Archived articles from 2007
The Low Carbon Lifestyle Tour
22 May 2007
Local environmentalist, Mukti Mitchell, set off onboard his ecofriendly, microyacht this April, in a bid to promote low carbon lifestyles.
Pilgrim’s Progress
22 May 2007
Author, Babette Gallard, writes about how horseback pilgrimages have not only given her carbon-free holidays, but more importantly the opportunity to reconnect with a sense of spirituality and the joys of slow travel.
Growing Eco-Communities
22 May 2007
In his second book on the subject, Jan Martin Bang, who has spent a lifetime in eco-communities, provides an overview of the different phases and changes that groups can undergo ñ from Youth to Maturity to Old Age.
Riding the Milky Way
22 May 2007
In 2005, Babette Gallard and Paul Chinn, 'broke, burnt out and vaguely hoping to save their health and sanity,' undertook a 1,600 kilometre journey on horse-back along the ancient pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela.
Rocket Mass Heaters
22 May 2007
Organic Textiles Take to the Catwalk
21 Mar 2007
The UK's first organic tweed was just one of the wonders of the Organic Fashion Show, which launched the One Planet Agriculture conference.
Time Off to Make Marston Green
21 Mar 2007
Paid volunteers employed by Timberland clothing company, recently teamed up with a group of school pupils to plant 5,000 trees, completing the regeneration of the Forest of Marston Vale, which lies south west of Bedford, in England.
Planting in the Playground
21 Mar 2007
The Woodland Trust is joining up with young people across the UK to offer them the chance to plant a native hedgerow or a copse in their school grounds.
Bright Sparks
21 Mar 2007
Do you want to change the media's view of young people? Most of us would say yes to these questions, so perhaps we all need to re-tune our radios and listen in to the individual sound of Spark Radio, Wiltshire's online radio service, set up for and run by young volunteers.
It’s Showtime for Showcomotion
21 Mar 2007
The UK's largest and longest-running young people's film festival is back for another year, providing budding young film-makers with a unique chance to showcase their talents. Film entries for Showcomotion can now be submitted. The theme for 2007 is Children's Rights'.
Green Being
21 Mar 2007
What is Peacechild International?Tanya Mowbray works for Peacechild International, an organisation which promotes and aides youth-led development around the world.
Big Noise
21 Mar 2007
A new venture from the international development agency, Oxfam, is giving people the chance to download music. It offers music listeners downloads from over 300,000 tracks, with 10p from every pound going directly to Oxfam to help fight against poverty.
First Children’s Food Festival
21 Mar 2007
The first ever Children's Food Festival will be held over the weekend of 14th and 15th July this year at the Northmoor Trust's conservation farm, 10 miles south of Oxford.
ChewTV.com
21 Mar 2007
If you are interested in film making, then check out chewtv.com ñ the UK's first broadband television channel, run by and for young people.
Fairtrade Universities
21 Mar 2007
One wet day in February, representatives from UK universities gathered in Leeds to attend the People & Planet Fairtrade Universities and Colleges Conference. An event full of motivational addresses, delegate workshops and interesting stalls, the conference appealed to both the established Fairtrade universities and those just starting out alike.
New Year, New Ambassadors, New Ambitions
21 Mar 2007
A New Year sees a new group take up the mantle at the Climate Change College. Positive News asked the two UK Climateers how they felt about the task before them.