The growth of food banks reflects a simple truth: the government does not care about hungry families, writes Rupert Read. To tackle hunger, work must pay a living wage, social security must do its job, and communities must rebuild local food networks.
… authority support and Government support for Community Supported Agriculture schemes …
Can billionaires help to transform systems and empower diverse communities?
Activist engagement with the 'Davos set' Rupert Read Jem Bendell | 12th March 2020 News Thought Leaders Davos WEF World Economic Forum Money screenshot_2020-03-11_at_18.59.17.png Can billionaires …
The 'Absolute Zero' report demonstrates how the UK can deliver on its climate change commitments. In doing so, it debunks technological utopianism - but what of economy and class?
… NETs being discussed, both in the policy community and in science and innovation, none … from capitalists, from the business community. Not just from the usual suspects — …
In trying to evaluate charitable interventions in 'value for money' terms, the movement for 'Effective Altruism' has lost its moral compass, Sam Earle & Rupert Read. The real changes the world needs are profound, systemic and political. There is no better example than the refugee crisis: the problem is not insufficient aid, but structural inequality, too many weapons, and too much war.
… been told: "Don't waste your time being a community organiser; become a rich young … executive, and you can pay for two or more community organisers out of the left-over … like veganism or boycotts - and strengthening community bonds are among the others. The key …
Liz Truss's decision to overturn the fracking ban in the UK is reigniting grassroots resistance.
… for bringing together a coalition of community groups, climate groups, trade unions … arrested, we’re also the local residents and community groups.” However, she warns, “the …
Both Trump and Brexit can be explained by the failure of mainstream political elites to address the pain inflicted on ordinary citizens in the neoliberal era, write Helena Norberg-Hodge & Rupert Read. In the US and the UK, working class voters rightly rejected the corporate globalisation that has created so much poverty and insecurity. But the real solutions lie not in hatred, but relocalisation.
… require every day. From farmers' markets to community supported agriculture, from 'edible … the system that drives the breakdown of community and of civility, that pulls people …
On the day Obama bans Artic Offshore Drilling, RUPERT READ predicts a 'volte face' by the climate-change-denying President Elect, Donald Trump. But if this were to happen, would it make things better or worse?
… now of being part of the ‘reality-based community' on climate: … and downsides of joining the reality-based community. A downside will be that it will …
Many eco-minded Brits are rightly worried about the prospect of a ‘hard Brexit'. But what if another ‘alternative' Brexit that delivered a Greener economy were possible? VICTOR ANDERSON and RUPERT READ of Green House have just delivered a new report on Brexit and trade from an ecological perspective. Here, they share their key findings with the Ecologist...
Alternative Brexit? Could this be the change the Greens have been waiting for? Victor Anderson Rupert Read | 31st March 2017 Comment Brexit Green Party Economy Localism green party co-leadership.jpg …
Greens are united in opposing neoliberal 'austerity', write Rupert Read & Sandy Irvine. But there's another kind of austerity to which we are committed - that of living within ecological limits. But base the transition on social, economic and environmental justice, and there will be nothing austere about it. The future we're working for is one of sustainable, life-enhancing abundance.
… has had a role in providing, such as trust, community, love, nature and unpolluted … really matter, like high quality food, trust, community, love, nature and unpolluted …
The political events of the last year are cause for sorrow, for reflection, and for reorientation. But they're also cause for a Green reboot. And fortunately, the UK's upcoming election on June 8th gives us just such an opportunity, writes RUPERT READ
… But settlers and pioneers meet in ‘we', in community. The pioneers' sense of community, as inclusive as possible, should …
Facing up to climate crisis necessitates a process of deep, transformational adaptation.
Climate change and deep adaptation Rupert Read | 8th February 2019 News Climate Change Systems Adaptation Thought Leaders 46801340861_7517df4392_o.jpg Facing up to climate crisis necessitates a …
The great acceleration - in GDP, population, cities, travel, deforestation, pollution - is on some metrics stuttering. What does this mean for a just transition?
… commitments, individualistic and toxic to community life, savage toward the racialised …
'Apollo-Earth' is a new mission to bring action against climate change to its Tipping Point. Here's what needs to happen and how you can get involved, write RUPERT READ and DEEPAK RUGHANI
Apollo-Earth: A Wake Up Call In Our Race against Time Rupert Read Deepak Rughani | 9th March 2017 Comment Apollo Earth Climate Action Un-named Movement Paul Hawken murmuration.jpg 'Apollo-Earth' is a …
The LibDems fear the Greens will beat them in the Euro-elections, writes Rupert Read. Now they plan to use Green opposition to the 'corporate charter' TTIP trade deal to batter the Greens on 'jobs'.
Leaked memo: now Libdems are running scared of the Greens Rupert Read | 10th March 2014 News UK Politics Trade Corporations cleggie-2.png The LibDems fear the Greens will beat them in the …
The IPCC report pulls its punches - while economists are still punch drunk when it comes to ignoring the climate risks of economic growth.
… have shown , encourages that richer sense of community, public-spiritedness and solidarity … have shown , encourages that richer sense of community, public-spiritedness and solidarity …
Over in Davos world leaders are desperately trying to find a 'fourth industrial revolution' to keep the 'growth' juggernaut rolling, write Bennet Francis & Rupert Read. But their efforts are doomed: the real challenge we face is to build a healthy, more equal society and a green, sustainable future for us all.
Peak stuff: the 'growth' party is over. So what next? Bennet Francis Rupert Read | 22nd January 2016 Comment Economics Consumerism China consumerism-cut.jpg Over in Davos world leaders are …
Boris Johnson’s calculated error: climate migration and civilisation collapse, from Ancient Rome to COP26.
From Nero to Net Zero Gareth Dale | 13th November 2021 | Comment COP26 Ancient Rome Civilisation Collapse 2.63348491.jpg Boris Johnson’s calculated error: climate migration and civilisation collapse, …