How much do you want this forest (in millions)?

Terry Slavin on turning forests to good account.

Charging up the councils

Terry Slavin seeks out the new Wokings for the local energy revolution.

Sustainable Entrepreneur

John Duggan and the big green sheds

Official jet offset

Foreign Office flight emissions fund pays to boost clean energy in South Africa

Hydrogen stores the wind of Fife

Scotland showcases the truly renewable office

Cutting your hair care carbon

Cutting your hair care carbon

Green house effect

Will new homes meet the zero-carbon test by 2016? Terry Slavin and Roger East investigate.

Carbon markets: time to clean up

The Clean Development Mechanism is widely derided as a source of easy pickings for wealthy polluters. So how, asks Terry Slavin, can it be made fit for purpose?

High level respect

Tourism can mean trouble for fragile habitats and traditional cultures. But a new scheme in India’s far north shows that this need not always be the case, says Terry Slavin.

Country life

BMWs versus bullock carts; software versus sadhus; the sleek security of the gated suburb versus the grubby confusion of the village.

When oil grows on trees

India’s new oil bonanza could revitalise its wastelands – or starve its poor. Terry Slavin assesses the perils and the promise of jatropha.

Fire up or power out?

Can India fuel its economic surge without melting half the Arctic? Terry Slavin unpacks the mother of all energy challenges.

Under the weather

Climate change could suck India’s rivers and soil dry

2007 brought ‘wild weather’ to South Asia.The worst floods in living memory killed thousands and displaced over 20 million more. But they were just a taste of what awaits India as the planet heats up, say climate scientists.

The three Rs of climate change

As term began, 250 more-than-usually-excited Worcester children surged back through the gates of Redhill School.

Fresh from the summer holidays, these are the first participants in an unprecedented experiment in sustainable learning.

Where skylarks dare

Up on Adam Twine’s farm, five turbines spell out his commitment– to community-owned renewables. Yes, there’s a cost, in rural charm… but just look at the (human) energy potential.