What if we abandoned photosynthesis as the means of producing food, and released most of the world’s surface from agriculture?
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Butchery of the Planet
Defending the living world and its people requires a shift from meat to a plant-based diet
Payments for Not Mugging Old Ladies
This is George Monbiot’s response to the government consultation document Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit
The Meat of the Matter
Farming animals is as unsustainable as mining coal.
Natural Language
If we want people to engage with the living world, we should stop using such constipated terms to describe our relationship to it.
The Lie of the Land
The Lake District’s world heritage status reveals a widespread betrayal of the living world, by both conservation groups and the UN
The Hills Are Dead
The terrible legacy of European farm subsidies – and how we could use Brexit as an opportunity for something better
The Fortifying Commons
In the first of a series of columns about possible solutions, I explore how commons could transform society and the distribution of wealth
Black Hole
The fake grassroots campaign run by grouse shooters is just one instance of the way democracy is being bypassed
Sacrifice
The joints of meat that do more damage than a long-haul flight
Walk on the Wild Side
Rewilding, hillwalking and the extraordinary history of these islands.
Rural Idiocy
The BBC’s coverage of the countryside is a biased, unquestioning, deferential disgrace.
The Dawning
How I caught a glimpse, through the unlikely medium of roadkill, of what lies beneath.
Curator of the Future
Jeremy Corbyn is the only candidate who can revive the Labour Party. It’s the others who are chasing an impossible dream.
Breaking Faith
The European Union is becoming ever harder for progressives to love. Is it time to get out?
Channelling the Joy
In defending the natural world, we should be honest about our motivations – it’s love that drives us, not money.
A Prehistory of Violence
It now looks as if the greatest mass extinction on Earth – 250 million years ago – was caused by fossil fuel burning.
The Longest Till Receipt in History
Just when hope and courage are called for, Labour promises bean-counting
Lost in the 21st Century
Consumerism has broken its promise. Perhaps now we can begin to reconnect.
Civilisation is Boring
We are pre-tuned to the natural world; wired to respond to nature.