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Elon Musk and the Bourgeois Space Adventure
This week saw the launch of the world's most powerful rocket – Falcon Heavy - into space, which is owned and operated by Elon Musk’s private space exploration company SpaceX.…
Capitalism relies on imperialism, and both systems may be in trouble
Photo credit: pixabay user 'stux' Creative Commons 0 This article is part of Bright Green’s ‘End of capitalism’ series- if you’d be interested in contributing something to this series, drop…
Is this the end of capitalism? A series.
Pixabay user: 'anaterate' Creative Commons 0 license This article is part of Bright Green's 'End of capitalism' series- if you'd be interested in contributing something to this series, drop us…
Stop saying we are the future, we are the present – young voices from #COP23
Youth forum at #COP23. Photo by Sustaining All Life. On Saturday 11th of November the young members of Sustaining All Life led a forum called Young People Leading Climate Change…
A city of two zones #COP23
Young activists from Engineers without Borders and the UK Youth Climate Coalition canvas COP23 participants on their opinions of growth and climate. Photo by Sustaining All Life. After only a…
Further, faster, together – Bright Green at #COP23
Delegates and volunteers at COP22 in Marrakech, 2016. Photo by Sustaining All Life. Many activists all over the world are noticing that the challenge of accelerating climate change is not…
What we’re saying Yes to: Community resiliency and regenerative regrowth
Photo: pixabay user congerdesign. “In the moment of crisis, the wise build bridges and the foolish build dams.” –Nigerian Proverb Climate catastrophes are raking our world across the coals. From…
Green “Debacle” as Austrian Right Returns
The Austrian Greens have lost all 24 seats in parliament following Sunday’s election after being squeezed by big personalities across the political spectrum. On Thursday the Greens' worst result since…
It’s time the Democrats offered a real alternative
Bernie Sanders. Photo: flickr user '350 Vermont' Creative Commons license Two weeks ago Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders introduced, for the first time, a ‘Medicare for All’ bill to…
Don’t Bury Bhopal: a community seeks justice
It’s one of the most horrific, haunting photographs of all time, and I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately. It’s the image of a partially buried, tiny child, her…