09/01/2004   "The 'conscience of the world' looks vulnerable".

A report in the Guardian highlights the increasingly difficult environment that International NGOs are facing.

 09/01/2004   A British journalist living in Zambia faces deportation.

The action comes after Mr Clarke's satirical column criticised the government. The case is pending appeal.

 09/01/2004   EU issues warnings to member countries over non submission of pollution report.
09/01/2004   Indymedia report on 10 years of the Zapatista struggle.
09/01/2004   Potential health risks from farmed salmon could outweigh benefits.

The article in New Scientist reports that "Contamination by PCBs, dioxins and pesticides is on average 10 times higher in farmed salmon. The consequent health risks, such as a raised risk of cancer, could detract from the known health benefits of eating oily fish."

 19/12/2003   Food Miles - facts to reflect on for the Christmas shop!

The Sustain report Food Miles - Still on the road to ruin? was published 5 years ago, an update to the first Food Miles report in 1994. 5 years on, it is interesting to look back on this report and see how relevant it still is.
19/12/2003   GreenNet members 'Piplinks' present Dirty Digger Awards

This small group of anti-mining campaigners presented awards to (dis)honour mining companies and executives whose showed a lack of commitment to sustainable development.

 19/12/2003   'My non-stick frying pan killed my budgie!!'

The Free Range Network study Toxic shock! looks at the effects of per-fluoro-chemicals (PFCs).

 15/12/2003   Communication at War, Communication for Peace'.

At a conference in the World Forum on Communication Rights, a parallel forum to the
official World Summit on the Information Society, speakers from the United
States, Colombia, and a Kenyan technologist working in Rwanda took up this theme.