Charities & Awareness Campaigns Articles

A Little More about Fair Trade
In a capitalist society profits rule and the scramble of wealthy countries to make money often results in exploitation of small scale producers
Published in Charities & Awareness Campaigns on 12/02/2008

Zac Goldsmith takes a look at Sense About Science
We have looked at this group, who proclaim chemicals to be safe, several times; here Zac Goldsith takes a look at their current media campaign in relation to organic food and the dangers of chemicals
Published in Charities & Awareness Campaigns on 09/01/2007

Imagine Earth without people
Humans are undoubtedly the most dominant species the Earth has ever known. In just a few thousand years we have swallowed up more than a third of the planet's land for our cities, farmland and pastures
Published in Charities & Awareness Campaigns on 18/10/2006

The Clock of the Long Now
The Long Now Foundation hopes to provide a counterpoint to today's "faster/cheaper" mind set and promote "slower/better" thinking
Published in Charities & Awareness Campaigns on 14/08/2006

Big is beautiful as ethical food stores grow on shoppers
According to a report by the Institute for Grocery Distribution, shoppers are increasingly prepared to pay a premium for high-quality organic, free-range or fair trade products
Published in Charities & Awareness Campaigns on 17/07/2006

Patient Safety Requires a New Way to Publish Clinical Trials
The way medical journals publish the results of clinical trials has become a serious threat to public health. You may find this assertion shocking and counterintuitive, but we hope that by the end of this short article you will agree
Published in Charities & Awareness Campaigns on 27/05/2006

The Fair Trade Revolution
It all started with a few concerned individuals who thought that the third world deserved a better deal. Now, Fairtrade has become an ethical success story of global proportions with sales of products now running at £200 million a year
Published in Charities & Awareness Campaigns on 15/05/2006

The Disgrace of ABC's Bird Flu Movie
It is not my purpose here to analyze the science of bird flu. There is a mountain of credible scientific evidence that this entire hypothesis is loaded with errors, if not a complete hoax
Published in Charities & Awareness Campaigns on 06/05/2006

Briefing Paper on Transgenic Trees for CBD
Genetically engineered trees, with the potential to transfer pollen for hundreds of miles have the potential to wreak ecological havoc throughout the world's native forests
Published in Charities & Awareness Campaigns on 01/05/2006

Black Gold on the Dark Continent
The African continent has a long history of foreign pillaging and exploitation of her natural resources
Published in Charities & Awareness Campaigns on 08/04/2006