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  • 7 Jan 2011
    Sustainable tourism in Ghana

    If you want Western-style consumption, you'll find it in abundance at the Accra Mall. But thankfully, there are many in West Africa keen to encourage sustainable tourism that is both environmentally and culturally sensitive.

  • 9 Nov 2010
    Government challenged over 'ground up' change in local communities

    Fifty national civic organisations have called on the government to respond to ideas put forward a year ago under the Sustainable Communities Act.

  • 16 Jul 2008
    Eat locally to act globally, United Reformed assembly says

    Members of the United Reformed Church have been asked to look more carefully at what they eat and where they buy, in order to help protect the income and way of life of British farmers.

  • 29 Nov 2007
    A little local money goes a global way

    A long-standing practical scheme for financially backing community initiatives and economic development among those on the margins of the global system is being promoted in Britain.