The Philippines has some of the most precious natural habitat on earth. It is also home to some of the last surviving gatherer-hunter tribes. And, like so many places of this kind, it is being brutally destroyed at a terrifying rate for comparitively trifling sums of money. 

But it is not too late. The tribes have joined forces with other Filipinos and, latterly, westerners, to save what’s left and restore what’s damaged. 

In the West we have disproportionately powerful influence over the forces that destroy natural habitats. Now we have opportunity to directly use that power.

After a year off, Glastonbury Festival returns this summer, but in a changed form. The partnership with Mean Fiddler — a corporate music promoter widely disliked for its greedy and brutal practices — may well mean that the Glastonbury spirit has been lost.

This article, written with Corporate Watch’s typical mix of meticulous research, righteous anger and wit, lifts the lid on Mean Fiddler and its new deal for Glastonbury.

You don’t need to be a keen gardener to get the benefit of composting. It reduces landfill waste, production of greenhouse gases, road traffic and fuel consumption. And all for barely more effort than putting stuff in the bin. 

In this basic yet comprehensive start-up guide, Merrick shows that environmental direct action begins at home.

Sarah Irving went to Palesting in March 2002 as part of a group of international citizens whose presence in Israeli-occupied terrritories would, they hoped, curb the excesses of the Israeli military.

Soon after they arived, the Israelis launched fierce attacks, massacring Palestinians and shooting unarmed peace demonstrators.

Sarah maintained frequent email contact with the outside world. Her reports from Bethlehem — contrasting sharply with the biases of the corporate media — are startling, harrowing and compelling.

Peat moorlands form some of the most rare and precious natural habitats in Europe. As the UK government finally gives some UK peatlands proper protection, the campaign to stop the rapid extinction of these environments — largely for making garden compost for people who ‘love nature’ — gathers pace.