My weekend with Extinction Rebellion
Image Credit: Creative Commons: Julia Hawkins This passing bank holiday weekend, I felt it was important to attend the protests launched by Extinction Rebellion in the name of preserving our…
Will Brexit be a disaster for Scotland’s environment?
Image credit: © John MacPherson / WTML Scotland’s natural environment has benefited enormously from European environmental policies, which have helped us achieve, among other things, cleaner rivers, cleaner beaches, cleaner…
Greens in Europe – putting hope into action
Image credit: Creative Commons: Greens/EFA It is wonderful to feel a shiver of hope. I spend so much of my time feeling anxious and angry: anxious about people drowning in…
Eleven days until polling day – UK Green news round up week 16
Greens building momentum across England for local elections Image credit: Young Greens With less than two weeks until polling day for English local elections, Greens have been stepping up their…
Impartiality in the media is impossible. But Sky News has taken things too far.
Image credit: YouTube screengrab This week Sky News haven’t just been reporting the top stories - their journalists have been making the headlines themselves. From Adam Boulton branding Extinction Rebellion…
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…
What is the Green solution to Brexit?
Image Credit: Creative Commons: Alexas Fotos It’s the story you’ve heard a hundred times, and rightly so: citizens across the country, in the left-behind towns and cities. They have low…
I’m an angry feminist. And I’m angry at how trans people are being marginalised.
When asked once on a panel discussion what kind of feminist I am, I said 'angry'. And so I am. I am angry at the way that women are marginalised…
Labour won’t forge a Green New Deal alone
Image Credit: Creative Commons: Senate Democrats The launch of a grassroots Labour for a Green New Deal group is the latest exciting policy development to come out of the party.…
Greens in election fever
Image credit: Creative Commons: Element5 Digital All the talk is of elections. Some that are happening and some that may happen. The ones that may happen are the more exciting,…