I have prostate cancer, but I’m happy. Here’s how.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 14th March 2018
It came, as these things often do, like a gunshot on a quiet street: shocking and disorienting. In early December, my urine turned brown. The following day I felt feverish and found it hard to pee. I soon realised I had a urinary tract infection. It was unpleasant, but seemed to be no big deal. Now I know that it might have saved my life.
Our national parks are ecological deserts, run for the benefit of a tiny minority. It’s time we reclaimed them.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 28th February 2018
A remarkable experiment suggests that emergency admissions to hospital can be reduced by tackling loneliness
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 21 February 2018
Only the left can break the cycle of wealth accumulation.
By George Monbiot, published on monbiot.com, 21st February 2018
This is my opening speech at the Intelligence Squared debate at the Emmanuel Centre, London, 21st February, with Roger Scruton, Stella Creasy and Kwasi Kwarteng: The Left Has Right on Its Side.
I speak without notes, but this is the text I roughly memorised.
A US-UK trade deal threatens to export the horrors of US corporate livestock production
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 14th February 2018
It looks like a proper zombie apocalypse. Bacteria we thought we had conquered are on the march again, defeating almost all attempts to slaughter them. Having broken through the outer walls, they have reached our last lines of defence. Antibiotic resistance is among the greatest threats to human health.
How we can find meaning, purpose and pride when the workplace no longer offers them
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 7th February 2018
An astonishing new field of enquiry explores the deep changes that could avert a planetary disaster
By George Monbiot, published on monbiot.com, 31st January 2018
Is complex society on the brink of collapse?
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 24th January 2018
It’s a good question, but it seems too narrow. “Is Western civilisation on the brink of collapse?”, the lead article in this week’s New Scientist asks. The answer is probably. But why just Western?
To be aware of the wonders of the living planet is to take on an unbearable burden of grief
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 19th December 2017
This is the question everyone should be attending to – where is the food going to come from?
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 11th December 2017
Brexit; the crushing of democracy by billionaires; the next financial crash; a rogue US president: none of them keeps me awake at night. This is not because I don’t care – I care very much. It’s only because I have a bigger question on my mind. Where is the food going to come from?