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 …
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 …
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 …
'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 …
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 …
Only one party is challenging the mainstream concensus on transport, write Rupert Read, Sandy Irvine and Bennet Francis - massive spending on roads and HS2, and the little that's left for everything else. It's time to throw away the old thinking and commit to an effective, sustainable transport system that begins with local needs.
Roads to nowhere: why is transport policy getting lost in this election? Rupert Read Sandy Irvine Bennet Francis | 1st May 2015 Comment Transport UK Politics …
Where does the Green Party go now? Last week's uninspiring election results show that Jeremy Corbyn's Labour poses a serious challenge to us Greens, who can no longer succeed by being merely left wing. We must fulfil our own destiny, representing a distinct, authentic ecological strand in politics, making the case for living as if we only had one planet - as is in fact the case.
… or more money. Instead, we need more community. More leisure time. More meaning in …
Most of Europe is in a state of low economic growth, and it's likely to go on for a long time yet. So let's get good at it, writes Rupert Read, and build 'post-growth' economic systems that work for people and the environment - not just plutocrats.
… time for thought, for our health, and for community. There is, I believe, a substantial …
Jeremy Corbyn's soaraway success in Labour's leadership contest poses an existential threat to the Greens, writes Rupert Read. To counter it we must re-assert our distinctive ethos, values, policies and principles, rooted in ecologism not socialism, respecting natural limits, opposed to endless economic growth, dedicated to building and sharing the wealth we all hold in common.
Corbyn is great - but the Greens are different! Rupert Read | 12th August 2015 Comment Politics Society Economy Green Economy UK bubble-cut.jpg Jeremy Corbyn's soaraway success in Labour's leadership …
The EU referendum debate is taking place between different wings of the corporate elite, dominated by assumptions in favour of big business, free trade and endless economic growth, write Helena Norberg-Hodge, Rupert Read & Thomas Wallgren. But to vote for a sustainable future we must adopt a very different, local perspective - one you'll never find in UK's 'mainstream' media.
… impersonal force, but is instead rooted in community. As the scale and pace of economic …