Location: Europe

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/ Food

06 May 2012

 

Europe’s largest local food network is to receive almost half a million pounds of funding from the Scottish government to encourage more people to choose local and sustainably sourced food

 

French bank cancels customer debts

 
 

/ New Economics

05 Mar 2012

 

A 375-year-old French bank has dropped the debts of customers who owed less than €150

 

GM food flops in Europe

 
 

/ Food

02 Mar 2012

 

New figures from within the genetically modified (GM) food industry show that attempts to cultivate GM crops in the EU are proving unsuccessful

 
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, , / Travel

24 Jan 2012

 

Completing the first leg of a unique around-the-world journey through the length of six continents, Steve Fabes found Africa to be a life-affirming place

 
German Ownership of Renewables 2010 crop
 

/ Renewable Energy

12 Jan 2012

 

Germany, where more than half of the country's renewable energy is now generated by citizens, will host a conference on community power in July 2012

 
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/ Innovation

04 Jan 2012

 

The eighth Ethical Fashion Show and accompanying trade fair attracted some 100 exhibitors to Paris in September 2011

 
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/ Lifestyle

27 Sep 2011

 

Paris city council is to cut advertising on its streets by 30% by 2013

 
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/ Renewable Energy

27 Sep 2011

 

A Dutch study into the environmental impact of wind energy has found that offshore wind farms do little harm to wildlife and may even benefit some ecosystems

 
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/ Innovation

22 Jul 2011

 

Peter Henshaw takes the new e-Vivacity for a spin

 

European Commission unveils sustainable fishing policy

 
 

/ Environment

14 Jul 2011

 

The European Commission has unveiled radical plans to reform the EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), in an effort to securing both fish stocks and fishermen’s livelihoods for the future

 
Rights for nature proposed in Turkey
 

, / Environment, Justice

21 Jun 2011

 

A group of 40 Turkish politicians, academics and lawyers is calling for rights for nature to be incorporated into the country's constitution

 
Dalai Lama praises founder of peace charity at Power of Forgiveness event in Ireland
 

/ Peace, Positive People, Spirit

12 Jun 2011

 

Many of us have difficulty forgiving others sometimes. But for Richard Moore, who at age ten, was shot and blinded by a soldier’s rubber bullet during the troubles in Northern Ireland, forgiveness has brought true inner peace

 
Campaign to Save National Forests
 

, / Environment, Justice

20 Dec 2010

 

The government is getting ready for a huge sell-off of our national forests to private firms. Advocacy group, 38 Degrees is concerned that this will lead to forests being auctioned and fenced off

 

UK Schools Save British Fruit

 
 

, / Archive

07 Dec 2010

 

Children across the UK are establishing traditional orchards within their school grounds in partnership with their local communities

 

What’s Next for Wild Lawyers in the UK?

 
 

, / Archive

07 Dec 2010

 

The wild law movement in the UK has been gathering momentum over the past six years. Melanie Strickland reviews recent developments

 

Tree Of Life

 
 

, / Archive

04 Oct 2010

 

If you want to meet positive like-minded people in your local area where do you go? How do you find them? This is a question we asked ourselves two years ago here in the West Midlands.