The latest book by activist Aidan Ricketts presents a powerful guide to successful campaigning.
… Lorna Howarth | 24th September 2012 Reviews Activism Ethical Consumerism Consumer Boycotts Shareholder Activism Democracy activistshandbook.jpg The … The main thrust of the book is that activism is in fact the practice of …
Campaigning has never been so easy - sign an Avaaz petition here, send an email there ... and the world is soon put to rights, no? No, writes Paul Mobbs. We must examine the impacts and implications of our e-life, from climate change to corporate dominance, and take control of the technologies we increasingly depend on.
… On-line activism - from surveillance to ecological … outside their constituency surgery? On-line activism has become part of the consuming … author and lecturer. He runs the Free Range Activism website. This article is based on a …
Lorna Howarth thought she knew plenty about activism, until she read The Activist’s Handbook which changed her way of thinking about how (and why) we can all make a difference
… Lorna Howarth thought she knew plenty about activism, until she read The Activist’s … that it has changed my whole perspective on activism and indeed my role at work. What … democracy’. Obvious isn’t it? Well no – activism by most people is seen as protesting …
Medact, the organization of health professionals for a safer, fairer and better world, has called for a five year moratorium on fracking due to its serious hazards to public health, writes Paul Mobbs. Their new report is a powerful challenge to government policy that cannot be ignored.
… and lecturer, and maintains the Free Range Activism Website (FRAW). The report: ' Health …
The recently announced Snoopers Charter 2.0 gives the state enormous powers to delve into our lives, writes Paul Mobbs. And all the more so when combined with other data to which the government has access - by simply buying it from commercial providers. If you don't like the idea, it's time to get your systems secure and shrink your digital data trail.
… Square on the theme of '800 years of activism'. While waiting around in Parliament … easy way to get around this issue - make activism direct . Do it in person, not …
Post Brexit, get ready for a massive attack on our liberty, especially on the right to protest, writes Paul Mobbs. With the UK likely to secede from the European Convention on Human Rights, prepare for a new empowerment of police to act with impunity against peaceful activists. We must be ready to stand up, with honour and dignity, for our ancient British right to dissent.
… some things have not changed in the world of activism, some things - particularly our … difficulty is that our 'collective memory' of activism in Britain seems to have been lost - … have - allowing you to push the boundaries of activism in all sorts of strange and inventive …
None of the various technofixes on offer alter the fact that humanity has to learn to stop living on the last drops of cheap energy, and to start living within its means
Face up to natural limits, or face a 1970s-style energy crisis Paul Mobbs | 19th January 2010 Comment Energy Climate Change Oil Gas 3globes.jpg None of the various technofixes on offer alter the fact …
The Government is struggling to spin its policy to fast track fracking, writes Paul Mobbs. So as it cuts the public out of the regulatory process, exempts exploratory wells from controls, and forces the Environment Agency to issue permits with 1-2 weeks, its spin machine has resorted to outright lies and misinformation to conceal the scale of the attack on our environmental rights.
… and lecturer, and maintains the Free Range Activism Website (FRAW). Paul will be speaking …
The greatest myth of the consumer society is that modern lifestyles are 'normal' - and this can continue forever because we're clever little apes who can solve any problem, writes Paul Mobbs. That hubris, in the face of insurmountable ecological limits, will be our collective downfall.
… communities . On-line environmental activism: a dissonant practice? One of the largest shifts in environmental activism in recent years has been in the area of on-line activism. Question is - quite apart from the …
In rural West Wales, with no public consultation, the Ministry of Defence and QinetiQ are about to launch a new era in drone technology and experimentation. Paul Mobbs reports on Wales's role in a legally dubious future of mass surveillance and remote killing.
… this article can be found on the Free Range Activism website. We have to oppose the use …
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Frontline Online: The Forgotten Victims of War Lorna Howarth | 31st January 2013 News desert elephants.jpg The Gourma Elephants of Northern Mali are threatened by danger from the skies and on the …
UK politicians and officials are studiously ignoring the growing evidence that fracking is an economic and environmental disaster, writes Paul Mobbs. As the circle of 'acceptable' view spins ever smaller, industry PR is dominating a phoney debate that's increasingly remote from reality, public opinion and core democratic principles.
… and lecturer, and maintains the Free Range Activism Website . A fully referenced version …
The UK Government's policy is to frack at all costs, against public opinion and compelling evidence of environmental damage and poor returns, writes Paul Mobbs - a timely reminder that as far as the Government is concerned, it has a God-given right to rule over us, no matter what we think or want.
… 'right to rule' Paul Mobbs | 21st July 2014 Activism Politics Human Rights UK Fracking Law … author and lecturer. He runs the Free Range Activism website. See the fully referenced …
Edelman, the global PR group, has a history of aggressive 'consent engineering' for the fossil fuel industry in North America, writes Paul Mobbs. So what are they doing running 'impartial' UK bodies including a Parliamentary group on unconventional oil and gas, and the 'independent' Task Force on Shale Gas? Are they really US-style 'astroturf' bodies designed to fool us all?
… and lecturer, and maintains the Free Range Activism Website (FRAW). A fully referenced …
Food is so much more than a heap of pre-processed consumer products snatched from supermarket shelves or websites, writes Paul Mobbs. And the key to unlocking its deeper meaning is to prepare, bake and cook your own from basic ingredients: in the process expressing creativity, developing skills, building independence from the industrial food machine, meditating in doing, saving money ... and making some pretty amazing hummus!
… He is also the creator of the Free Range Activism Website , FRAW A fully referenced …
A company bidding to undertake 'underground coal gasification (UGC) - a notoriously hazardous and polluting process - in the UK has threatened a Scottish clean energy campaigner: shut up or get sued. Paul Mobbs reports ...
… author and lecturer. He runs the Free Range Activism website. See a fully referenced …
The CITES COP16 (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna) has just ended in Bangkok, to very mixed reviews. Lorna Howarth reports on the good news, and the bad.
Frontline Online: Conservation’s New Winners & Losers Lorna Howarth | 19th March 2013 News Conservation CITES Polar Bears Elephants Wildlife borneo_baby_mum.jpg In 2011, some 17,000 African elephants …
A new scientific paper presents the radiation produced by fracking as 'natural' and harmless. But it's based on sketchy data, hyperbolic statistics and questionable assumptions, writes Paul Mobbs. Is it an attempt to stifle an essential public debate?
… author and lecturer. He runs the Free Range Activism website. A fully referenced version …
Public Health England is guilty of gross scientific misconduct, writes Paul Mobbs, for its apparently deliberate whitewashing of the public health impacts of fracking. But it's all part of a pattern of maladministration that reaches to the heart of government.
… author and lecturer. He runs the Free Range Activism website. See a fully referenced …
The Ecologist's Lorna Howarth reports on news and action from the environmental frontline
Frontline Online: Sign the petition and help stop Ecocide? Lorna Howarth | 20th January 2013 News Ecocide Polly Higgins Climate Change ecocide eu.jpg The Law of Ecocide would create a legal duty of …
The Environmental Audit Committee today calls for shale fracking in the UK to be 'put on hold', writes Paul Mobbs. But the EAC is missing an even more dangerous technology that the Infrastructure Bill would support - underground coal gasification.
… and lecturer, and maintains the Free Range Activism Website (FRAW). A fully referenced …
In her new weekly column, the Ecologist's Lorna Howarth reports on the stories that show standing up for what we believe in can and does make a real difference.
Introducing Frontline Online: a weekly round up of environmental news and action from around the globe Lorna Howarth | 12th January 2013 News Climate Change Extreme Weather Agriculture us extreme …
The Ecologist's Lorna Howarth reports on news and action from the environmental frontline
Frontline Online: How can you help to reduce food waste? Lorna Howarth | 22nd January 2013 News food waste.jpg 'Waste' is often sent to landfill where it gives off methane (a greenhouse gas) as it …