• Capitalism as a threat to the environment

  “Today's system of political economy, referred to here as modern capitalism, is destructive of the environment, and not in a minor way but in a way that threatens the planet,” …

• Extreme rainstorms

  Predictions that our warming world will become a wetter place have been confirmed by a study…

• Climate change catastrophe by degrees

  Unfortunately, Professor Bob Watson is not speaking out of turn in telling the world to prepare for four degrees of global warming…

• Weather Eye: has this summer finished?

  Late July had such a promising run of hot weather, just in time for the start of the school holidays …

• Vegan events announced across UK

  There are a number of vegan events now confirmed for 2008/2009, including…

News from ActiVeg

• Martin Shaw interview

  Q:What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?

  Check out this story on www.mirror.co.uk.

• Lean And Green With 'Eco-Atkins' Photo: bricolage108

  An eating plan dubbed "Eco-Atkins" is set to be a global phenomenon, if it passes muster with nutritional experts reviewing the findings.

  Check out this story on news.sky.com.

• Alicia Silverstone Set To Release A New “Kind” Of Vegan Diet Book

  The book is due out in the fall of 2009 and is billed as “a 3-step diet program that explores the connection between what we put in our bodies and what we’re doing to the planet, and how choosing the right foods in the kitchen can help you feeling lighter, sexier, and more alive.”

  Check out this story on www.ecorazzi.com.

• The woman with a tiny carbon footprint

  Forget planes, trains or automobiles - if Joan Pick wants to go anywhere, she runs. And she eats nothing but raw food. Is her lifestyle extreme or the future we must all face up to?

  Check out this story on www.guardian.co.uk.

• New veggie restaurant for Tring, Herts Photo: bricolage108

  The rumours are true, it really is happening! The Green House is due to open in the autumn of 2008.

  Check out this story on www.thegreenhousetring.co.uk.

• Forget meat ... we’ll be farming water in 10 years time say the National Trust

  Iwan Huws – the charity’s director for Wales – believes landowners will one day be asked to “farm” not animals but water, wildlife, carbon and landscapes.

  Check out this story on www.dailypost.co.uk.

• Vegan shoe firm turns its skills to sporrans

  A COUPLE who have produced shoes for the vegan market for 10 years have branched out into making sporrans.

  Check out this story on www.nebusiness.co.uk.

• Going raw sparks life change -- and a movie Photo: bricolage108

  Inspired by a documentary about eating only McDonald's for 30 days, Jenna Norwood decided to go for the opposite and only eat raw, organic food for a month with the result sparking major lifestyle changes -- and a movie.

  Check out this story on uk.reuters.com.

• Police inquiry after meat bait with pesticides kills sea eagle

  Police are investigating the deaths of a sea eagle and a buzzard after more than 30 pieces of poisoned meat and a dead hare with poison on it were found on neighbouring estates in Tayside.

  Check out this story on www.guardian.co.uk.

• Ask your father: Can I become a vegetarian?

  Rosie, 10, wants to know if she can give up meat - what to answer to difficult questions from your offspring.

  Check out this story on women.timesonline.co.uk.

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