Aidan Rankin argues that modern liberal values can be more of a threat than a liberation.
… Why greens should be politically incorrect Aidan … Trapping Nomadic People Sustainable Hunting Green Politics Ecologist Ecology Green Thought Green Lifestyle International …
An ecological project has taken root on an abandoned olive grove outside Ramallah. As well as restoring the land itself, its deeper aim is to nurture the ancient links between the Palestinian people and nature, and rebuild a culture of steadfastness in the soil of their native country.
… The Green fight to save Palestine's land Mashjar … us to fight and we will - but we'll do it the Green way. We will grow, grow, and grow more. … so tightly enclosed within their borders that green space hardly exists within them. Juthour …
There is an urgent need for intersectionality and accountability across the charity sector.
… When green is too white Zion Lights | 12th November 2018 Comment Greenpeace Indigenous Peoples Tar Sands … communities to challenging racism in the green movement. Indigenous rights While tar …
In his search for alternatives to consumerism and industrialism, Jules Pretty travelled around the world to find surviving nature-based cultures. In this extract from his book 'The Edge of Extinction', he tells of the Tuva people of the Siberian steppe - proud of their traditions and closeness to the land, but very much part of the modern world - strictly on their own terms.
… practices rather than either-or . Making green economies work A new green economy in which material goods have not … per person material consumption; substitute green or sustainable technologies and …
Alana Husby has sawdust in her blood. A fifth generation log and lumber person from Canada, she was ‘flipping wood' as a teenager, and now she's in Panama running the region's biggest underwater logging company, employing local Kuna Indians to fish tree trunks out of flooded forests. Kate Monson met Alana in Oxford while negotiating a 'green' timber deal ...
… met Alana in Oxford while negotiating a 'green' timber deal ... "My wedding didn't … When it's free it just pops right out" 'Being green and responsible is just a natural part … Alana and Coast Eco Timber as one of his 'Green Heroes' for 2015. "For me, being green …
As ever more companies and governments pledge to 'go green' and protect forests, the world's tribal peoples should be among the main beneficiaries, writes Amy Dickens. Yet the reverse is the case. All too often the promises are purest greenwash, used to conceal the human and environmental tragedy of land-grabbing for plantations, mines, logging and even 'conservation'.
… Indigenous peoples bear the brunt of global greenwash Amy Dickens | 23rd September 2015 … more companies and governments pledge to 'go green' and protect forests, the world's tribal … case. All too often the promises are purest greenwash, used to conceal the human and …
The campaign to halt climate breakdown ecological destruction is bound up with the fate of the world’s Indigenous peoples.
… September 2021 | Other Indigenous Peoples Green New Deal Red New Deal Climate Breakdown … their proposals as a “counterprogram” to the Green New Deal, which they praise for its … housing, free health care, free education, green jobs – to climate change.” Rather, they …
Australia's nuclear industry has a shameful history of 'radioactive racism' that dates from the British bomb tests in the 1950s, writes Jim Green. The same attitudes have been evident in recent debates over uranium mines and nuclear waste, but Aboriginal peoples are fighting back!
… war against Australia's Aboriginal people Jim Green | 14th July 2014 News Australia Nuclear … British bomb tests in the 1950s, writes Jim Green. The same attitudes have been evident in … organisations; local councils; the Australian Greens ; and environment groups such as …
An officially convened 350-strong Citizens' Jury has decisively rejected South Australia's plans to import over half a million tonnes of high and intermediate level nuclear waste for long term storage, writes Jim Green. This has dealt a powerful blow against the project from which it is unlikely to ever recover, and represents a major victory for campaigners, indigenous Australians and economic sanity.
… reject international nuclear waste dump Jim Green | 9th November 2016 News Nuclear Waste … waste for long term storage, writes Jim Green. This has dealt a powerful blow against … their fellow South Australians." Dr Jim Green is the national nuclear campaigner with …
A 'harmonic convergence' in the Mayan calendar set off something big for Craig Sams and his Belizean partners. First, Green & Blacks chocolate - and now an even more ambitious project to restore the world's soils using biochar and organic farming systems.
… Craig Sams and his Belizean partners. First, Green & Blacks chocolate - and now an even … them I was desperate for organic cacao for Green & Black's, which I had started two years … We did a deal and they continue to supply Green & Black's 21 years later, farming on an …
The jobs and quick money that fracking can generate may seem initially attractive, indigenous Canadian activist Caleb Behn told Jen Stout on his recent visit to Scotland. But after decades of oil and gas production, the ineradicable legacy is of fractured landscapes and long-term pollution. 'My land is bisected, divided, by pipelines, roads, well sites, pads, all that. It's really hard on my heart.'
… that has a lot of fresh, clean water. A green image. Renewable power. Why put it all … form of gas extraction, either gets the green light in Scotland - as happened in … / New Zealand - a country with a progressive, green image. But even there he finds Taranaki, …
Multinational paper and palm oil companies are rushing to declare 'zero deforestation' policies. It looks like a huge victory for the rainforests and forest peoples, but Peter Gerhardt asks - what is a no-deforestation promise really worth?"
… material for their products. Global NGOs like Greenpeace and WWF appear to have success in … since 2013. To maintain an unblemished green image problematic subsidiaries are … in a National Park in Nigeria . Did the 'GreeNGOs' ever consult the people affected? …
Australia's nuclear industry has a shameful history of 'radioactive racism' that dates from the British bomb tests in the 1950s, writes Jim Green. The same attitudes persist today with plans to dump over half a million tonnes of high and intermediate level nuclear waste on Aboriginal land, and open new uranium mines. But now Aboriginal peoples and traditional land owners are fighting back!
… war on Australia's Aboriginal people Jim Green | 1st July 2016 News Australia Waste … British bomb tests in the 1950s, writes Jim Green. The same attitudes persist today with … be a statement of the obvious. Dr Jim Green is the national nuclear campaigner with …
Australia's Aboriginal people have long been mistreated by governments and industry in the pursuit of nuclear projects. The attitudes of 'pro-nuclear environmentalists' or 'ecomodernists' towards Aboriginal people is as disrespectful as those of governments and industry, argues JIM GREEN.
… 'pro-nuclear environmentalists' Jim Green - Nuclear Monitor | 10th July 2018 … those of governments and industry, argues JIM GREEN. The plan to turn South Australia (SA) … the ecomodernists as well. This Author Dr Jim Green is the national nuclear campaigner with …
Ladakh is framed by the Karakoram mountains to the north and the Himalayas to the south. Yet even in this remote environment the forces of global consumerism are intruding. Nicola Graydon reports on the locals' inspiring defence of their culture
… International Development Indigenous Peoples Green Living Society Investigates_48.jpg … the air of a great ship floating on a sea of green. Lundup, the aba-le (father) of the … village-scale hydroelectric units and greenhouses for winter agriculture. If …
Both the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples and the Climate Summit have taken place at the UN this week, writes Lisa VeneKlasen - each producing their lofty declarations. But what really matters is whose voices are being heard, and will be acted on, in a profound clash of worldviews.
… between the environment and human needs. Green - the colour of money, or of life? The … coming into her islands, "When they see green, all they see is money." Indigenous … women remind us that it's time the colour green took back a living connotation. We have …
Climate breakdown is the consequence of a flawed development system that we have considered normal for too long.
… Indigenous Peoples Perspectives On A Global Green New Deal … a collection titled Perspectives on a Global Green New Deal . Extractive Development - as …
Indigenous peoples, shifting cultivators and rural women lose out under the UN REDD+ programmes.
… Deforestation Carbon Perspectives On A Global Green New Deal Conservation logging-cut.jpg … a collection titled Perspectives on a Global Green New Deal . Discrimination I’m …
Uncontrolled growth of financial debt is currently laying waste to large parts of the global economy. An explosion of ecological debt looks set to do the same, but worse, to a biosphere friendly to human civilisation.
… Environment Consumerism Indigenous Peoples Green Living Politics And Economics Green Living_50.jpg Uncontrolled growth of …
A new paradigm of forest conservation is gaining ground, writes Isaac Rojas: 'financialising' them and the climate and ecological services they provide to global investors. But this is a false solution - and one that excludes the local and indigenous forest communities who can truly be relied upon to sustain their sylvan heritage.
… or destroy nature. Proponents of these 'green growth' policies suggest that … form of 'enclosure' by global finance 'Green growth' redefines 'green', not 'growth'. Labeling a huge area of …
A new book of stunning photos of the Arctic documents the wonder of one of the last wilderness regions on the planet
… TAKE ACTION to stop Arctic oil drilling Greenpeace are calling for a curb on Arctic … in order to save this fragile wilderness GREEN LIVING PHOTO GALLERY: Species on the … and oil industry expert Rick Steiner GREEN LIVING PHOTO GALLERY: Migratory animals …
Greenland's first female prime minister is on a modernising drive to prosperity and independence, But will the combination of melting glaciers, oil, mining projects and mass immigration bring wealth or destruction?
… The Ecologist | 17th March 2014 Comment Greenland Indigenous Peoples Europe Mining … US air force base on the Ikateq channel, Greenland. Photo: David Astley via Flickr.com. Greenland's first female prime minister is on …
It's not that Dilma Rousseff, Brazil's ousted President, was wonderful for the environment, writes Ed Atkins. It's that Michel Temer's new regime is certain to be far worse. Plans are afoot to weaken environmental assessments for large projects like mines, roads and dams. And the new Minister of Agriculture is a notorious campaigner for hugely increased deforestation.
… of homes across the planet: Brazil is green. Yet these environmental credentials are … to prominent positions such as the Green Party's José Sarney Filho, now … soybean king and a former recipient of Greenpeace's Golden Chainsaw awarded to the …
Since July 2010 the Bedouin village of Al Araqib in the Negev desert has been demolished 68 times, writes Silvia Boarini. Many have fled but those that remain are determined to stand their ground: 'They can demolish us 100 times, but we're not going anywhere.'
… Middle East Land Grabs Indigenous Peoples aa-green-tent-cut.jpg Since July 2010 the Bedouin … also look at the dark side of something as 'green' and eco-friendly as planting trees by …