Ecologist

May 2007

Features:

• Meeting Dr Pachauri As the most recent chapter of the Fourth Assessment on Climate Change is published, reporter Anna daCosta meets the Chairman of the IPCC and inds that science and spirituality aren’t mutually exclusive
• The man who said nothing It’s a noisy world. Many of us feel we have to shout to be heard. But one man, John Francis did something different. He stopped talking – for 17 years. Jonathan Rowe finds out how a whisper can become a scream
• Burying the truth A special and long overdue investigation into the UK’s most polluted landill. Jon Hughes tells the frightening and perplexing, but ultimately inspiring, exclusive story of Douglas Gowan the silenced witness to the UK’s biggest environmental disaster. Pat Thomas reports on the health implications of chemical mixes and asks whatever happened to the Precautionary Principle?
• Reuse, recycle, revitalise In Addis Ababa solving one social problem – plastic bag pollution – has helped solve a multitude of others including poverty and prostitution. Joanna Stavropoulou reports
• Very little helps In his latest book, Tescopoly, Andrew Simms examines Tesco’s ethical credentials. Forget the greenwash Tesco’s Good Neighbour policy isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on
• Financial columnist Nick Robins on banking giant Barclays’ environmental credibility • Mark Anslow warns greenies of technology creep • Sue Clifford and Angela King celebrate the coming of spring – a little earlier this year • Dr Caroline Lucas imagines the EU if she had written the Berlin Declaration • Jon Hughes laments football’s cold war • Cassandra asks: has the world finally gone mad? • Comedian Jeff Innocent wears his eco-guilt on his sleeve
• Letters What are we doing right, what are we doing wrong
• News Waste packaging breakthrough; Formula milk manufacturers rapped; Paris’ cycle solution
• Act: Local press How to get your local paper to work harder for you
• Behind the label: Maybelline lipcolour Lip-smacking poison for gals
• Reviews Fast Food Nation – the ilm; Revisiting Silent Spring; Jay Grifiths’ Wild; Market Schmarket; After Eden; The Planet... the DVD; Last words: Penan
• How to be free Tom Hodgkinson on the beneits of the simple life
• In season The best fun you can have outdoors this month; eating to protect the planet; celebrate International Compost Week!
• Local hero: Dusty Gedge Is there a place for wildlife in the concrete urban jungle. Matilda Lee meets the man who says ‘yes!’
• Grow your own: No lavourless fruit Paul Kingsnorth shuns airfreighted apples in favour of our native varieties
• Wine: In wine we trust Most wine isn’t naturally grown. Expert Monty Waldin explains why
• Eco fashion: Katherine Hamnett The designer and activist takes on Tesco
• Eco fashion: Ethical clothing news African textiles and vintage virgins
• Home works: Lighting It’s not just our lightbulbs we need to change; we need to rethink the way we light
• How to be healthy Healthy teeth and gums begin with a healthy diet