Environment

Can’t see the wood for the desert January 2013
Isaac Rojas looks at the spread of ‘green deserts’ swallowing up vast tracts of the global South

Occupy Kinder Scout: remembering the mass trespass August 2012
Rights of access in the UK owe much to a mass trespass onto Kinder Scout 80 years ago, Dave Toft writes

Interview: can changing the law save the planet? April 2012
Ahead of the launch of her new book, Earth is Our Business, Polly Higgins speaks to Michael Pooler about her mission to have ‘ecocide’ recognised as an international crime

Audio: May elections – Jenny Jones interview April 2012
Jenny Jones, the Green Party candidate for London mayor, speaks to Red Pepper's Tim Hunt and Michael Calderbank

Fueling an oily future November 2011
Art activists Platform look at BP's sponsorship of the Olympics

Natural solidarity July 2010
The Deepwater Horizon oil disaster was as much a disaster for workers as for the planet, writes David Whyte. Reconnecting life and work to the environment must be part of our response

Reduce, reuse, recycle May 2007
How far do you follow the three 'R's of a zero-waste lifestyle philosophy? Tamanna Kalhar suggests some key strategies to help you earn extra eco-friendly brownie points

Drinking the world dry May 2006
Despite its claim 'to benefit and refresh everyone it touches', Coca-Cola has been increasingly accused of destroying communities and the environment around the world

The Last Drop May 2006
Water privatisation has long been promoted as the only way to develop clean water supplies in the global South. But with several high profile failures and revolts, multinationals are pulling out.

Revealed: snooker link to illegal logging September 2003
Snooker and pool cues used in thousands of Britain's pubs and clubs are made from illegally logged timber linked to violence, corruption and human rights abuses in some of the world's most ecologically important tropical forest regions, Red Pepper can reveal.