Blackberrying and tweeting. These words used to evoke strong memories and feelings of nature. Now, they are about technology, old and new. NATALIE BENNET argues access to nature should be a human right for our children, so our connections with the environment are not lost
Children must have a right to nature Natalie Bennett | 6th March 2018 Comment Nature Lessons From Nature Childhood Human Rights family-outing-421653_1280.jpg Blackberrying and tweeting. These words …
'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
… interventions such as widespread activism, grassroots solidarity, myriad …
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.
… money is but one: political engagement, activism, private and shared economic …
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.
We must localise the EU and curb corporate power - but does that mean in or out? Helena Norberg-Hodge Rupert Read Thomas Wallgren | 31st May 2016 News EU Economics Sustainability Corporations …
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?
Trump's coming ‘climate moment': and why we should be careful what we wish for... Rupert Read | 21st December 2016 News Trump Climate Denial Paris Agreement Artic Drilling Obama artic drilling …
Will we rein in robotisation soon enough to ensure that 'Peak Robot' occurs under our control, and not as a result of a crash forced on us by collapsing ecosystems, asks RUPERT READ
The Rise of the Robot: Dispelling the myth Rupert Read | 13th December 2016 Comment Robots Automaton Robotics Peak Growth Sustainability peak robot.jpg Will we rein in robotisation soon enough to …
The campaign against fracking began with concerns about the local environment, and the impact on communities. It then took in the global issues of climate change and energy. Now local people are growing ever more concerned about democracy and state power, argues NATALIE BENNETT
'Suffragettes' confront Theresa May over fracking of local democracy Natalie Bennett | 12th September 2018 Comment Suffragists Fracking Local Democracy fb_img_1536600598231.jpg The campaign against …
Green Economics Institute (GEI) and Green European Foundation one-day conference asks, 'mining for metals, can it be fair?'
Mindful mining? Natalie Bennett | 19th May 2021 | Comment Mining Langer Heinrich uranium mine, Namibia Green Economics Institute (GEI) and Green European Foundation one-day conference asks, 'mining …
The NHS is one of our greatest institutions and we must defend it to the hilt, writes Natalie Bennett. But to build the healthy society we all want and deserve, we need joined up policies across the policy spectrum, valuing human wellbeing above crude economic growth.
Health and wellbeing are at the heart of our Green future Natalie Bennett | 3rd July 2015 Comment Health Politics UK Transport Green Economy Pollution Cities family-cycling-cut.jpg The NHS is one of …
The basic premise of this week's budget is that 'growth is good' and must be sought at all costs. But as Rupert Read writes, this is transparent nonsense. Growthism is an outdated ideology that must be thrown out - and replaced with 'ecologism'.
Challenging 'growthism' Rupert Read | 21st March 2014 Comment Green Economy Politics UK giant-hogweed.png The basic premise of this week's budget is that 'growth is good' and must be sought at all …
The Shock of the Anthropocene has been translated from French into English and published by Verso. NATALIE BENNETT, the former Green Party leader, explains how it is an important, informative and interesting book which all ecologists should read.
The shock, the inefficiency, the illogicality of the Anthropocene Natalie Bennett | 16th August 2017 Reviews Climate Fossil Fuels Economics Anthropocene oil_well_pump.jpg The Shock of the …
The Medicines and Medical Devices Bill must pave the way for designing new drugs that are less harmful to the environment, supported by a circular economy.
Designing environmentally responsible healthcare Natalie Bennett | 28th October 2020 | News Editor’s Picks Pollution Medicine Pharmacy Healthcare Medicine The Medicines and Medical Devices Bill must …
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 …
Local Extinction Rebellion groups rise up ahead of a wave of actions on Saturday, 15 December.
Extinction Rebellion beyond London Rupert Read | 10th December 2018 Comment Extinction Rebellion 47395293_10155837357242109_2594187283603128320_o.jpg Local Extinction Rebellion groups rise up ahead …
The Green Party was demonstrating yesterday against above-inflation price-hikes imposed by fat-cat rail companies. Green transport spokesman Rupert Read joined the demos ... and somehow ended his day in the Tardis.
… our railways! Rupert Read | 3rd January 2014 Activism Politics Green Party Transport …
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.
Death to 'austerity'. Long live sustainable abundance! Rupert Read Sandy Irvine | 30th August 2015 News Economics Green Economy Politics UK Society world-in-our-hands-cut.jpg Greens are united in …
How to make farming 'climate friendly' was one of the hot topics at COP22 in Marrakesh, writes Natalie Bennett, with two contrasting models on show: 'climate smart' agriculture, with its reliance on industrial farming systems; and agroecology, which works with nature to build fertile, high-carbon, moisture-retaining soils, and sustain employment for millions of skilled land workers.
Agroecology versus 'climate smart' - our next big challenge from COP22 Natalie Bennett | 30th November 2016 Comment Agroecology Climate Chantge COP22 farm-cuba-cut.jpg How to make farming 'climate …
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.
After Brexit and Trump: don't demonise; localise! Helena Norberg-Hodge Rupert Read | 22nd November 2016 News Brexit Politics Society Trade Finance US UK ladakh-cut.jpg Both Trump and Brexit can be …
Get up, stand up! Natalie Bennett | 22nd January 2019 News Protest Hambacher Fracking Thought Leaders 44215615991_f517d70c9b_b.jpg Protest is key to protecting our planet. I was particularly struck …
Can we reframe our arguments against fossil fuel giants and be led by creative visions for just and sustainable communities?
Confronting BP with a different approach Natalie Bennett | 18th November 2019 News Bp CSS Nature Thought Leaders Climate Breakdown 35966221470_39cf4ced0f_k.jpg Can we reframe our arguments against …
We must rebel against capitalism's destruction of our common future.
Extinction Rebellion: embracing direct action Rupert Read | 19th November 2018 Comment Change Makers Extinction Rebellion Direct Action 45009830075_9bae2860fb_o.jpg We must rebel against capitalism's …
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 Scottish referendum must mark an end to 'business as usual' in UK politics - no matter who triumphs in this week. That means no more 'first past the post' parliamentary elections, and a wider democratic rebirth under a new constitutional compact.
Yes or No, we need democratic and constitutional reform Rupert Read Rebecca Johnson | 15th September 2014 Comment Politics UK saltire-in-the-sky-cut.jpg The Scottish referendum must mark an end to …