In a World of Their Own
By downplaying and misrepresenting our environmental crisis, David Attenborough and the BBC have generated complacency, confusion and ignorance.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian, 7th Novemeber 2018
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An Electrifying Idea
What if we abandoned photosynthesis as the means of producing food, and released most of the world’s surface from agriculture?
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 31st October 2018
Rebelling Against Extinction
When governments abandon us, we must step up
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 17th October 2018
Farmed Out
The government’s Agriculture Bill seeks to replace regulation with public money. Who will contest this new protection racket?
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 10th October 2018
Personality Cult
The media’s spotlight systematically distorts the way we see the world
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 3rd October 2018
Deathly Silence
We need to get embarrassing about climate breakdown
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 26th September 2018
We’re getting there, aren’t we? We’re making the transition towards an all-electric future. We can now leave fossil fuels in the ground and thwart climate breakdown. Or so you might imagine if you follow the technology news.
Seal of Approval
How an animal welfare charity ended up endorsing seal killing – and what this says about our age
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 19th Septmber 2018
Honourable Theft
How one young woman broke down the gates of knowledge
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 13th September 2018
Plastic Soup
The problem is not plastic. It is consumerism.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 5th September 2018
My Way Or The Highway
The crucial decisions about major infrastructure are made behind closed doors.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 22nd August 2018
Where democracy counts most, it is nowhere to be seen. The decisions that shape the life of a nation are taken behind our backs. With occasional exceptions, public choice is reserved for trivia.