Welsh Manifesto for the Future calls for shorter working week and basic income to help people and planet thrive.
… We must radically rethink how we live and work Sophie Howe | 26th October 2020 | News Editor’s Picks Economics Basic Income Work Wales Basic income Welsh Manifesto for the Future calls for shorter working week and basic income to help people …
What can happen when a Transition Initiative and its local authority work together: the Stroud story
… Transition Initiative and its local authority work together: the Stroud story A couple of … and the Council forged a very productive working relationship. It was a fascinating 20 … Stroud District Council and Transition Stroud working together Presented at the Improvement …
Pollyanna Pickering on being one of the few westerners to see a giant panda in the wild, saving the Abyssinian Wolf and how art has led her to a greater appreciation of the natural world...
… me to her office with a portfolio of my best work. She looked through it in silence, … How important is conservation to your work? The two are inextricably linked. I have … species. I am fortunate that through my work I am able to raise awareness of some of …
Commuting to work by bike is easier - and the reasons not to do it flimsier - than you think. Here's our guide to dealing with the excuses and improving pedal power in your workplace
… Pedal power: ditch the headaches and cycle to work Juliet Kemp | 28th September 2010 Ethical … Living Out And About Bike Cycle Cycle To Work Commute Cyclescheme Health bike.jpg Biking to work is easy with the support of employers …
The COVID-19 pandemic and the climate emergency made one thing clear: we have to radically rethink the way we work.
… Our system of work is broken Katy Wiese | 11th February 2021 … Picks Universal Basic Income Degrowth Work Consumption Covid-19 Oil Palm Saplings on … we have to radically rethink the way we work. A landmark report commissioned by the …
Climate breakdown is driven by industrial production, production by machines controlled by people. But can those very people demand a new, low carbon production?
… in his latest book, Breaking Things At Work: the Luddites were right about why you … “decelerationism” not only in texts, but in workers’ struggles to confront, confound or control technologies in the workplace – starting with the Luddites in …
The energy industry is making record profits - but workers on offshore wind farms are being paid pennies and cannot afford to heat their own homes.
… An abuse of power workers Brendan Montague | 6th March 2023 | … industry is making record profits - but workers on offshore wind farms are being paid … and cannot afford to heat their own homes. Workers braving sea storms and harsh …
More than half of UK oil workers would switch to work on renewable energy if given the opportunity to retrain, new survey shows.
… North Sea workers ready to switch to renewables Simon … Edinburgh May Day More than half of UK oil workers would switch to work on renewable energy if given the …
The rich want to end the lockdown. But before any government does this we need mass testing, proper equipment for essential workers and real protections for the most vulnerable.
… mass testing, proper equipment for essential workers and real protections for the most … and how to defend lockdowns that more or less work, so we can avoid a devastating second wave of contagion. Health workers will be central to any such campaign, …
We should be able to access our daily needs - home, work, education, care, shopping, socialising - within a 15-minute walk or bike ride.
… be able to access our daily needs - home, work, education, care, shopping, socialising - … get to and from basic functions such as home, work, education and social interaction. “Even … to spend 45 minutes to one hour for a trip to work, this was considered normal,” Moreno …
How do we seed mass social movements that can avert cataclysmic climate breakdown?
… Movement power: working for a whirlwind Brendan Montague | 5th … He is also the founder of The Center for the Working Poor in Los Angeles, California, an … as a child and later focused his organising work on national and international projects …
Tired of the treadmill? Bored of the exercise bike? Nicolette Loizou discovers a greener way to get fit
… Wild work out: Green Gyms Nicolette Loizou | 21st … Health Conservation Exercise Green Living Work Out Outdoors Obesity Bodycare Food And … – as well as their own health and fitness. Work it Traditional gyms always recommend a …
WWOOF (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) is not just a cheap way to see the world - it's a hands-on way to learn new skills of sustainable living
… Why working holidays on organic farms help you see … bed in the glorious Norfolk sun, trying to work out which plants to pull up and which to … Sussex farmer that she and her friends would work on the farm for a weekend in exchange for …
The exploitation of labour, and the ravaging of nature, is an essential element in shaping the rich world’s economies.
… the pub. “That was a good decision. It’s not working class people flying in those planes”, says Tom. “But working class people do fly”, says Richard. “My neighbour is a working class person. He goes to Portugal …
If you want a vision of our green future, imagine a Millennial working a zero-hour contract in a care home, looking after a lonely bed-ridden Boomer – forever.
… of our green future, imagine a Millennial working a zero-hour contract in a care home, … the gig economy, people leaving the workforce or being warehoused in universities … The experience and skills of those working in them will be of little value. Where …
Covid-19 was an environmental crisis and quickly became a public health crisis. Now it is very much a social crisis.
… and campaigners starting to resist. Sue works on a coronavirus helpline for a council in the north of England. In a typical working day last week she took eleven calls. … her city. Another call came from a woman working for Tesco on a zero-hours contract. …
Sylvia's office gets a new, green employee, and she begins to hatch plans for changing her ready-meal-eating, email-printing, energy-burning colleagues...
… | 22nd March 2010 Comment Green Living Work Office Food And Farming readymeal.jpg … The days have swiftly slipped by, my workload has pretty much trebled and even … leather and doesn’t eat meat. He cycles to work, switches off his computer at night (see …
Bill Gates has made billions and understands capitalist markets - from the perspective of an investor. To confront climate breakdown we need to see things as human beings.
… because he clearly cares, he has done his homework, and he asks the right questions. But … of those four mistakes, his answers cannot work. Innovation Download a free copy now. The … detail, why his approach is not going to work in time. Hovering in the background of …
How does the novel coronavirus pandemic impact the working class in Asia - and what must we do to respond?
… the novel coronavirus pandemic impact the working class in Asia - and what must we do to … local communities, bat-eaters or logging workers in these frontiers of the outbreak for … which are financed by global capital. Logging workers, bush-meat traders and local …
Sarah Ditty explains why she believes manufacturers and consumers should join the increasing numbers of us who are voting with our wallets and choose fashion that doesn't harm people or planet.......
… garment factory fires, building collapses and worker protests point to the fact that the … place that are meant to ensure fair and safe working conditions for workers and minimum impact on the environment, …
How can we centre community organising and mutual aid in response to coronavirus?
… can do, we need to start with how the virus works. The disease is called Covid-19, … would die over the next few years. If a working vaccine is available within the next … and people do. The key solution, which may work, is various forms of isolation. The …
Is HS2 just a vanity project that will gobble up £200bn, promote aviation and trash 108 ancient woodlands. The Ecologist investigates.
… claim that police and security guards’ working practices in relation to the policing … camps are being compromised by their close working relations with HS2 and its insistence on getting the work done without delay, even during the worst …
Greta Thunberg has called for a world-wide strike on Friday September 20 - for children and adults. Here's how to make this a reality.
… helped organize many strikes, persuading my workmates out the door. Between 2006 and 2009 … out on a Friday. To break the discipline of work, to take the emergency seriously and … Persuading people to strike in a union workplace is not easy. It’s even harder with …
For the women of Guazapa, El Salvador, the bicycle has become a sign of freedom, sustainability and empowerment.
… organisation in the country. It currently works on seven different programmes, including … use of bicycles and organises bicycle repair workshops, like the one Pacas participated in, with the support of CESTA’s Ecobici workshop school. As well as revolutionising …