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We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine gun. George Orwell in his 1937 novel <i>The Road to Wigan Pier</i> <br> <br> Seventy years down the line, Orwell could not have been more correct.
The project of "sustainable consumption' encompasses broader concerns about how individual well-being and quality of life have been superceded by the quest for sustained economic growth. In 1999, the currentUK Labour government revised their sustainable development approach, conceptually placing "people at the centre' and arguing for holistic strategies, thereby suggesting some redress of the above concerns. In light of this conceptual shift, this article inquires about the current state of sustainable consumption policy and practice in the United Kingdom.
The methodology and results reported in this study form a first comprehensive and integrated global ecological
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Fuelwood consumption in Bhutan has gone up drastically. A report
An analysis carried out by the Environ mental Energy Technologies Division of the Lawrence Berkley national Laboratory, based in US, shows that in the US office equipment used by the commercial
Around 30 per cent of pesticides marketed in developing countries do not meet internationally accepted quality standards, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and World Health
Polluters in many advanced countries pay for the mess they make. India is still to wake up to such effective fiscal measures to control vehicular pollution
A farmer in Thailand has made a fuel from coconut oil. Yuthachai, claims that the fuel is a good alternative to diesel. At present the fuel is being used by 60 per cent vehicles in the Thap
