In fighting for science, we subscribe to a comforting illusion: that people can be swayed by the facts. There is one question that no one who denies manmade climate change wants to answer: what would it take to persuade you? In most cases the answer seems to be nothing. No ... keep reading
Written by George Monbiot yesterday, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Design, Economics, Education, Environmental Disasters, Events, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government (1 comment)
A TV debate about whether climate change is happening... Follow the two links below to see George's video about climate change, complied for the Daily Politics show: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/the_daily_politics/8549675.stm It was then followed by a debate with the Telegraph’s ... keep reading
Written by George Monbiot this month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Design, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media
Wherever Blair goes, our campaign ensures that he can never be free from the fear of arrest... What else can you do? When the entire administration is engaged in a criminal act, when there is no clear separation of powers between the government and the judiciary, when those appointed to ... keep reading
Written by George Monbiot last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Education, Events, Finance & Money, Politics & Government, War
The only question that counts is the one that the Chilcot inquiry won’t address: was the war with Iraq illegal? If the answer is yes, everything changes. The war is no longer a political matter, but a criminal one, and those who commissioned it should be committed for trial ... keep reading
Written by George Monbiot last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Education, Events, Industry & Business, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, War
As a new badger cull shows, we revert to irrational destruction as soon as our economic interests are threatened. There’s a story which almost all of us believe: that beyond a certain state of development, we re-learn a respect for nature. It is true that some of the excesses ... keep reading
Written by George Monbiot in January, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Pollution
Avatar half-tells a story we would all prefer to forget... Avatar, James Cameron’s blockbusting 3-D film, is both profoundly silly and profound. It’s profound because, like most films about aliens, it is a metaphor for contact between different human cultures. But in this case the metaphor is conscious ... keep reading
Written by George Monbiot in January, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Events, Media
Who said this? “All the evidence shows that beyond the sort of standard of living which Britain has now achieved, extra growth does not automatically translate into human welfare and happiness.” Was it a. the boss of Greenpeace, b. the director of the New Economics Foundation, or c. an anarchist ... keep reading
Written by George Monbiot in January, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Consumerism, Economics, Education, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government, Poverty & Development
The last time global negotiations collapsed like this was in Doha in 2001. After the trade talks fell apart, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) assured the delegates that there was nothing to fear: they would move to Mexico, where a deal would be done. The negotiations ran into the sand ... keep reading
Written by George Monbiot in December 2009, about Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Climate Change, Consumerism, Education, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government, Poverty & Development
The useless, destructive talks at Copenhagen show that the treaty-making system has scarcely changed in 130 years. First they put the planet in square brackets, now they have deleted it from the text. This is no longer about saving the biosphere: now it’s just a matter of saving face ... keep reading
Written by George Monbiot in December 2009, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Consumerism, Education, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Poverty & Development
Lucky old UKIP. With great fanfare in Copenhagen, Viscount Monckton of Brenchley – the man who believes that action on climate change is a conspiracy to create a communist world government – announced this morning that he was joining the UK Independence Party. He has made this momentous move, he tells us ... keep reading
Written by George Monbiot in December 2009, about Climate Change, Events, Media, Politics & Government
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