With the 5th International Degrowth Conference taking place next week Spanish Ecologists Professor Joan Martinez Alier and Federico Demaria - both working at the Environmental Science and Technology Institute (ICTA) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) - explain why we need a 'less is more' alternative economic model and how the burgeoning Global Environmental Justice movement is a key concept in achieving the only goal that will halt Climate Change.
… interested in since my 2002 book titled " The Environmentalism of the Poor : A Study of … What solutions are proposed? JMA: The environmentalism of the poor and the indigenous, the environmentalism of the people, is growing in …
Instead of leaching the world's resources to support out-of-control consumerism, EU leaders could do worse than ponder novelist Victor Hugo's claim that whilst "you can kill people, you can't kill an idea whose time has come", writes NICK MEYNEN
Charting Environmental Conflict - The Atlas of Environmental Justice Nick Meynen | 20th July 2016 News Climate Change Justice Environment Protest EU Consumerism World Trade screenshot ejatlas.jpg …
A new report from Global Witness places India fourth in the league table of killings of environmental activists. As part of our collaboration with CLIMATE TRACKER, environmental law researcher MRINALINI SHINDE looks at the human trauma behind the statistics - and calls on India's urban elite to act.
India's urban elite must join the fight against environmental killings Mrinalini Shinde | 1st August 2017 News Environment Forest Protest Killing Shooting Police Justice Law dongriakhonds.jpg A new …
Protects against the extraction of fossil fuels and other natural resources - ecological distribution conflicts - cannot simply be resolved by payments of compensation. That is because for most people outside of the corporate boardroom, money is not the primary concern. JOAN MARTINEZ ALIER, a leading academic, investigates
Environmental protests succeed 20 percent of the time and 'compensation' rarely stops communities, research finds Joan Martinez-Alier | 31st January 2018 Comment Protest Mining Fossil Fuels Politics …
Since December 2011, when it became clear that the government was intent on its badger cull, Defra and Natural England have been flooded with FOI requests about how the culls would be set up, conducted and monitored. The notable success of Anna Dale in cutting through official obfuscation has implications for everyone trying to protect the environment and wildlife.
Badger cull: protestors' legal right to information upheld Lesley Docksey | 1st April 2016 Activism Law Badgers UK FOI Protest Natural World badger-demo-cut.jpg Since December 2011, when it became …
Protests of unprecedented scale have been taking place in China against rapid and deadly environmental destruction. A new youth movement is taking to the streets and demanding change. Sam Geall reports
Chinese environmental protesters take to the streets Sam Geall | 7th June 2007 News China Pollution Protests China Industrial Campaigns Protest Fresh Water Climate Change Politics And Economics …
Instead of making exaggerated claims about species becoming extinct, NGOs could make progress on issues like deforestation by collaborating more closely with companies, reports Tom Levitt
Blackwashing: do NGO tactics risk long term public trust? Tom Levitt | 1st January 2010 News Wildlife NGO Environmentalists Protest Activism Orangutans Rainforest Action Network Friends Of The Earth …
Fed up with fudged statistics, Beijing’s increasingly environmentally-aware population has forced its Government to come clean about air pollution in the city.
Blue Skies or Little White Lies? Olivia Boyd | 11th July 2012 News Activism Pollution Protest Beijing beijingpollution.jpg Fed up with fudged statistics, Beijing’s increasingly environmentally-aware …
Fed up with fudged statistics Beijing’s increasingly environmentally-aware population has forced it's Government to come clean about air pollution in the city.
Beijing's blue skies...or little white lies? Olivia Boyd | 6th July 2012 News Pollution Activism Protest Climate Change Smog Health beijingpollution.jpg Fed up with fudged statistics Beijing’s …
Whether you're fighting fracking, coal mines, new roads or a third Heathrow runway, next weekend's Earth First! Winter Moot is for you, writes Louise Somerville Williams. Campaigners and activists from across the UK and beyond will gather in Stroud to build common strength in our struggle against ecological destruction, and to work for a world of social and environmental justice.
Earth First! Winter Moot next weekend: nourishment, inspiration and solidarity for eco-activists Louise Somerville Williams | 16th February 2016 Ethical Living Events Campaigning Fracking Nuclear …
When a Victorian tea party took over Heathrow's Terminal 1 earlier this year, it was a clear sign that environmental campaigning had taken a large step away from time-worn methods of protesting.
… humourless, man-hating harpies.’ So what can environmentalism learn from this? The danger … of the green movement the commodification of environmentalism is looming large on the …
The building boom in China and worldwide demand for consumer goods containing ilmenite has enriched criminals who specialise in stealing sand - sometimes whole beaches. NICK MEYNEN investigates
… or Senegal: the battles for our beaches are “environmentalism of the poor” , a term coined …
Chemical giant dismisses allegations that it inflitrated Greenpeace in an effort to undermine its direct action campaigns
Dow Chemical in the dock as activists confront corporate spies Tom Levitt | 25th February 2011 News Greenpeace Activists Activism Protest Spying Kingsnorth Climate Camp Climate Change spying.jpg In …
In becoming the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature winner, Bob Dylan is in esteemed company; many previous recipients have also been voices for social protest and change, all of whom have borne witness to their life and times writes HARRIET GRIFFEY
WITNESS: Bob Dylan - The Times They Are a-Changin' Harriet Griffey | 14th October 2016 Comment Music Environment Bob Dylan Nobel Prize Protest Acitvism bob dylan.jpg In becoming the 2016 Nobel Prize …
It may all be over for England, but for Brazil, the battle is only just beginning. Anger over the vast cost of the World Cup - well over $10 billion - and its huge social impacts, is spilling over into a wider fury at massive mega-projects than enrich elites, trash the environment, and leave the poor poorer.
Brazilians have far more to protest about than the World Cup Steffen Böhm Rafael Kruter Flores | 20th June 2014 Comment Brazil Politics Protest Amazon Water Development belo-monte-cut.jpg It may all …
Eifion Rees reports on the video journalists producing environmental and social justice films that influence public opinion - and consistently get closer to the issues than the mainstream media
Undercurrents: the campaign film pioneers still setting the agenda Eifion Rees | 5th October 2010 Activism How To Make A Difference Culture Change Helen Iles Wales Sustainable Film Undercurrents …
'We're here because our parents' generation has failed us and it's up to young people to stop climate change by whatever peaceful means we have left.'
Youth driving the environmental movement Joss Garman | 25th March 2009 Comment Youth Youth Activism Protests Generations Children Protest Children Climate Change Society itsallaboutus_main.jpg 'We're …
Following the High Court judge ruling that police 'kettling' tactics at the G20 protests were illegal, Climate Camp legal advisor Frances Wright argues that protestors need to be more aware than ever of their rights
Climate activists need to protect their right to protest Frances Wright | 21st April 2011 Comment Protest Take Action Climate Change Climate Camp g20c.jpg Following the High Court judge ruling that …
BAA are seeking “arguably one of the most wide-ranging injunctions ever” against the Camp for Climate Action, environmental campaigners told the Ecologist today.
BAA seek injunction against… almost everyone 2nd August 2008 News Climate Camp BAA Heathrow Airport Campaigns Protest Aviation Campaigns Climate Change Politics And Economics News web pic 2_52.jpg …
Campaigners up and down the country are trying to stop public access land from going under the hammer as UK councils seek ways to plug the Government funding gap. JAN GOODEY reports
Environmental vandalism? Campaigners regroup to stop the Great Downland Sell-Off Jan Goodey | 15th March 2017 Activism Campaigning Protest Conservation SSSI downs 6.jpg Campaigners up and down the …
Can families play a frontline role in the fight against climate change? The Ecologist meets the parent-child activists who believe they can
Activist families: the parents and children protesting against climate change Sarah Bentley | 21st December 2010 News Families Climate Camp Activism Protest Society familyactivism3.jpg2.jpg More and …
Poland will host the 24th session of the UN’s climate change conference ( COP24) later this year but the government is already under fire for a controversial bill that would ban spontaneous protest. A number of leading activist groups are calling for it to be repealed. CATHERINE HARTE reports
Activists speak out against Polish bill to curb protest at COP24 Catherine Harte | 26th March 2018 News COP24 Poland Protest Apwld 2017_cop_23_demo_in_bonn._spielvogel_3.jpg Poland will host the 24th …
Campaigners fighting a development for an 18-hole golf course on a pristine part of the Moray Firth are planning to launch a legal challenge against the plans with £10,000 they have sourced through crowdfunding. LAURA BRIGGS reports
Tourism vs Ecology - which in this case boils down to SSSI Sand Dunes vs a new Scottish Golf Course Laura Briggs | 3rd October 2016 News State Of Nature Protest Golf Coursem SSSI Protection …