Queen’s University Belfast set to divest from fossil fuels
Queen’s University Belfast last week announced their intent to end all investments in fossil fuels by 2025. The announcement on the Queen’s University website states: “Following discussions with...
Northern Ireland: The Dirtiest Corner in Europe?
If post-Brexit UK risks being known once again as the “dirty man of Europe” then Northern Ireland would be its soiled undergarments. Ours is a jurisdiction replete...
Reflections on the fight for a frack-free Lancashire
The plans were loose; we would gather for a community conversation about what next now that Westminster has seen fit to drill the democracy right out of Lancashire...
How local Greens are fighting air pollution
To a lot of people, Northampton will mean little more than a stopping off point on the way to London. Over the past 30 years, local and national...
Eco-socialism on one island: why the Isle of Eigg shows us the way forward
The sand beneath my feet is squeaking as I tread upon it. The water crashing against the shore is turquoise and clear. In the distance, to the west, the...
Victory for Caerphilly As Council Sees Green On Development Plan
There has been a call for progressive parties to work as an alliance and prepare for a tough post-Brexit future within the UK. But in the county council of...
To solve climate change, we have to learn to speak to our political opponents
Two weeks ago a brutal murder was carried out on a Labour MP, Jo Cox, as she finished up her surgery in her constituency of Batley and Spen, apparently...
Grexit: The environmental case for voting Leave
On the last day before polling, it may still shock some of my environmentalist comrades that I am planning on voting to leave the European Union. Environmental policy has...
The good, the bad and the ugly: Global Green leaders discuss the Paris climate talks
On Monday, the Global Greens hosted a webinar for Green Party leaders to discuss the upcoming COP21 Paris climate conference. Speaking were Greens from around the world: Australia, Canada,...
Jeremy Corbyn, here’s how to address climate change like an anti-capitalist
View image | It is in a comradely manner, as a socialist within the Green Party, that I offer some genuine advice to Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign. I watched...