Beyond “the business of nickels and dimes”: a socialist guide to Christmas
It's a Wonderful Life (Fair Use) I – The feast It's Christmas time, a time to eat, drink, and be merry. Mulled wine and mince pies, all around a hot…
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…
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…
What we’re saying Yes to: utopian, regenerative projects like Grow Heathrow
Picture courtesy of Fergus Murray / Flickr The following article is part of a series on Bright Green, What We’re Saying Yes To, inspired by Naomi Klein’s recent book, No…
Why we still need the Green Party
Green Party Autumn 2016 conference. By Jwslubbock (Own work) , via Wikimedia Commons Since the turn of the century, the Green Party has blossomed from obscurity to a major, professional…
Learning to say Yes: a reflection on Naomi Klein’s No Is Not Enough
Naomi Klein. Photo: flickr user Ilias Bartolini. Creative Commons license Let’s be honest. Almost 10 years on from the financial crisis – and the ensuing assault on the public…
Infinite growth: humanity’s deadliest addiction
Image credit: Pixaby user Ralph Creative Commons CC0 For decades economists and politicians across the world have been using GDP growth as the primary means of measuring economic success.…
Let Them Burn: The Logic of Capitalism Meets the Reality of Climate Change
Image credit: Pixaby user 'skeeze' In her piece titled “Let Them Drown: The Violence of Othering in a Warming World,” Naomi Klein takes aim at the handful of fossil…
As the climate clock strikes midnight it’s time to look to the morning
Climate change will profoundly reshape our world in the coming decades. Yet, in this article, I make a case for why we should not give in to despair and apathy.…