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4 things you can do to help Bright Green this Christmas
In 2020, Bright Green has published over 250 articles. We ran our most extensive coverage of the Green Party of England and Wales' internal elections ever - including hustings for the candidates…
Distant targets substituting for action today: The UK’s climate performance in 2020.
2020 has seen net-zero carbon emissions targets go from being an oddity adopted by small island states, Bhutan and Sweden to become a new policy norm across the globe. Less…
Racism, rurality and reversing generational prejudice
Black Lives Matter sign. Image Credit via Anthony Quintano, Creative Commons BY Before I begin, I want to acknowledge that as an able-bodied white woman, my voice will undoubtedly be…
Greens making the case for progressive cross-party collaboration
The Compass Greens Network wants to help the Green Party achieve much greater political influence in the UK. We formed shortly after the 2019 general election to host an open…
Lighting a spark: How to Blow Up a Pipeline by Andreas Malm
How to Blow up A Pipeline starts with what will be a familiar image for many. It's the yearly climate negotiations, activists have streamed towards the conference space, pleading with…
Greens should campaign to abolish Westminster
Outside a bar in the gangster-run border town of Mukachevo in Western Ukraine, I asked a clutch of young men if they spoke English, and what they thought of their…
The Green Party has a PR problem
If you spend any amount of time talking to people from the Green Party of England and Wales about electoral success, it is only a matter of time before ‘PR’…
Greens must stand shoulder to shoulder with striking care workers
Dignity, respect, having your voice heard. These are very basic things to expect in life, whether that’s at home or on the job. But for so many people working in…
Challenging institutional power must be integral to the fight for climate justice
As an activist, I am fascinated by the ways in which climate movements can disrupt systems of power and create opportunities for democracy on more equal terms. I believe that…
Hydrogen: Shortcut to decarbonisation or crutch for the fossil fuel industry?
Hydrogen has long been touted as the fuel of the future - the great hope of the energy sector rising on repeated waves of hype. Yet as recently as 2017,…