On badgers and rural class politics
Rowenna Davis has written in the New Statesman that the left should support the now postponed badger cull because we should support struggling farmers. The left has historically ignored rural…
Stopping bankers betting on hunger
On World Food Day, the World Development Movement's Miriam Ross says we are less than a month away from a major breakthrough on financial speculation on food - or another…
The Oil Road: Journeys from the Caspian Sea to the City of London’ – extract 2: day 3
This is an extract from the book 'The Oil Road: Journeys from the Caspian Sea to the City of London', by James Marriott and Mika Minio-Paluello of PLATFORM, which traces…
Extract: The Oil Road – journeys from the Caspian Sea to the City of London
With the kind permission of the authors, Bright Green is publishing two excerpts from “The Oil Road – Journeys from the Caspian Sea to the City of London”, a travelogue…
Climate challenges for a future Labour government
I was asked by the Young Fabians to write about the climate change challenges for a potential Labour government in 2015. This piece first appeared in their magazine - Anticipations…
Rio+20: The UK’s Great Nature Sale
Kirsty Wright is a campaigner at the World Devleopment Movement. The dismal outcome of the Rio+20 summit has been slammed by people across the world, yet again disappointed the reluctance…
RBS AGM: the Report shareholders won’t see
As private shareholders gather for the RBS Annual General Meeting in Gogarburn this afternoon, there will be an elephant in the room. The majority shareholder, the UK Government, whose portion…
On environmental colonialism, the Amazon, and Scottish beavers
When people ask me about my political background, I often talk about my parents. I explain that, though they aren't nearly as far left as me, they brought me up…
20 Ways to Change the Way We Eat
The Fife Diet has launched a new food manifesto outlining 20 ways to change the way we eat. The project is being shared with the wider sustainable food network and…
Scottish Government must act to allow Portobello and Leith wind project to go ahead
Campaigners demand a solution to the turbine problem One of the most exciting things I’ve been involved with in my time in Edinburgh is the proposal for a community owned…