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Lifestyle & ecology (Editorial)

As the environment crisis deepens, there has been a welcome tendency within a minority (although only a very small minority yet) in some of the richest countries and communities of the world to take a frank, honest look at their own lifestyles. Two questions increasingly being asked are: To what extent can this lifestyle be compatible with the protection of environment? To what extent are ecological costs being shifted from the rich to the poorer countries in an increasingly globalised world?