Two massive victories for the student divestment movement
Image credit: Creative Commons - Kate Ausburn In the past 48 hours, the student divestment movement took another leap forward. Two more institutions joined the more than 1,000 worldwide that…
“No more business as usual”: Green councillors press for action to follow climate emergency declarations
Creative Commons: Takver Green councillors and environmental activists are pressing for action following the passing of climate emergency motions at over 20 local authorities and counting. While the declarations state…
6 things we learned at “Building a Green New Deal for the Many”
Via YouTube Screengrab The Green New Deal has taken US politics by storm, propelled into the mainstream by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Sunrise Movement. Inspired by its transatlantic traction, members…
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…
The right to repair and the road to a circular economy
Creative Commons: OpenClipart-Vectors When the Paris Agreement was signed on 12th of December 2015 by 195 parties, it highlighted the importance of sustainable consumption and production in developed countries as…
Green Parties need to stop talking about global warming
Creative Commons: LQD-Denver Global warming is looming existential threat. Doesn’t that make it the top issue for Green Parties to campaign on? You’d think it would. But there are a…
Sargassum Seaweed is Strangling the Caribbean Coasts, the Latest Example of Climate Chaos
Photo Credit: Caroline Stoddard Sargassum is sometimes referred to as a “golden floating rainforest”, which seems like an inappropriate moniker at the moment. As rainforests are decimated at an…
Sturgeon speech interrupted by protest against support for oil industry
Protesters unfurl a banner interupting Sturgeon's keynote speech at Saturday's Youth Climate Summit. Photo: Fossil Free Glasgow. Nicola Sturgeon has repeatedly claimed that Scotland is a world leader on climate…
Environmentalists need to focus on collective responses, not individual consumption
Photo: pixabay user 'Ben_Kerckx' Creative Commons license Over the past few months, mainstream environmentalism has taken a plastic turn. Concerns about plastic waste have overtaken issues of climate change…
Outing the UK Government: Corporate financing at #COP23
Government hypocrisy and corporate interest are very well acquainted, and they were last spotted at COP23 (the annual climate conference to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) nuzzling…