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Arne Naess, the father of the deep ecology movement, spent much time in his cabin on top of a mountain. Paying homage, Paul Miles recreates the trip

An exhibition in Beijing reveals architect Paolo Soleri's latest radical green city concept

A post-Copenhagen look at where the carbon emissions are coming from and how that is projected to change over the coming decade

New consultation to look at whether the next generation of biofuels will be more environmentally-sustainable than current food crop varieties

Two power plants in Cornwall could be producing renewable heat and electricity for the local community as early as 2013

We've inherited an unhealthy, puritan attitude to food and sensory pleasure, says Tom Hodgkinson. Taking a leaf out of the books of our medieval ancestors would do us all good...

Being off the beaten track need not require lashings of fossil fuels to provide a comfortable lifestyle. James Morrison tells the remarkable story of the inhabitants of Scotland's Knoydart Peninsula

Oceans becoming noisier as sounds travel further in increasingly acidic water

Climate secretary accuses China, Sudan, Bolivia and other leftwing Latin American countries of trying to hijack Copenhagen

Naturally reared, free range turkeys are more flavoursome, says Irish chef Darina Allen. Here is her guide to cooking old-fashioned roast turkey with chestnut stuffing and bread sauce

This blog is unlikely to win me many friends among readers of the Ecologist, but it needs to be said: after Copenhagen, we must accept that big business is just about the best hope we have left

No hairshirt or sandals for Molly this year - she's bellowing carols and splashing the cash (in her local currency, of course)

The UN has failed to reach a unanimous deal on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and preventing dangerous climate change at the talks in Copenhagen

EU looking at the impact of land use changes on greenhouse gas emissions from moves to increase biofuel production

Though it was slow, choppy, wet and tiring, Ewan looks back on his wind-powered crossing to Australia as an experience worth every minute