too? Sponsoring some acres of rainforest for example, is a novel idea for a gift that lasts forever and, depending on how much you spend, could include a two night stay at a rainforest lodge in Ecuador
Gandhi Foundation Wins Social Innovations Award
30 Dec 2002
The Institute for Social Inventions was flooded with ideas worthy of recognition, so choosing winners of its Social Innovations Award for 2002 was challenging
Organic Food for All
30 Dec 2002
"Slugs used to be a problem and my dad used masses of pellets until I persuaded him to let me have a go at going truly green," wrote Melissa Ayton in Gardening for Life newsletter
Gentlewomen: (and gentlemen, please pass this on)
30 Dec 2002
Today 25 Congresswomen in the US House of Representatives walked out - and refused to participate in the vote to give Bush war powers --- they were led by Barbara Bell of California and they took up residence on the White House lawn..... They say women can change the world. Here is a chance! A nationwide effort to unite...