Laura Cole

Prafulla Samantra: Indian environmental activist

Nov 14, 2017

Published in I’m a Geographer

Prafulla Samantra: Indian environmental activist

Prafulla Samantra led a 12-year legal battle against the Indian government’s plans to mine the Niyamgiri Hills, an oasis for biodiversity and rightful home of the Dongria Kondh people. He was awarded the 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize for his actions

Keeping it local – indigenous conservation

Nov 14, 2017

Published in Forests

A traditional house sits on the Amazon river in Loreto, Peru. Local people have made greater efforts at preserving their natural surroundings than government-run efforts

Indigenous conservation schemes in Peru can be more effective than government-controlled efforts when it comes to curbing deforestation

Rising tides: islands lost to the sea

Nov 07, 2017

Published in Oceans

Micronesia (above), the Solomon Islands and other low-lying Pacific areas are all at risk from rising sea levels, but understanding to what varying degrees is going to be vital to their long-term futures

Numerous low-lying Pacific islands have disappeared under rising seas

The inspectors call: Chinese environmental crackdown

Nov 04, 2017

Published in Development

A worker welds metal parts in a steel workshop in the city of Tangshan, Hebei Province, near Beijing

China’s central government is to shut down factories and punish local officials in the latest sweep of environmental crackdowns across the country

Germany’s insects continue ‘dramatic’ decline

Oct 19, 2017

Published in Wildlife

Germany’s insects continue ‘dramatic’ decline

Nature reserves and protected areas in Germany have lost 76 per cent of flying insect biomass since 1989

OUT OF THE WRECKAGE: A New Politics for an Age of Crisis by George Monbiot

Oct 18, 2017

Published in Books

OUT OF THE WRECKAGE: A New Politics for an Age of Crisis by George Monbiot

Neoliberalism. The word seems to have lost all meaning. According to George Monbiot, this is because it is everywhere

Gina Lopez: environmental activist in the Philippines

Oct 19, 2017

Published in I’m a Geographer

Gina Lopez: environmental activist in the Philippines

Regina ‘Gina’ Lopez, an environmental activist, former Environmental Secretary to Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, and member of the business elite, has been awarded the 2017 Seacology Prize for her opposition to mining and work to improve ecosystems across the islands of the Philippines

JANE directed by Brett Morgen

Oct 13, 2017

Published in Films

David Greybeard was the first chimp to lose his fear of Jane, eventually coming to her camp to steal bananas and allowing Jane to touch and groom him

Combining a treasure trove of unseen footage set to music by Phillip Glass, Jane is a masterful take on Goodall’s transformation from secretary to one of the world’s most successful conservationists

European countries continue to prop up fossil fuels

Sep 28, 2017

Published in Energy

Coal mining is still being subsidised in EU member states

Europe provides more than €112billion (£97billion) in subsidies to fossil fuel companies

Croydon: from flowers to flyovers

Oct 17, 2017

Published in Discovering Britain

For this month’s Discovering Britain trail, Laura Cole visits Croydon, London’s almost-city, in its moment of rapid transformation

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