The law of unintended consequences is usually assumed to mean the best will in the world can still cause terrible harm. But the need to understand the causes of climate change is forcing societies to address other risks from industrial production, argues NATALIE BENNETT.
… we stop the next Dieselgate? With Sustainable Development Goals and environmental standards … is guided by checking against the Sustainable Development Goals – the 17 aims covering …
The relentless pursuit of GDP growth is being challenged from environmental and well-being standpoints. But where did the idea come from?
… equality, are critical. In combination, these developments have motivated the ' Beyond GDP ' … new forms as ‘ modernisation theory ,’ ‘the development project,’ and so forth, … Through its marriage to progress and development, in the belief that social advance …
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.
… environmental properties earlier in drug development. Stockholm County Council grades … global carbon emissions and the Sustainable Development Unit of the NHS estimates 30 …
The second in a three-part interview on capitalism and climate breakdown from Political Economy for the End Times.
… of improvement. It was here that you saw the development of pseudo-scientific economics – … and gas are worse. But with new technological developments that could be improved and … and yes of course, they championed the development of the human capacity to …
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 …
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?
… be negotiated with large scale infrastructure developments. For every major transition in … project we were looking at is exploring the development of small-scale mines to increase … the supply and there are some very promising developments in that area. But you’re right to …
Exporting emissions is not the same as cutting them.
… are going to have to watch to their boasts. Development Nonetheless, we are still going … folding of the Department for International Development into the Foreign Office even more …
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.
… there was at COP a lot of talk about the development of agroecology for the Global …
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 …
Extraction of raw materials could rise 60 per cent by 2060 – so is degrowth the answer?
Raw materials extraction 'could rise 60 per cent' Gareth Dale | 22nd February 2024 | Comment Extraction Mining Editor’s Picks Surface Mining Garzweiler Extraction of raw materials could rise 60 per …
The aim of the Resurgence Trust - owner and publisher of The Ecologist - is to change people's worldview so we can live in harmony with each other and with nature. Here NATALIE BENNETT, former Green party leader, explains why this aim is so vital today
… inactions. Industrial-scale The Sustainable Development Goals - globally agreed to replace the millennium development goals - provides one way of doing …
Degrowth and its opponents recognize the necessity of mass movements and system change to address the climate emergency.
… degrowthers’ “prohibition” on technological development and their insistence on … his counterproposal centers on the “massive development of the productive forces.” And … a mode of consumption geared to the endless development of new consumption opportunities. …
It's time for the Government to get serious about the flooding - and the climate change that is driving it, says Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett. Cameron should begin by dredging the muck out of his own Cabinet.
… in urban and rural areas to prevent further development on flood plains and ensure …
The UK was among the countries which signed up to the Powering Past Coal alliance, launched at the Bonn climate talks. But with coal generating just two percent of power in August, meeting the target of 2025 is all to easy. For other European countries - Poland and Spain included - phasing out coal will be an even greater challenge. NATALIE BENNETT investigates.
A just transition from coal demands a cross-regional sharing of benefits and costs Natalie Bennett | 4th January 2018 Comment Coal Climate Change Transition Local Economies …
Where are England’s wind turbines? Tangled in narrow political calculation.
… led to a drastic fall in new onshore wind developments. Government data show that there … rules apply to new fossil fuel – or nuclear – developments. Additionally, a local or …
How does capitalism condition the ways in which we measure, imagine and weaponise time - and what does this mean for our future?
… Bildungsroman , it foregrounds processes of development and (self-)discovery. In short, … - it appeared as ‘modernisation theory,’ ‘the development project,’ and so forth. Empty time … side, pushed ever onward by " technological development ." From there it was a short step …
We're not just dealing with a pandemic, but with systemic breakdown. We need to see change that puts people before profits.
Building a more resilient economy Natalie Bennett | 3rd April 2020 News Coronavirus Systems Economy NHS skynews-nhs-nightingale-temporary-hospital_4957215.jpg We're not just dealing with a pandemic, …
Weeds are destroying crops globally - but the real problem is Big Agriculture.
You reap what you sow Natalie Bennett | 14th April 2021 | Comment Food And Farming Editor’s Picks Soybean farming, Mato Grosso Weeds are destroying crops globally - but the real problem is Big …
We need to see radical changes in systems, in laws, in thinking.
Changing the way we make decisions Natalie Bennett | 8th November 2019 News Green Party Conference State Of Nature Thought Leaders icc_wales_exterior-cnew.jpg We need to see radical changes in …
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.
… schools are near busy roads are seeing the development of their lungs affected - an … excess winter deaths, and contributes to the development of the lifelong condition of …
The Government has let down Britain with its repeated failures to seize the opportunities of green growth, healthy local food, better housing, environmental protection - and is instead pinning all its hopes on flawed, outmoded ideologies that betray our futures.
Final fling of a government of lost opportunities Natalie Bennett | 6th June 2014 Comment UK Politics Climate Change Farming Fossil Fuels Fracking Trade green-and-pleasant-cut.jpg The Government has …