Ecology and Earth systems, from which all life flows, should be at the heart of learning.
Author: monbiot
Michael and Me
How did the radical film maker Michael Moore become a hero of the far right?
Bail Out the Planet
We have the opportunity to reshape our economies to support life on Earth. Governments should take it.
Permanent Lockdown
We have been shut out of most of the UK’s open land for centuries. It’s time this changed.
Let’s Nuke the Virus
Governments attend to imaginary threats, while neglecting real ones.
A Zombie Love Story
All over the world, mutual aid groups have blossomed where governments have failed, as people support each other through the pandemic.
Real Life
This coronavirus is the wake-up call for a complacent civilisation.
Prescription for Disaster
In the UK, the US and Australia, governments built on dirty money cannot be trusted to protect us from the coronavirus.
The Extinguishing of Joy
The boats supplying the fish we eat are killing dolphins so fast that they are heading towards extinction.
Suing For Survival
Our legal action against the government aims to shut down fossil fuels
A Slow-Burning Scandal
The government refuses to act on toxic flame retardants in our bedding and furnishings.
In Defence of Speciesism
Why might it be right to shoot deer, but not human beings?
Washout
Despite growing awareness, our government still allows landowners to help flood the homes of people living downstream.
The Roots of Fascism
When political leaders brazenly flout the law, we are heading towards a very dark place.
The Most We Can Do
Climate targets seem sensible, but are actually impeding effective action. Let’s do something completely different.
Extremophiles
Anyone seeking to defend life on Earth is now labelled an extremist. Yet the real extremists are those in power.
Those Who Trespass Against Us
This proposed new law would make us strangers in our own nation, by criminalising trespass.
Saving Our Bacon
Farmfree foods might be the only thing that gets us – and much of the rest of the living world – through this century.
Life Enhancing
Allowing the seas to recover from the outrageous assaults of commercial fishing can help heal our own wounded lives.
Rewilding Politics
It’s not just governments we need to change, but the entire, top-down, 19th Century political system. And we can start, right now, in our towns and cities.