Author: monbiot

Civilisation is Boring

We are pre-tuned to the natural world; wired to respond to nature.

The great political question of our age is what to do about corporate power. It’s time we answered it.

It’s time to bring the Highland Spring south, and, like Scotland, introduce democracy to this quasi-feudal nation.

Discussing TTIP on the Trews with Russell Brand.

As governments tear down the rules that defend our wildlife from extinction, here’s a positive attempt to stop the wreckage.

The blind pursuit of economic growth stokes a cycle of financial crisis, and wrecks our world.

The mythical tiger pursued by helicopters and armed gendarmes speaks volumes about what is missing from our lives.

Our visions of the future are defined, like the film Interstellar, by technological optimism and political defeatism

This bill of rights for corporations will blow up the sovereignty of parliaments

Only 0.01% of our seas are protected, and even the top conservation sites are up for grabs.

How our governments now talk about human beings.

Competition and individualism are forcing us into a devastating Age of Loneliness

Corporate power is the real enemy within, but none of the major parties will confront it.

Pointless, joyless consumption is destroying our world of wonders.

Humanitarian arguments, if consistently applied, could be used to flatten the entire Middle East

How the media shafted the people of Scotland.

If the ozone hole had been discovered ten years later, governments are likely to have done nothing.

The rest of the UK doesn’t need to be rescued by Scottish votes: independence could inspire transformation everywhere

Scots voting no to independence would be an astonishing act of self-harm

And the case for reintroducing big cats. A weird and wonderful tale.