How the perverse consequences of a great idea are destroying the natural world.
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All Give and No Take
Do those negotiating the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership have any interest in democracy? Here’s a test.
The Benefits Claimants the Government Loves
Corrupt, irrational, destructive, counter-productive: this scarcely begins to describe our farming policy.
Torpedoed
The results of a crowd-sourcing appeal prove that Discovery Channel engaged in fakery.
Up Sh*t Creek
Tracing the UK’s floods back to their source – in a canoe.
Jumping the Shark
Misleading claims by Discovery and other channels help to fuel wildlife massacres.
Muddying the Waters
How the government’s farming policies have produced a perfectly designed system for flooding your home.
How Wolves Change Rivers
A short extract from my TED talk.
Terrorism or Heroism?
If you join foreign conflicts you’re prosecuted as a terrorist, however just your cause.
Bring It On
Did an undercover policeman help to instigate a major riot?
Dredged Up
Never mind the evidence, we’ll do something eye-catching.
Addicted to Comfort
Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chainstores.
Drowning in Money
The hidden and remarkable story of why devastating floods keep happening.
Dead Zone
A shocking new bill threatens to make this country feel like a giant shopping mall.
Cold Comfort
In which the author recounts a chilling and idiotic brush with death.
Unearthed
A winter’s tale of guns, gold and greed.
Power Crazed
Why do we transfer the real health risks inflicted by coal onto nuclear energy?
Systems that Deprive Us of Wonder
A conversation with Steve Wheeler for Dark Mountain
Puppet Show
Amazingly, the BBC seems happy to be exploited by covert corporate lobbyists.
One Rolex Short of Contentment
Materialism promises satisfaction. It delivers despair.