The Unhowled Land
Without wolves or lynx, our ecosystems remain barren, depleted and overrun by proliferating deer.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 11th August 2023
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The Mingling
How sea kayaking sustains me.
By George Monbiot, published in the New Statesman, 26th July 2023
Running Amoc
It’s because the climate crisis is now visible to everyone that governments are giving the fossil fuel industry everything it demands.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 1st August 2023
All Hat and No Cattle
The spectacular implosion of a popular delusion about livestock farming.
By George Monbiot, published on monbiot.com, 2nd August 2023
Every industry has its apparatus of justification. The more damaging the industry, the greater the effort spent constructing it. Few if any industries are as damaging as meat production, especially meat production from ruminant animals, such as cattle and sheep.
The Door Is That Way
The striking new plan to let voters reclaim democracy in a profoundly undemocratic system.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 26th July 2023
Scapegoat Season
Instead of addressing our multiple ecological disasters, those with power are attacking wildlife defenders.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 20th July 2023
All-Consuming
The power of the very rich prevents us from addressing our two greatest existential threats.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 15th July 2023
Thinking about Thinking
How can education rise to the massive challenges young people will face?
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 8th July 2023
Thriving on Catastrophe
Why the climate crisis and the global rise of fascism are inextricable.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 15th June 2023
Hell Holes
Fossil fuel companies walk away from the lands they have devastated, often without paying a penny to restore them.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 1st June 2023
When you’re in a hole, keep digging. This is the strategy of opencast miners across the world: our past debts and future liabilities can one day be discharged if only we’re allowed to dig a little deeper and extract a little more. And public authorities keep falling for it.