Could food waste recycling help the UK reduce it’s environmental impact?

The British governemtn has been trialling food waste recycling and composting schemes in an attempt to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill, but is it working?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7620109.stm

Should richer countries be doing more to help poorer countries prepare for the effects of climate change?

Many would argue that the “rich” world is mostly responsible for climate change (although that situation is changing). Poorer countries, which have contributed less to the problem, are less able to prepare themselves for the problems associated with climate change, such as rising sea levels, and are already suffering the effects.
The UK government is giving [...]

Could the search for resources lead to conflict in the Arctic?

As the World’s resources become more scarce, countries are beginning to press their claims to different parts of the Arctic, including the sea bed, which are new areas for resource exploration. The stakes are high and some fear that if disagreements are not ironed out, conflict could result:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7606132.stm
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7609500.stm

Could “ecological” food labelling lead to a more sustainable future?

Some campaigners believe that food packaging should carry a record of a product’s impact on the environment, in the same way that most foods now have “traffic light” information about their nutritional value. This would help ecologically and ethically minded customers to choose products which do less damage to the environment:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7604996.stm

What is sustainable food?

Sustainability means behaving in a way and living a lifestyle which does not compromise the lifestyles of geerations to come. Whether sustainability is truly acievable is a matter for debate. One key area at the moment is sustainable food, but what is it?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7121384.stm

What are biofuels?

This website gives a quick introduction to biofuels and some of the issues surrounding them:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6294133.stm

How is China Changing?

Recent events have shown that China is changing quickly, possibly faster than anywhere else on the planet. But what is happening and what is going to happen next?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/asia_pacific/2004/china/default.stm

Do we live on a Disposable Planet?

Here is a series of articles highlighting the way inwhich we treated the world in 2005. How far have we progressed?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/world/2002/disposable_planet/default.stm

Can capitalism save the Amazon?

Critics of capitalism would argue that the majority of the damage done to the Amazon Rainforest has been the result of capitalist economic policies. Now it’s been suggested that a sort of environmental capitalism that values environmental resources as assets could help save the Amazon Rainforest from destruction:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7601344.stm

Can vegetarianism save the world?

A leading climate scientist has urged people to eat less meat in order to reduce the amount of enrgy used in feeding the world. Global demand for meat has risen as the “middle” classes of many countries such as India and CHina have grown.
Raising meat requires much more energy and fuel than the equivalent amount [...]