How can Green parties acquire real political power? A new book by Per Gahrton, founder of the Swedish Green Party, is much more than a useful reference text on the history of Green Parties around the world, write Bennet Francis and Rupert Read. It's also a valuable manual in realpolitik that resonates here and now in the UK.
… Green Future: lessons from history for Green politics Rupert Read Bennet Francis | 8th December 2015 Reviews Politics EU UK Ecology green-parties-cut.jpg … How can Green parties acquire real political power? A new book by Per Gahrton, …
Can political movements past provide lessons for future protest? According to Tim Gee’s Counterpower they most definitely can - and the result, says Mark Newton, is truly inspiring
… Gandhi Apartheid Occupy counterpower.jpg Can political movements past provide lessons for … From the Occupy protests to the Arab Spring, political movements are occurring on a scale … the globe. Counterpower’s mission is to map political movements and understand how change …
Elinor Ostrom provides invaluable insights into economics and ownership - and the profound impact this has on our natural environment. Unfortunately, her work is not well known or widely understood. Derek Wall hopes to change that with his book, Elinor Ostrom’s Rules for Radicals. AARON VANSINTJAN met the author and asked why we should read her works today
… Collective Action Commons Elinor Ostrom Political Economy elinor-ostrom.jpg Elinor … Pluto Press. Expressing solidarity Wall is a politician - he stood against Theresa May in … spends much of his time writing about radical politics, social movements, political theory, …
Their grasp of science can’t be faulted but William Antholis and Strobe Talbott need to offer solutions too, says Mark Newton
… Fast Forward: Ethics and Politics in the Age of Global Warming Mark … | 20th October 2011 Reviews Climate Change Politics Kyoto Copenhagen USA China India … and Strobe Talbott come with a certain political clout. Talbott was once a US Deputy …
With today's news that badger culling will continue in Gloucester, Somerset and Dorset, and take place in three other counties, writes LESLEY DOCKSEY, there could be no more opportune moment for Dominic Dyer's new book 'Badgered to Death' to appear - expertly exposing the total absence of scientific evidence that badgers transmit bovine TB to cattle.
… Reviews Badgers Natural World Science Farming Politics UK badgered-cut.png With today's news … that badgers transmit bovine TB to cattle. "Political factors will ultimately overrule … Dyer simply and clearly describes the political process by which the badger became …
Naomi Klein's magnum opus on climate change, capitalism and the growing resistance to extreme energy is positive, inspiring and full of hope, writes Jonathon Porritt. But it's also deeply challenging: the 'everything' that has to change is not just government and corporations, but you, me and the ideas that guide our lives.
… absolutely 'on the front line' of the politics of climate change today, profound in … is not exactly an epicentre of radical politics, but pretty much the whole community … fossil fuel companies, and builds pressure on politicians to introduce across-the-board …
An ambitious but at times over-simplistic look at how environmental, political and economic crises will redraw the world map
… Change Global Warming Global Warring Wars Geopolitical Political Economic Crises global-warring.jpg … over-simplistic look at how environmental, political and economic crises will redraw the …
100 years ago a new political movement swept across Europe, as a vision of agrarian democracy gripped a newly emancipated peasantry, writes Simon Fairlie. Betrayed by dogmatic socialists and crushed under the Nazi boot, it failed to leave a lasting mark on history. But could its time be coming once again?
… Simon Fairlie | 20th May 2015 Reviews Farming Politics Europe Reviews … 100 years ago a new political movement swept across Europe, as a … a moment between the two world wars, radical political parties representing peasant …
Economics is much more than the study of money, writes Paul Mobbs. It is a belief system, and in its 'mainstream' incarnation, one that serves a very useful purpose - for those that reap the benefits. But as Brian Davey shows in his insightful new book, it's letting the rest of us down: failing to deliver human wellbeing, while driving ecological calamity.
… | 6th November 2015 Reviews Economics Books Politics … the devotees of economics - in particular politicians - with rational arguments when … Heresy alert! Within today's spin-driven political debate such heretical ideas are …
Elizabeth DeSombre and J. Samuel Barkin’s readable prose makes unpicking the complex politics and economics behind the fishing industry look as easy as shooting fish in a barrel
… | 15th December 2011 Reviews Fish Fishing Politics Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall Project … readable prose makes unpicking the complex politics and economics behind the fishing … Samuel Barkin, Fish, the second title in the Polity Resources series proves an interesting …
Zac Goldsmith talks to Leonardo DiCaprio about his new environmental film The 11th Hour
… calls for the expulsion of oil money from US politics. His new film The 11th Hour is a very … beforehand. We didn’t want to have any political or corporate agenda there … on nature’s warning signs and because our political and corporate leaders have …
Patrick Curry’s Ecological Ethics is a comprehensive and engaging assessment of modern environmental philosophy, says Mark Newton
… Newton | 11th November 2011 Reviews Ethics Politics Environment Books Reviews George … it seems, pervades modern life and dominates political decision-making processes. It is as … farming, vegetarianism, left- and right-wing politics provide the reader with an awareness …
The future of the planet - as protected by the Paris Agreement - appears to have been victim to a vicious power struggle within the White House, according to Michael Wolff’s new insider account of the Trump White House. But, argues ALEX RANDELL suggests there is far more in play
… that Trump is not a man with deeply held political views. Instead he argues we should … White House. Kushner is a man with liberal political views and is an ex-Democrat … himself to the highest levels of global politics and business. Protest at airports …
Although the Dalai Lama says he is 80 per cent monk and 20 per cent politician, the focus of this documentary is largely political.
… Dugdale China Tibet Environment Human Rights Politics And Economics Archive_247.jpg … says he is 80 per cent monk and 20 per cent politician, the focus of this documentary is largely political. Filmed between 2004 and 2007, …
If you only pick up one green book this year, make it Jeremy Rifkin’s The Third Industrial Revolution. It will change the way you think, says Mark Newton
… collaborative effort rather than large political structures. Such top-down structures … ranging from the dynamics of markets to political theory both old and new, Rifkin … of people as possible, no matter what their political bias or attitudes to the green …
Sewing is activism, says John Paul Flintoff, as he takes us through the politics and pleasures of this long lost skill
… Paul Flintoff, as he takes us through the politics and pleasures of this long lost skill … pies at him. He questions our dependence on political parties to solve our problems, … rather than dedicating our time to full blown political campaigning, is akin to ignoring the …
Sarawak's lucrative logging industry has given rise to dynasties of enormous wealth and political power, writes Chris Lang, as revealed in this courageous investigation by Lukas Straumann. And the kingpin is multi-billionaire Abdul Taib Mahmud, Chief Minister of Sarawak for 33 years, whose whose property empire spans the globe.
… Reviews Forests Malaysia Corporations Law Politics money-logging-cover-cut.jpg Sarawak's … rise to dynasties of enormous wealth and political power, writes Chris Lang, as … the forestry department. He must also tackle political corruption and at the highest …
Bruce Nixon’s call to arms examines the perils of the global economic system, and challenges us to think sustainably, writes Bethany Hubbard
… inequality, unemployment, tax injustice and a political elite who ignores its citizens.’ … readable prose makes unpicking the complex politics and economics behind the fishing … REVIEW Counterpower: Making Change Happen Can political movements past provide lessons for …
The latest book by activist Aidan Ricketts presents a powerful guide to successful campaigning.
… it is activists who are challenging the political and economic systems that are no … is an idea grounded in the premise that political power is derived from the will or at … Social movements are immensely powerful political forces because they harness the …
Will we ever be able to say goodbye to capitalism? In his new book Paul Mason argues that its demise is inevitable, writes Caroline Lucas: neoliberalism contains the seeds of its own destruction, and it's up to ordinary people to replace it with a green, sustainable and cooperative society. So let's do it!
… | 2nd October 2015 Reviews Green Economy Politics Books Society … We Greens have always argued that both political and economic power must be … are "not the climate change deniers but the politicians and economists who believe that …
The Southern Resident Orcas of Puget Sound have plenty of problems, writes Kathleen Haase. But as the film 'Fragile Waters' makes clear, there's a common thread: us. Whether it's over-fishing Chinook salmon or polluting the ocean with toxic chemicals, we are driving them to extinction - and if we don't soon mend our ways, it will be too late.
… be too late. With a strong environmental and political message at its heart, Fragile Waters … advocates for the environment by demanding political change from our leaders and those … environmental problems are much more complex political and societal issues. Fragile Waters …
Tara Lohan’s Water Matters is an anthology that almost, but doesn’t quite deliver, says Mark Newton
… broad ideas on display, juxtaposing in-depth political discussions alongside fairly generic … communities, or even tips on how to set up a political network? Also, it’s worth pointing … book REVIEW Fast Forward: Ethics and Politics in the Age of Global Warming Their …
Seeds are the gift of nature and past generations to us, and our gift to the future. Karl Grossman reviews 'Seedtime' - and finds that we must make that gift wholesome and fruitful - not a Pandora's box of genetically modified horrors.
… Seedtime: On the History, Husbandry, Politics, and Promise of Seeds is about … Seedtime: On the History, Husbandry, Politics and Promise of Seeds is written … to Hopeless: Barack Obama and the Politics of Illusion . This article was first …
Our bond with the natural world is ever changing. To look at how books capture this shifting relationship, new research project ‘Land Lines’ is looking for the nation’s favourite nature book. And The Ecologist will be launching a new series of book reviews to celebrate and learn from nature writing, writes ELIZABETH WAINWRIGHT. Interested? -- You can get involved in both.
… bids mind Wonder: Mind bids heart Ponder. Politics and community With the aim of … how they help us think about injustice, politics, community, environmental …