George Monbiot
Friday, December 22, 2023 - 00:58
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The meat industry’s misinformation tactics are even worse than the fossil fuel industry’s. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 14th December 2023 |
George Monbiot
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 - 22:55
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The structure of the climate summits ensures that the most lethal interests prevail, by design. Here are some better models. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian |
George Monbiot
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 - 19:47
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How economic power leads inexorably to environmental destruction. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 29th November 2023 Don’t they have children? Don’t they have grandchildren? Don’t rich and powerful people care about the world they will leave to their descendants? These are questions I’m asked every week, and they are not easy to answer. How can we explain a mindset that would sacrifice the habitable planet for a little more power or a little more wealth, when they have so much already? |
George Monbiot
Monday, November 27, 2023 - 21:56
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I try to work out how much money would be needed to restore a functioning state. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 22nd November 2023 |
Club Troppo
Saturday, November 25, 2023 - 15:30
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Above is the video of a presentation I made at NESTA in London on 15th November with discussants Claire Mellior and Martin Wolf. I reproduce (AI generated) timestamps in the shownotes of the video below. |
George Monbiot
Friday, November 24, 2023 - 20:50
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Toxic chemicals deliberately added to sewage are being spread across a vast area of farmland, with potentially catastrophic effects. We’re suing the government to stop it. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 18th November 2023 |
George Monbiot
Thursday, November 16, 2023 - 18:27
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The government, under its own new definition, is an extremist organisation. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 19th November 2023 |
Prosper Australia
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 - 13:11
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Prosper’s Director of Research and Policy, Tim Helm, was interviewed by Cameron Murray for the Fresh Economic Thinking podcast on 9 November 2023. Their conversation covered the relationship between the prices of land and housing, how to define and measure landbanking, incentives for landbanking, the relationship between landbanking and housing supply, and methodological issues in […] |
George Monbiot
Saturday, November 4, 2023 - 03:58
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Earth systems are being rushed towards their tipping points by governments that offer us nothing but chaos. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 31st October 2023 Can you see it yet? The Earth systems horizon – the point at which our planetary systems tip into a new equilibrium, hostile to most lifeforms? I think we can. The sudden acceleration of environmental crises we have seen this year, coupled with the strategic uselessness of powerful governments, rushes us towards the point of no return. |
Prosper Australia
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - 17:07
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Presentation to the Planning Institute of Australia’s Victorian Conference, October 13, 2023 Today I want to take you on a rapid intellectual journey, a therapeutic crash-course, to convince you all to stop worrying about housing affordability – and instead, to learn to love high land values. Land takes the gains… Riddle me this: When planners […] |
Club Troppo
Monday, October 16, 2023 - 11:32
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The biggest winner from the referendum on the weekend is John Stuart Mill. There’s a strand of left-wing orthodoxy these days that deprecates free speech and brands opposing viewpoints as dangerous wrongthink. This firebrand mode of thinking is excellent at producing an engaged cabal of supporters, but its fruits will often face oblivion in the privacy of one’s own voting booth. |
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