Consumption is driving ecological collapse and rests on human exploitation. A new Encyclopaedia of Work would reveal the real costs of consumer 'goods'.
An Encyclopaedia of Work Sašo Miklič | 6th April 2021 | Comment Economics Labour Theory Of Value Workers Consumption is driving ecological collapse and rests on human exploitation. A new …
We need a new economy that supports humans as part of nature rather than profits and investments.
… we are all breathing the same air. All of humanity is breathing and sharing the same air. And even the life beyond humanity. The animals and plants. All life is … Growth Diversity is the key to a healthy humanity and thus a new paradigm and a new …
More than 31,000 animals were used in glyphosate 'safety' tests. Are we safe now?
Pesticide safety and flawed animal testing Emily McIvor | 28th February 2019 News Pesticides Monsanto PETA Food And Farming Animal Testing Thought Leaders animal-1554745_960_720.jpg More than 31,000 …
The threat posed to nature and society by the massive expansion of industrial, fossil fuel economies was discussed by a generation of authors 60 years ago. What can they teach us today?
… How could an industrialising and urbanising humanity, powered by fossil fuels, safeguard … Update, published in 2004, observed that "humanity has largely squandered the past … theory and practices are clearly failing humanity. Resource depletion, pollution and …
Australia's climate change commissioner and author of new book Here on Earth talks to Matilda Lee about Gaia's true principles, the power of the internet and why legally binding climate treaties are pointless
… the globalised common intelligence of humanity, is a massively powerful information … minister Michael Meacher on the place of humanity in the universe, intelligent design, … Are We The Virus? - James Lovelock Does humanity need to be cut out of the ecosystem? …
A transformative, progressive political agenda focused on human wellbeing has morphed into a new form of behavioral management, writes William Davies. Happiness itself has been packaged, commoditised and put to the service of capital - and if you haven't got it, the Happy New World has no place for you.
Happy New World? Human capital and the corruption of happiness William Davies | 3rd August 2015 Comment Society Wellbeing Economics smiley-faces-cut.jpg A transformative, progressive political agenda …
Faced with a planetary emergency, is deep ecological transformation, a ‘megamorphosis’ of modern society, still a possibility?
… of modest Nature-focused ways of living, humanity has morphed into an urban-industrial … Lovelock was deeply concerned that humanity, whilst being part of the Gaian … in Israel investigates the impacts of modern humanity on the biosphere and the astonishing …
Can we initiate a global green recovery, embedding economics within sound ecological parameters?
… The global impacts of Covid-19 have left humanity reeling. This virtually invisible … form is threatening the very future of humanity and the natural world. The bulk of … Can technology to become a servant to humanity again, rather than our master? …
With industry spinning that glyphosate is harmful to health, if at all, only with co-formulants like tallowamine, the World Health Organisation's cancer agency IARC has just released a Q&A document (below) stating that 'pure' glyphosate poses similar cancer and genotoxicity risks as its formulations. Banning particular co-formulants, as proposed by some EU countries, does not solve the problem.
WHO / IARC: glyphosate itself is the cancer and genotoxicity problem IARC | 11th March 2016 Comment Health Un Pesticides Toxics Regulation EU glyphosate-3d-vdw-cut-2.png With industry spinning that …
Covid-19 exposes the inherent fragility of our globally interconnected economic systems and the inequalities that they perpetuate.
… represents nature taking revenge on a rampant humanity. This kind of thinking is not a new. … a fossil-fuel addicted, climate changing humanity by making the earth uninhabitable for … researchers today think that it is actually humanity’s destruction of biodiversity that …
News headlines today suggest that a UN report on glyphosate residues has given the controversial herbicide a clean bill of health, writes Georgina Downs. But that's seriously misleading: the panel concludes that exposure to the chemical in food is unlikely to cause cancer. But that does not apply to those exposed to it occupationally or who live near sprayed fields.
No, the UN has not given glyphosate a 'clean bill of health' Georgina Downs | 17th May 2016 News Pesticides Health Toxics Un Regulation Media one.jpg News headlines today suggest that a UN report on …
The first ever ‘summit of the future’ will be staged by the United Nations next year. It might be our last chance.
… probably the greatest challenge ever faced by humanity. It is up to all of us to assure … causes of the existential crisis facing humanity? Themes Critically, the Maastricht … world, assuring a firm ecological base for humanity, as well as fairness in the conduct …
Now is the time to be bold, and to envisage a holistic, green recovery linking human wellbeing with the health of ecosystems.
… Find out more . The pandemic has left humanity reeling, causing an existential … demands are threatening the very future of humanity and the world’s living systems. Are …
Pesticides remain the 'elephant in the room' for Michael Gove, the environment secretary, and DEFRA. But until the issue is properly addressed the environmental crisis and fears for human health will only continue, argues GEORGINA DOWNS
Is the new UK Agriculture Bill a triumph or a travesty? Georgina Downs | 14th September 2018 Comment Pesticides Agriculture Bill DEFRA Thought Leaders gove_snowy_3271751b.jpg Pesticides remain the …
David Nicholson-Lord explains why trying to discuss human population growth these days is like placing your head on a stand at a coconut shy
… Economics Politics Lifestyle Enviroment Humanity Biology Genetics Population Famine … for example, tells us not only that in 2001 humanity as a whole overshot the Earth’s …
Human rights violations have been reported at plantations in virtually all major tea producing countries, while tea growing itself has a profound effect on the local environment. William McLennan reports
Environmental damage and human rights abuses blight global tea sector William McLennan | 13th April 2011 News Tea Africa Food And Farming Pesticides billy-final-tea-image.jpg Tea being loaded in …
Apparent 'victories' in the fight against toxic chemicals - like the EU's failure to re-approve glyphosate yesterday - are illusory, writes Jonathan Latham. The real problem is not one of specific 'bad actors', but the entire system that allows new, likely to be toxic compounds to pollute the environment in near-total ignorance of their impacts. It's time to take our campaigning to a whole new level.
The problem is not glyphosate, or DDT, or BPA - we must challenge the entire system! Jonathan Latham | 20th May 2016 News Toxics Pesticides Regulation Corporations Campaigning Science …
The UN Committee on World Food Security in Rome has today launched a new report examining the impact of chemical intensive, industrial food system on human health. GEORGINA DOWNS responds.
Expert panel identifies unacceptable toll of food and farming systems on human health Georgina Downs | 17th October 2017 News Un Pesticides Food Health Cancer 405530.jpg The UN Committee on World …
Mark Goldring, Chief Executive of Oxfam GB, reports on growing inequality arising from the current economic model that benefits the privileged minority.
Extreme inequality across the globe spells disaster for millions.
… threatens the very notion that we are “One Humanity”. More unequal societies have been … is the most powerful equalising force that humanity has ever invented. Nurturing, … 50th anniversary event One Earth, One Humanity, One Future taking place at Worcester …
The greatest myth of the consumer society is that modern lifestyles are 'normal' - and this can continue forever because we're clever little apes who can solve any problem, writes Paul Mobbs. That hubris, in the face of insurmountable ecological limits, will be our collective downfall.
… technical development, under CDIAC's dataset, humanity has generated 383 billion tonnes of …
We must urgently move from Petropolis and dependence on fossil fuels to Ecopolis supported by regenerative economies.
… the year 2000 a child was born who turned humanity into a predominantly urban species … transport and trading systems connect humanity as never before, they are also … to rise considerably by 2030. But most of humanity still resides in settlements below …
New research suggests that we are heading for an "ecological Armageddon" that will affect all life on the planet, including humans. COLIN TODHUNTER investigates.
… various forms of structural violence on humanity, including the waging of chemical …
We must beware an 'environmental' agenda that excludes the human dimension, Pope Francis writes in his recent Encyclical: the poor are least to blame for the ecological and climate crises, yet they are its primary victims. Humanity must make enduring decisions about the world we and our children will share.
… crises, yet they are its primary victims. Humanity must make enduring decisions about …