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Why we need to stop framing tackling climate change as a battle for our children
I wish I was given a penny every time someone started talking about saving the planet for our grandkids. I may actually have enough income to start my own Green…
The rising threat of Green Nationalism
A week ago, on August 3, a man walked into the parking lot of a Walmart in El Paso Texas. He opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle on the crowd…
Voice from Vermont: What Murray Bookchin can still teach us about environmentalism
Like any stereotypical twenty-something I feel the compulsion to stay active on social media, browsing Twitter every day or so. Without fail every few days the same command keeps popping…
A tale of two parties: Learning the environmental lessons from the 2010 coalition
Image credit: Number 10, Creative Commons It’s May 2010. Good Times by Roll Deep is charting number one, a track about keeping the party going and living your best life.…
Greening Yorkshire: An interview with Cllr Andy Walker of the Yorkshire Party
The Yorkshire Party is celebrating its fifth birthday this year, and with a number of councillors being elected in the local elections, there is clearly much to celebrate. Cllr Andy…
Policing rebellion – Extinction Rebellion needs to understand power
Image Credit: Creative Commons: Julia Hawkins Extinction Rebellion (XR) has succeeded over the last week at bringing parts of the country to a standstill and raising the climate crisis in…
Fiddling whilst the planet burns: Celebrity posturing on the environment
Image credit: Creative Commons, Caitlyn Ridenour For any young person on the “indie music” scene in 2015, Grimes is a familiar name. After releasing the hit album Art Angels, Grimes'…
Hot air – the failure of the climate change debate
For the first time in two years on the 28th February 2019 Parliament debated climate change. After over 2,000 schoolchildren went on strike in Oxford, one of its two MPs,…
Schoolchildren strike for the climate
Via Rosie Rawle On Friday 15 February the UK held its first ever youth climate strikes. Thousands of children were in attendance. In over 60 cities across the UK, young…
Veganism and the pitfalls of “ethical” consumerism
Creative Commons: Unisouth Throughout 2018 it seemed awareness around environmental impacts of food rose to unprecedented levels. Though the year is young, 2019 does not seem to be reversing this…