Environment

Indian activist Bunker Roy is bringing electric light to rural villages by training up grandmothers as solar engineers, reports Georgia Hanias.

Filed in: Ageing Energy Sustainability Women

Two dead, 100 injured – this is the way Swiss mining giant Xstrata does ‘community relations’ in Peru, while boss Mick Davis is in line for a $44 million bonus.

Filed in: Mining Peru

Iris Gonzales interviews economics expert Jeffrey Sachs who says countries need to step up efforts to reduce their carbon footprints.

Filed in: Climate Change

The killing of activist Chut Wutty by the military on April 26 must not be swept under the carpet, says Fran Lambrick.

Filed in: Cambodia Conservation Forests

An interview with Danny Chivers on how corporations are greenwashing themselves and attempting to hijack the Rio+20 UN conference.

Filed in: Climate Change Corporations

The 71-year-old legend of social movement politics in India shows no signs of slowing down, as Richard Swift discovers.

Filed in: Democracy India Nuclear Power Social Change

Big business sees water scarcity as a money-making opportunity. Joyce Nelson uncovers the dodgy dealings of the Aqueduct Alliance.

Filed in: Corporations Water

Mari Marcel Thekaekara on her experience of the world’s crazy weather.

Filed in: Climate Change India

A group of merry players perform an anti-BP soliloquy to an unsuspecting audience at the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Filed in: Oil United Kingdom

Families are slowly melting away from the Bay of Bengal coastline as habitats degrade. Hazel Healy speaks to new arrivals on the edge of destitution in Dhaka.

Filed in: Bangladesh Cities Climate Change Land Poverty

As delegates gather at the World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, two videos expose what happens when community land is taken over by private interests.

Filed in: Environment Sustainability World Bank