Archived articles from 2007
Guerilla Bag Makers
18 Dec 2007
When English teacher, Caroline Morsman, discovered the remains of adead seabird, choked by a plastic bag, it motivated her to reach forher needle and thread. Every month, a group of friends now join her tomake so-called Morsbags out of donated fabrics.
Planet Organic Roots for Corn Crop Bag
18 Dec 2007
Planet Organic, the London-based food chain, has upgraded all itscheckout bags to carbon neutral, compostable carriers. They are thefirst high street retailer to offer the GM-free cornstarch alternative.The upgrade will cost customers just four pence per bag.
Ethical Bags from Bishopston
18 Dec 2007
A company producing organic cotton shopping bags is urging businessesto phase out plastic and capitalize on consumers' growing awareness ofethical issues.
Bag Ladies on a Mission
18 Dec 2007
The majority of Hebden Bridge traders have stopped giving their customers new plastic bags, shoppers are being encouraged to bring their own instead.
Friends of the Earth Calendar
18 Dec 2007
Friends of the Earth have now produced their second Friends of the Earth International, trilingual, 2008 calendar.
Win a Fabulous Trip to the Peruvian Amazon
18 Dec 2007
Survival International has created a unique opportunity for thosewanting to spread a little more festive cheer with their Christmascards this year. They are offering the chance for family and friends towin a once in a lifetime trip to visit the Ash·ninka Community in thePeruvian Amazon.
Welsh Firms Join Forces with the Ash·ninka
18 Dec 2007
Earlier this year, two Welsh companies, Ecotribal and Treeflights, teamed up with a community of indigenous Indians, in a joint project to restore the Amazon Rainforest.
Forget Boring Old Swings and Roundabouts!
18 Dec 2007
Adam White and AndrÈe Davies' project 'Playscape' returns simple pleasures, encouraging engagement with natural surroundings and taking acceptable levels of risk.
Political TV Launched
18 Dec 2007
Students from the department of Politics at Hull University launched aninnovative political TV channel at Westminster this October.
Mulitversity for Hereford
18 Dec 2007
The Bulmer Foundation, a charity based in Hereford, recently hosted apublic event to discuss the establishment of a Multiversity forHerefordshire, which will provide sustainable education to students inthe county and beyond.
Students Stand Up and Speak Out
18 Dec 2007
Over 43.7 million people in 127 countries have broken the GuinnessWorld Record ñ set last year at 23.5 million ñ for the largest numberof people to Stand Up Against Poverty in one 24 hour period.
Full Marks for Staring Out the Window
18 Dec 2007
UK School children are turning their classrooms into bird hides and getting ready to stare out of the window for the world's biggest bird survey.
Smart Kids Say Brake
18 Dec 2007
Brake is an independent national road safety charity, which produces educational road safety literature, community training programmes and events including Road Safety Week.
Turning Enemies into Friends
18 Dec 2007
Sylvie Schapira writes about a charity based in Sussex called PeaceInsight ñ a new, peace education organisation for teenagers who come from Palestine and Israel.
PeaceJam Teaches the Art of Peace
18 Dec 2007
Every year, the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford hosts PeaceJam ñ an innovative peace education programme for schools and youth groups in the UK.
Water Brings Life to Remote Regions
18 Dec 2007
The Mercy Corps have invited the Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation to install three of their award-winning ram pump systems in Northern Afghanistan.
The Grain of Wheat Centre
18 Dec 2007
Danielle Carr-Gomm shares her vision of the future for an exciting new eco-project in Bulgaria.
Saved from the Brink
18 Dec 2007
In one of the world's most successful recovery programmes, lasting two decades, the Mauritius Echo Parakeet has been brought back from the brink of complete extinction.
The Tree that Could Save the Planet
12 Dec 2007
A magnificent tree from Japan, the Kiri Tree, is being pioneered in Texas. Chris Sanders and Brittany Turner have started a Kiri Tree Revolution'.