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The "Green" or Ecological Wedding

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Why do people become allergic, and why are allergies on the increase? Allergies are on the increase - a third of the population believe that they suffer from allergies.

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Soil Association Organic Food Festival - Bristol

Runs from 6th September 2008 until 7th September 2008 - Now in its eight year, with over 300 companies represented, the Organic Food Festival incorporates bustling food markets, the very best organic food, drink, fashion, skincare and homeware products, a green planet pavilion, demonstration kitchen, talks programme, food cruises around the harbour, and an arts and entertainment fringe that includes food demonstrations, children's activities, music and street theatre!

Soil Association Organic Fortnight

Runs from 6th September 2008 until 21st September 2008 - The nation-wide celebration of all things organic, designed to increase awareness of living an organic lifestyle.

Lecture: "Global Warning: the impact of meat production & consumption on climate change

To be held on 8th September 2008 - The demand for meat and dairy products is escalating globally. Millions more animals face lives of misery in factory farms. Precious food and water resources are being diverted from feeding the hungry to feeding factory farmed animals. Food prices are shooting up. The impact of industrial farming on climate change and the environment worsens. How can we find solutions to this growing crisis?

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Stuart Orr of the World Wildlife Fund on Britain's water consumption

Stuart Orr of the World Wildlife Fund explains a new report that shows each Briton uses 4,645 litres a day when hidden factors are included

Guardian Unlimited , Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Water scarcity will only be tackled if we change the way we eat

Tom MacMillan: Goldman Sachs says water is the next oil and has bullish investment trends to prove it. For the rest of us a water boom spells trouble

Guardian Unlimited , Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Richard Jenkins hopes to set a new wind-powered landspeed record

On a dry salt lake in the remote west Australian outback, a British engineer is preparing for the ride of his life ? powered by nothing but the wind. By David Adma

Guardian Unlimited , Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Donnachadh McCarthy: Wheelie bins are a design blight on our towns

"Thirteen" I muttered. "What did you say?" asked my mate, who had accompanied me by bicycle to Peckham farmers' market on Sunday for my weekly shop. I replied that I had just added up in my head the number of bags I'd saved by going to the farmers' market instead of the supermarket.

The Independent , Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Shipwrecks On Coral Reefs Harbor Unwanted Species

Shipwrecks on coral reefs may increase invasion of unwanted species, according to a recent US Geological Survey study. These unwanted species can completely overtake the reef and eliminate all the native coral, dramatically decreasing the diversity of marine organisms on the reef. This study documents for the first time that a rapid change in the dominant biota on a coral reef is unambiguously associated with man-made structures.

ScienceDaily.com , Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Getting To The Root Of The Matter

A number of current issues related to water availability and climate change are giving impetus to new research aimed at roots and their functioning. The research is producing new experimental methods, data acquisition and theoretical understanding. Recently, scientists from the US Salinity Laboratory, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, assembled a collection of new research in the form of 13 papers that are published as a special section of the August issue of Vadose Zone Journal.

ScienceDaily.com , Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

New Climate Record Shows Century-long Droughts In Eastern North America

A stalagmite in a West Virginia cave has yielded the most detailed geological record to date on climate cycles in eastern North America over the past 7,000 years. The new study confirms that during periods when Earth received less solar radiation, the Atlantic Ocean cooled, icebergs increased and precipitation fell, creating a series of century-long droughts.

ScienceDaily.com , Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT