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The slums of Accra in Ghana are being used as a dumping ground for Western consumer waste, including toxic electrical components.

Scientists believe a ban on certain catches, including cod and plaice, could allow populations to recover, but their calls have been dismissed by the fishing industry

It's called the 'Cinderella economy'. You know it as the local, sustainable businesses that don't make the GDP figures soar, but do provide jobs and glue communities together...

Simply labelling pig meat products with their country of origin won't change consumer behaviour. Telling people how it was produced just might

Owner of Walls, Mattessons and Richmond sausage brands says telling public where meat comes from would 'add cost' and 'jeopardise our brand positioning'

Armed with a hand blender, a bucket, some wild plants and various kitchen cupboard ingredients you can give old clothes a new lease of life

In an economic climate where village shops are closing, woodsman Ben Law has helped his village open a new shop with a difference

Immediate moratorium on all activity by oil and gas industries would help safeguard the local community and ecosystem as well as reduce potential carbon emissions

Biochar's potential to improve tropical soils and store carbon in the ground is huge; but if linked to current market mechanisms it would be ripe for exploitation

Drawing from 40 years of composting experience, Nicky Scott's latest book will inspire confidence in beginners and give new techniques to veteran composters

More than a quarter of the total US grain crop was turned into ethanol to fuel cars last year, according to a new analysis

Banks are pulling out of the carbon-offsetting market after Copenhagen failed to reach agreement on emissions targets

Government spending watchdog says it is still not convinced new nuclear power stations will be built without public subsidies

Deutsche Bank economist Pavan Sukhdev is heading up the groundbreaking TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) report and doing for nature what Sir Nicholas Stern did for climate change - valuing it

NESTA's Big Green Challenge inspired community groups to come up with innovative ways to reduce carbon emissions. Along the way, it has proved that change really can come from a grassroots level