Are human rights separable from the wider rights of other living beings, the environment and the Universe? Gabriel Moran finds that humans need to re-assert their central position in the world and build an encompassing moral responsibility.
… Entomology, spoke in 1921 about "the war of humanity against the class Insecta". There …
Abusing animals is no more justifiable than abusing people, writes Peter Tatchell. The moral touchstone is sentience, not species, and the 'humans first' ideology of speciesism is analogous to homophobia, racism & misogyny. Cruelty is barbarism, whether inflicted on humans or on other species. We need to recognise and accept our common animal nature.
Human rights are animal rights! Peter Tatchell | 28th March 2017 Comment Animal Welfare Philosophy Society Farming credit viva and allen hanford ltd 2-cut.jpg Abusing animals is no more justifiable …
The idea of a 'good, or even great, Anthropocene' as promised in the Ecomodernist Manifesto is purely delusional, writes Derrick Jensen. Worse, it underlies a narrative in which the wholesale destruction of nature and of sustainable indigenous societies is repackaged as a noble mission - one whose ultimate purpose is the complete alienation of humans from the planet that spawned us.
The Ecomodernist Manifesto is a program for genocide and ecocide Derrick Jensen | 10th November 2015 Comment Society Natural World Ecocide Indigenous Peoples passenger-pigeon-cut.jpg The idea of a …
Edmund O'Sullivan reviews a selection of readings on inter-cultural and transdisciplinary approaches to human ecology.
Radical Human Ecology: A Path of Hope Edmund O'Sullivan | 30th May 2013 Reviews Society 197299.jpg Edmund O'Sullivan reviews a selection of readings on inter-cultural and transdisciplinary approaches …
Humanity has always lived under the threat of extinction, writes Anders Sandberg. Now we have reduced some of the dangers - but created new ones of our own. And right now, it's the anthropogenic threats that look the scariest ...
… Health Technology nuclear-explosion-cut.jpg Humanity has always lived under the threat of … the daily hubbub of current 'crises' facing humanity, we forget about the many generations … existential risks , that threaten to wipe out humanity. These risks are not just for big …
The current testing protocol for new medicines is proven to be inadaquate. It's time for a radical new approach, argues Kathy Archibald, director of the Safer Medicines Campaign
Why our testing of antibiotics and other drugs may not be safe Kathy Archibald | 23rd May 2011 Comment Antibiotics Health Drugs Animals Wildlife Society Comment 3.jpg Patients in clinical trials are …
Yann Arthus-Bertrand's latest book, 'Human', revisits the territory of 'Earth from Above', but with a harder edge, writes Martin Spray. Yes, the photographs are lovely, even inspirational, but often mix uneasily with the testimonies of suffering and desperate demands for change they illustrate.
… Blurbed as "a compelling portrait of humanity at the beginning of the 21st. … as of compelling portraits of contemporary humanity. We are told that a majority of contemporary humanity is now urban, yet the majority of …
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 …
Former environment minister Michael Meacher on the place of humanity in the universe, intelligent design, the survival of the human race, Gaia theory and uncertainties over climate change
… minister Michael Meacher on the place of humanity in the universe, intelligent design, …
There is no stop button......in the race for human re-engineering. Science will soon give some of us the tools to make ourselves cleverer and stronger. What will it mean for humanity?
… 2006 News Human Re-engineering Evolution Humanity Science Technology Biology Human … cleverer and stronger. What will it mean for humanity? My daughter is 10. Fast forward 25 … – they call themselves transhumanists – humanity is on the point of being liberated …
The acclaimed buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh talks to the Ecologist about the loss of biodiversity and why human vulnerability is not something we should despair about
… to a high-consumption lifestyle NEWS ANALYSIS Humanity has already had four major ecological … minister Michael Meacher on the place of humanity in the universe, intelligent design, …
In an extract from his new book the Jolly Pilgrim, Peter Baker argues that taking a long view on the human species will make us more able to cope with today's problems
… global temperatures are rising. As a result humanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb and … in turn, helped drive an enormous increase in humanity's command of the physical sciences …
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? …
In the last few years the Ecologist has written extensively on the flu – both the garden variety that strikes us on an annual basis and the wider threat of avian influenza, H5N1.
Making Sense of Swine Flu Pat Thomas | 1st April 2009 News Swine Flu H1n1 Factory Farming Agribusiness Biodynamics Organics Wine Beer And Cider Biodynamics Food And Farming Health Society …
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 …
Biologist E O Wilson's grand idea of setting aside half of the planet for nature to thrive is both appealing and deeply challenging, writes William Lynn. But it's missing a key element: an urban vision of how people can live ecologically, joyously in the half we make our own.
… interviews , he references the need for humanity to develop an ethic that cares about … is important because of what it does for humanity, including the resources, beauty and … ethicist call non-anthropocentrism - that humanity is simply one marvelous but no more …
Worried about debt, defaults and deficits? Save up your concern for the real problem, writes Glen Barry. The systematic destruction Earth's natural ecosystems for short-term profit is the 'bubble' that underlies economic growth - and if allowed to continue its bursting will leave the Earth in a state of social, economic and ecological collapse.
… as in the pursuit of short-term growth, humanity overruns natural ecosystems including … , raising the very real possibility of humanity pulling down the biosphere as we … on a finite Earth can only end in collapse. Humanity must embrace a steady state economy - …
Toni V. Shephard notes that less and less of us are prepared to deal with 'pests' using the traditional method i.e. killing them, and offers her perspectives and solutions on human/wildlife conflict.....
Living with Urban Wildlife: non-lethal control Toni V. Shephard | 15th August 2013 Ethical Living Natural World Society urbanfox.jpg Toni V. Shephard notes that less and less of us are prepared to …
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 …
Rewilding landscapes impoverished by human exploitation enriches nature and brings back life to an increasingly ravaged world, writes Jessica Rothwell. But more than that, it's a vital step in making human existence sustainable in the long term, depending as we do on our planet's functional ecosystems for our health and survival. It's time for people to pull back - and make space for the wild.
Rewilding is not just for nature - it's essential for our own survival Jessica Rothwell | 16th October 2015 Comment Natural World Society Farming Population konikpaarden-oostvaardersplassen-cut.jpg …
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 …
By rendering our skills, intelligence and labour redundant, nanotechnology is incompatible with meaningful human existence. By Bill McKibben.
… Ray Kurzweil, the technology will ‘solve humanity’s material needs’. Eric Drexler, the … artificial intelligence and nanotechnology humanity can overcome ecological collapse, …
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 …