The main concerns that drove the Brexit vote - mass immigration and declining job prospects - must be taken seriously, writes Colin Hines, in the UK and across Europe. We need a new, cooperative union: of decentralised regional economies, with public investment in 'green' infrastructure driving our transition to a sustainable, low carbon future.
… A green, cooperative Europe - for people and planet! … in the UK and across Europe. We need a new, cooperative union: of decentralised regional … a new direction for Europe - that of a cooperative grouping of countries prioritising …
Melting ice and climate collapse threaten Finland's lakes and the ancient, sustainable fishing traditions associated with them.
… fisheries led us to establish the Snowchange Cooperative, a Finnish fishing cooperative representing the Kesälahti winter … eastern Finland. Today we are a 20-year-old cooperative representing and consisting of …
The decision to postpone constructing a new nuclear plant in Wales has left a hole in the UK’s post-Brexit, low carbon energy plans.
Britain, Brexit, nuclear power and EU energy Joseph Dutton | 29th January 2019 News Thought Leaders UK Renewables Nuclear Electricity EU Brexit Low Carbon Networks Energy pylons.png The decision to …
Trees, woodlands and hedgerows do much more than enhance the appearance of Britain's rural landscapes, writes Mike Townsend. They diminish flooding, reduce erosion, assist water infiltration, enhance biodiversity - and we need more of them!
Woods and trees are functioning parts of a living landscape Mike Townsend | 6th March 2014 Comment Forests UK Farming Water Floods cc-runoff-arable.png Trees, woodlands and hedgerows do much more …
We cannot rely on governments in meeting in Paris to solve the many-headed climate problem, writes Vandana Shiva. It's up to us to safeguard the future of the Earth, and of our own and other species. So let's all join in this pact to love and protect our one and only home.
A People's Pact to Protect the Planet Vandana Shiva | 2nd December 2015 Comment Climate Change Farming Water Biodiversity Seeds Trade gaia-cut.jpg We cannot rely on governments in meeting in Paris to …
Detroit is shutting off water to 40% of residents to prepare the water system for a corporate buyout, writes Justin Wedes. Residents are organizing to resist the water shuttoffs, anti-democratic rule and the demands of Wall Street - but they need our help!
… on local scale, building housing and worker cooperatives, urban farms, alternative … and expand crowd funding of local small and cooperative businesses. The sky is the limit. …
The UK government's insistence of pursuing fracking is based on a flawed and utterly misinformed vision of our future, write Alex Russell and Peter Strachan. Rather than delivering the prosperity they promise, large scale fracking would cause massive pollution of air and water, undermine vital export industries, and leave us with an irretrievably damaged economy and natural environment.
Challenging the delusion of cheap, safe shale gas extraction Alex Russell Peter Strachan | 20th October 2016 News Fracking Fossil Fuels Pollution UK England Wales Scotland Water Health Food …
A new study sets out the huge benefits of organic farming to people and the environment, writes Peter Melchett, including more wildlife, healthier consumers and farm workers, lower greenhouse gas emissions, reduced soil erosion and increased water retention. We need more of it, fast!
… farmers tend to have greater access to cooperatives and farmer networks, and to …
Over 18 million people live off the natural bounty of the The Mekong Delta, writes Tom Fawthrop - the source of huge annual harvests of fish, rice, fruit, and one of the world's most productive ecosystems. But now huge dams threaten to strangle the Mekong river and the abundant life it supports, while the world sits idly by.
Death by strangulation? Hydropower threatens to kill the mighty Mekong Tom Fawthrop | 27th March 2015 News Water Renewables Dams Vietnam Laos Cambodia mekong-dolphin-cut.jpg Over 18 million people …
Alternative agriculture production methods in the UK are now vital, and will be discussed at a conference in London this April.
Growth, Brexit and plant agriculture Staff Reporter | 18th February 2019 News Growth Brexit Plant Agriculture Thought Leaders cows-801045_960_720.jpg Alternative agriculture production methods in the …
Spain's Coto Doñana shows the value of EU conservation law, writes Laurence Rose, as the UK tries to get rid of the Birds and Habitats Directives. Both have proved essential to the protection and restoration of one of Europe's greatest wetlands.
Thanks to EU laws and money, Coto Doñana rises from disaster Laurence Rose | 4th June 2014 Activism Spain Birds Water Pollution Farming Law EU Conservation Mining cd-storks-cut.jpg Spain's Coto …
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has worsened after floods and purposeful destruction has taken its toll in recent months, writes Vanessa Amaral-Rogers. The eight year blockade by Israel and conflict with Egypt has already hit Palestinian families hard but now Gaza is at even greater risk as Egypt diverts seawater into life-line tunnels.
As flooding in Gaza worsens, the most basic of human rights are under threat Vanessa Amaral-Rogers | 9th February 2016 News Middle East Gaza Human Rights Water Pollution Flooding Egypt …
The Kwegu people of Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley are facing starvation because of the loss of their land to a huge sugar plantation, the destruction of their forest and the damming of the Omo river - supported by a UK, EU and World Bank funded 'aid' program.
Ethiopia: Kwegu tribe starves, victims of dam and land grabs Oliver Tickell | 13th March 2015 News Ethiopia Africa Indigenous Peoples UK EU Development Land Grabs Farming Water kwegu in cultivation …
India's neoliberal government is attempting the mass seizure of indigenous lands, commons and forests in order to hand them over for corporate exploitation with mines, dams and plantations, writes Pushpa Achanta. But tribal communities are rising up to resist the takeover, which is not only morally reprehensible but violates India's own laws and international human rights obligations.
India's Indigenous Peoples organise to protect forests, waters and commons Pushpa Achanta Waging Nonviolence | 7th November 2015 News India Indigenous Peoples Forests Water Energy Law Human Rights …
Dam builders have a new mantra, writes Tom Fawthrop: 'sustainable hydropower'. Repeated at every opportunity, it is based on the unproven idea that large dams can be made 'sustainable' by promising future 'mitigation'. And so it is at the Don Sahong dam in Laos which is about to devastate the mighty Mekong and the 60 million people who depend on it for food and livelihood.
Damming the Mekong - the myth of 'sustainable hydropower' Tom Fawthrop | 16th January 2016 News Water Ecology Food Indigenous Peoples Cetaceans Hydropower Laos dam river contrast-cut.jpg Dam builders …
Systematic, acute, malicious discrimination in access to water in the West Bank and Gaza, combined with massive resource theft, is operated by the occupation authorities and the private water company Mekorot, writes Ayman Rabi on UN World Water Day.
Water apartheid in Palestine - a crime against humanity? Ayman Rabi | 22nd March 2014 News Water Middle East Indigenous Peoples water-arrest.png Systematic, acute, malicious discrimination in access …
Resistance is growing in Todos Santos, Baja California, to a tourism and University campus mega-development of 4,500 homes that claims to be 'free range and locally sourced', writes Viviane Mahieux. It has already grossly disfigured one of Mexico most gorgeous beaches, while locals fear it will drain their aquifers and obliterate a harmonious community.
… the open Pacific Ocean where local fishing cooperatives can directly access the beach …
It's now clear what place government ministers and senior officials want for the UK in a post-Brexit world, writes Mark Curtis - and it's not pretty! A new era of corporate 'free trade' colonialism looms, spearheaded by aid spending, with ramped-up arms exports to the world's most corrupt and repressive regimes, all backed up by military force to project the Britain's global financial interests.
Post-Brexit dreams of empire: arms, free trade and corporate conquest Mark Curtis Global Justice Now | 5th December 2016 News Brexit Politics Human Rights Trade Development hms-vanguard-cut.jpg It's …
A huge raft of environmental reforms is promised in the Labour Party's draft manifesto, writes Oliver Tickell. Among the highlights: a ban on fracking; a clean energy policy based on renewables and efficiency; no commitment to new nuclear power; to meet our Paris Agreement obligations on climate; to give companies a legal obligation to protect the environment; to retain all EU environment laws post-Brexit; and multilateral nuclear disarmament.
… and businesses to start up Community Energy Cooperatives. Energy efficiency in 4 million …
International development programmes promoting water security and helping refugees in Uganda have been hit by the fall in the value of the pound.
Aid ‘scaled back’ since the Brexit referendum Joe Sandler Clarke | 19th October 2018 Comment Unearthed Brexit Referendum gettyimages-1047944518.jpg International development programmes promoting …
The war in Gaza is over - but with the territory in ruins, it's essential to build a just and durable peace, and restore essential public services: health, water, sewerage and above all electric power. Keith Barnham presents his plan for Gaza, based on a massive deployment of solar and wind power generation.
… Israel no peaceful sanctions were possible. Cooperative actions to eliminate dissidents' …