Category: environment and the natural world

An Ounce of Hope is Worth a Ton of Despair

We cannot reach people by terrifying them; there has to be a positive agenda.

In an extraordinary coup, farmers’ unions and the UK government have torpedoed the European Soil Framework Directive

Why collapse and salvation are hard to distinguish from each other.

The more we consume, the less we care about the living planet.

The terrible howlers in James Lovelock’s new book show that genius is no defence against being wrong.

People who think they are protecting nature by costing it are stepping straight into the destroyers’ trap.

Some speculations about one of the most extraordinary mammals to have roamed the Earth.

New research suggests there was no state of grace: for two million years humankind has been the natural world’s nemesis.

Corrupt, irrational, destructive, counter-productive: this scarcely begins to describe our farming policy.

Misleading claims by Discovery and other channels help to fuel wildlife massacres.

How the government’s farming policies have produced a perfectly designed system for flooding your home.

Never mind the evidence, we’ll do something eye-catching.

The hidden and remarkable story of why devastating floods keep happening.

A conversation with Steve Wheeler for Dark Mountain

A new government appointment provides a chilling insight into its priorities.

A government-backed industrial lobbying campaign is being funded by a stealth tax. It’s an outrage.

How about building bonfires without the old sofas and painted boards?

Why do conservation groups help to keep our wildlife in a state of extreme depletion?

Tony Abbott intends to trash Australia on behalf of the super-rich.

The Lake District’s bid for World Heritage status shows just what a mess conservation is in.