Greens are united in opposing neoliberal 'austerity', write Rupert Read & Sandy Irvine. But there's another kind of austerity to which we are committed - that of living within ecological limits. But base the transition on social, economic and environmental justice, and there will be nothing austere about it. The future we're working for is one of sustainable, life-enhancing abundance.
… to opposing it. Equality without ecological sustainability is simply fair shares in …
The European Parliament has had a great week, writes Molly Scott Cato MEP - for those who oppose GMOs in food and farming. MEPs voted on five occasions to say no to GMOs, and gave their support to agroecology as the only sustainable way to feed the world.
… Molly is formerly Professor of Strategy and Sustainability at the University of …
Only one party is challenging the mainstream concensus on transport, write Rupert Read, Sandy Irvine and Bennet Francis - massive spending on roads and HS2, and the little that's left for everything else. It's time to throw away the old thinking and commit to an effective, sustainable transport system that begins with local needs.
Roads to nowhere: why is transport policy getting lost in this election? Rupert Read Sandy Irvine Bennet Francis | 1st May 2015 Comment Transport UK Politics …
The EU referendum debate is taking place between different wings of the corporate elite, dominated by assumptions in favour of big business, free trade and endless economic growth, write Helena Norberg-Hodge, Rupert Read & Thomas Wallgren. But to vote for a sustainable future we must adopt a very different, local perspective - one you'll never find in UK's 'mainstream' media.
… Wallgren | 31st May 2016 News EU Economics Sustainability Corporations euro-parl-cut.jpg …
Over in Davos world leaders are desperately trying to find a 'fourth industrial revolution' to keep the 'growth' juggernaut rolling, write Bennet Francis & Rupert Read. But their efforts are doomed: the real challenge we face is to build a healthy, more equal society and a green, sustainable future for us all.
… by the Guardian newspaper in London, the sustainability manager of furniture giant Ikea …
Capitalism isn't working. We need a Universal Basic Income as we come out of the coronavirus lockdown into the economic - and the climate - crisis.
… it is in achieving equality as well as sustainability. Industries We agree with the … created through QE must come with climate and sustainability conditions. This would ensure …
GMOs have been in our diets for about 20 years, writes Rupert Read. Proof that they are safe? No way - it took much, much longer to discover the dangers of cigarettes and transfats, dangers that are far more visible than those of GMOs. On the scale of nature and ecology, 20 years is a pitifully short time. To sustain our human future, we have to think long term.
The Precautionary Principle: the basis of a post-GMO ethic Rupert Read | 18th April 2016 Comment GMOs Society Science Technology cig-cut.jpg GMOs have been in our diets for about 20 years, writes …
Will we rein in robotisation soon enough to ensure that 'Peak Robot' occurs under our control, and not as a result of a crash forced on us by collapsing ecosystems, asks RUPERT READ
… Comment Robots Automaton Robotics Peak Growth Sustainability peak robot.jpg Will we rein in …
The Scottish referendum must mark an end to 'business as usual' in UK politics - no matter who triumphs in this week. That means no more 'first past the post' parliamentary elections, and a wider democratic rebirth under a new constitutional compact.
Yes or No, we need democratic and constitutional reform Rupert Read Rebecca Johnson | 15th September 2014 Comment Politics UK saltire-in-the-sky-cut.jpg The Scottish referendum must mark an end to …
HS2, the UK's £50bn+ high-speed rail project to speed travel between London and Birmingham - and eventually Manchester and beyond is colossal waste of money, writes Rupert Read. The resources should be used to fund sustainable local and regional transport schemes.
HS2 is a disastrous white elephant Rupert Read | 12th May 2014 Comment Transport UK Economics Politics hs2-no10-cut.jpg HS2, the UK's £50bn+ high-speed rail project to speed travel between London and …
Best-selling book The Uninhabitable Earth focusses attention on unprecedented climate breakdown - but places false hope in geoengineering.
… of East Anglia; Jem Bendell is Professor of Sustainability Leadership at the University of … co-chair of Green House, and author of After Sustainability . - …
This budget season, and so a short perambulation around the vexed question of the national debt seems in order. As a nation we've been living with debt for more the 300 years now, since 1694 to be precise, when Scottish privateer William Paterson persuaded the government of the time that creating £1.2 million of IOUs would get them out of their spending difficulties.
Life and debt Molly Scott Cato | 23rd April 2009 Comment Debt Capitalism Borrowing Green Economics Waste UK Economics Justice Economics Environment Free Trade Politics And Economics PIGGIE-Main.jpg …
Existing models of protecting nature are failing, write Atus Mariqueo-Russell & Rupert Read. They serve to regulate, rather than prevent the destruction of nature, and are now adopting the very 'market' approaches that are largely responsible for the problem. The answer is to give formal effect to the Rights of Nature.
The Rights of Nature must be recognised in law Atus Mariqueo-Russell Rupert Read | 25th February 2016 Comment Green Party Law Politics Environment UK forest-mountain-cut.jpg Existing models of …
The fictional worlds of film comprise a call to action to transform our own world.
An ecological philosophy of film Rupert Read | 7th January 2019 Comment Film Philosophy Avatar Avatar The fictional worlds of film comprise a call to action to transform our own world. I’ve just …
Many eco-minded Brits are rightly worried about the prospect of a ‘hard Brexit'. But what if another ‘alternative' Brexit that delivered a Greener economy were possible? VICTOR ANDERSON and RUPERT READ of Green House have just delivered a new report on Brexit and trade from an ecological perspective. Here, they share their key findings with the Ecologist...
Alternative Brexit? Could this be the change the Greens have been waiting for? Victor Anderson Rupert Read | 31st March 2017 Comment Brexit Green Party Economy Localism green party co-leadership.jpg …
The growth of food banks reflects a simple truth: the government does not care about hungry families, writes Rupert Read. To tackle hunger, work must pay a living wage, social security must do its job, and communities must rebuild local food networks.
Food banks - a radical plan Rupert Read | 5th May 2014 Comment Food UK Society Politics trussell-vauxhall-cut.jpg The growth of food banks reflects a simple truth: the government does not care about …
Reflections on the draft Environment Bill. A dog's dinner?
Will ecology be the first casualty of Brexit? Rupert Read Victor Anderson | 19th February 2019 News Environment Bill Brexit Thought Leaders gove_snowy_3271751b.jpg Reflections on the draft …
Claims that we need a 'big society' to fix our 'broken' one are just Victorian throwbacks - we have the business tools to survive; we just need a co-operative attitude to go with them
… would save money and also provide a model of sustainability for the rest of the banking …
Animals bred for meat now consume a third of all vegetable crops. This has increased dramatically since a ban on pigswill following the Foot and Mouth outbreak in the UK. But it is an appalling waste. Japan can show the way to feeding pigs our waste food which is safe, argues the Green MEP MOLLY SCOTT CATO
The politics of pigswill - or how we can help feed the world by feeding waste to pigs Molly Scott Cato | 8th March 2018 Comment Pigswill Food And Farming Food Waste pigs-662001_960_720.jpg Animals …
Molly would glady have been tied to the stake with the other Metric Martyrs... but, being that she wasn't, she's keen to point out why weights and measures matter to all
… to transform cultures from consumerism to sustainability COMMENT No-one put Keats on a …