A transformation has occurred in the supermarket aisle and begs the question: Is fear driving the growth of the organic food market?

g-Think asked our survey responders what they feared the most. Coming out on top was climate change, followed by the war in Iraq. See the entire list Here’s the list in order of the fear factor.

The Japanese seem to have adopted a uniquely pragmatic approach to climate change, integrating some deep-seated environmental and cultural values into their response to climate change issues.

Ian Fowler takes a look at how politicians and companies are trying to “out-green” each other when it comes to environmental stewardship. But, consumers may just be looking beyond the spin…

Is it scary?” That was the question a concerned teacher asked me a few days before I was to give a slideshow presentation of An Inconvenient Truth to her fifth- and sixth-grade class.

Markus Matthews of g-Think takes a look into the environmental future and sees a carbon tax on the horizon; rising costs combat ecological disasters.

Fear is all-pervasive, and it’s addictive. Behind much of our rationale for what we buy, for voting the way we do and determining our vision of the future, fear is a basic ingredient of our existence.

1.3 billion Chinese consumers are re-shaping the world and in turn leading to a fundamental change in the global power stakes.

Jason Louv of Green Team takes at look the the BBC’s ‘The Power of Nightmares’ and discovers that both ideologues and extremists use fear to hypnotic effect.

Hank Stewart looks at the political use of the National Threat Level as a tool to manipulate public opinion.