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#259: The way we live next
#259: The way we live next REFLECTIONS ON THE REAL ECONOMY “Simultaneous harvest failures across major crop-producing regions are a threat to global food security”, according to a new report published by Nature. The technical jargon here references a “meandering jet stream” but, for non-specialists, what this means is that we can no longer rely on worse-than-average crop conditions […]
The US is a rogue state leading the world towards ecological collapse
The US is a rogue state leading the world towards ecological collapse It’s not just indifference. It’s an active, and deadly, cavalier attitude towards the lives of others: an example other nations follow Illustration: Eleanor Shakespeare There are two extraordinary facts about the convention on biological diversity, whose members are meeting in Montreal now to discuss the […]
‘George Monbiot’s Multi-Level Marketing of Ecomodernism’ – The Meta-Blog, no.24
‘George Monbiot’s Multi-Level Marketing of Ecomodernism’ – The Meta-Blog, no.24 The environmental debate in Britain is maintained by a few unaccountable figures elevated to the role of eco-gate-keepers – which is why the ecological debate fails to make any real progress. To be clear, this isn’t just about George Monbiot specifically. Using George’s recent […]
Losing It
Losing It Faced with the gathering collapse of the biosphere, and governments’ refusal to take the necessary action, how do we stop ourselves from falling apart? No wonder journalists have slated it. They’ve produced a hundred excuses not to watch the climate breakdown satire Don’t Look Up: it’s “blunt”, it’s “shrill”, it’s “smug”. But they […]
The Tipping Point That Will Destroy the World
The Tipping Point That Will Destroy the World
George Monbiot champions wealth taxes on ultra-rich as best way to prevent environmental collapse
George Monbiot champions wealth taxes on ultra-rich as best way to prevent environmental collapse Why do we tolerate the massive environmental impacts of the very rich? Most of our dysfunctions are caused by pandering to the rich. — George Monbiot “Why do we tolerate the massive environmental impacts of the very rich? Most of our dysfunctions […]
How Wealth Inequality Fuels the Climate Emergency: George Monbiot & Scientist Kevin Anderson on COP26
How Wealth Inequality Fuels the Climate Emergency: George Monbiot & Scientist Kevin Anderson on COP26 The United States and China made a surprise announcement on Wednesday at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow on a joint pledge to reduce methane emissions and slow deforestation. The United States is the largest historical emitter of carbon emissions, […]
The climate war won’t work
The climate war won’t work There are, in fact, no human comparisons for the effort required to reverse the global-scale damage wrought by 300 years of industrial growth. Nevertheless, people still reach for past human endeavours to try to spur our political leaders to an action which, in truth, is far beyond them. How many […]
Unrelenting economic growth on a finite planet is laying waste to entire living systems
Unrelenting economic growth on a finite planet is laying waste to entire living systems Meanwhile, governments everywhere are talking about “supercharging our economy.” — No 2784 by fw, October 5, 2021— George Monbiot “There is a box labelled ‘climate’, in which politicians discuss the climate crisis. There is a box named ‘biodiversity’, in which they discuss […]
‘Green growth’ doesn’t exist – less of everything is the only way to avert catastrophe
‘Green growth’ doesn’t exist – less of everything is the only way to avert catastrophe It is simply not possible to carry on at the current level of economic activity without destroying the environment ‘Combined impacts are laying waste to entire living systems.’ A dead North Atlantic right whale washed up on a beach in […]
People want a greener, happier world now. But our politicians have other ideas
People want a greener, happier world now. But our politicians have other ideas Boris Johnson’s ‘return to normality’ will only mean more consumerism at the expense of the planet – we must resist it Out there somewhere, marked on no map but tantalisingly near, is a promised land called Normal, to which one day we […]
Resist and Rebuild
Resist and Rebuild Don’t despair: we will fight back, and, eventually, return stronger than before. Yes, it’s dark. Darker, arguably, than at any point since the Second World War. We have a government not of conservatives, but of the radical right, who will now seek to smash the remaining restraints on capital and those who […]
For the sake of life on Earth, we must put a limit on wealth
For the sake of life on Earth, we must put a limit on wealth It’s not just the megarich: increased spending power leads us all to inflict environmental damage. It’s time for a radical plan It is not quite true that behind every great fortune lies a great crime. Musicians and novelists, for example, can become […]
A Bold Agenda for Treating Land as a Commons
A Bold Agenda for Treating Land as a Commons The privileges of land ownership are so huge and far-reaching that they are generally taken as immutable facts of life – something that politics cannot possibly address. A hearty salute is therefore in order for a fantastic new report edited by George Monbiot, the brilliant columnist […]
As the fracking protesters show, a people’s rebellion is the only way to fight climate breakdown
As the fracking protesters show, a people’s rebellion is the only way to fight climate breakdown Our politicians, under the influence of big business, have failed us. As they take the planet to the brink, it’s time for disruptive, nonviolent disobedience Illustration by Bill Bragg It is hard to believe today, but the prevailing ethos […]
