Author archive for: CHEC
Clothing Waste and Fast Fashion in 2020
Last year our most popular article was “Fast Fashion and How to Reduce Clothing Waste“. In fact, the majority of visitors to the CHEC website...
CHEC Achievements: 1969-2019
In November, CHEC updated our achievements document to detail the work we have been involved in since our beginning in 1969. The new document coincides...
Can we Eat Fish and Fight Climate Change?
Many of us know about the numerous studies claiming how red meat is having a large impact on our ecological footprint – but how about...
Getting to Know CHEC’s Volunteer
During the first half of this year, Ebba worked as our volunteer. She assisted the team with a range of tasks. She introduced the monthly...
The Commonwealth Human Ecology Council Newsletter – November 2019
It’s been a while since our last newsletter but we are still here and are still doing very exciting things in the world of human...
Human Ecology – Growing a Backbone in Students’ Education
We have all heard about the School Strikes for Climate campaign, started by a young Swedish girl. It has gone world-wide, and the anger and...
Zena Daysh Lecture – “Our Changing Climate: Do we need a shift in the way we learn?”
On Tuesday 19th November 2019 the second Zena Daysh Lecture will take place at the Royal Over-Seas League, London, following on from last years Inaugural...
CHOGM 2020 Rwanda – Announcement
UPDATE: No decision has been made yet about CHOGM in light of the COVID-19 Coronavirus global pandemic. The Commonwealth are currently monitoring developments and will...
An Interview with Ian Douglas, Trustee and former Chairman
Ian Douglas is a geographer with a far-reaching interest in the humid tropics. After four and a half years at Oxford University he went to the...