Biodiversity Farming Food Sustainability
Could small farmers feed the world?
From Climate & Capitalism The claim that small farms produce 70% of all food is a myth … but in…
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Biodiversity Climate Change Fossil Fuels Sustainability
Earth ‘well outside safe operating space for humanity’, scientists find
From The Guardian First complete ‘scientific health check’ shows most global systems beyond stable range in which modern civilisation emerged…
Biodiversity Ecosocialism
Wildfires and the Threat to Earth’s Biodiversity
From Socialist Project, Canada In early August 2023, a succession of wildfires ignited within the state of Hawaii, primarily affecting…
Biodiversity Britain Climate Change Geographical Pollution
The RSPB took on ministers and fell to earth. How it happened is a warning to us all
From George Monbiot This is not just a story of a wildlife charity being bullied – it’s about the ugly…
Biodiversity Britain Farming Geographical Pollution Sustainability
Government rejected calls from its own experts to protect key nature sites
From Open Democracy Tory lack of seriousness on environmental issues is across the board. Natural England’s key recommendation for…
Biodiversity Britain Farming Food Geographical Pollution Sustainability Waste
UK river ‘dying’ after farmers lobbied government to water down protections
From Open Democracy National Farmers’ Union boasted about months of lobbying to weaken enforcement of environmental regulation Billy Stockwell 13…
Biodiversity Climate Change Farming Food Fossil Fuels Sustainability
With our food systems on the verge of collapse, it’s the plutocrats v life on Earth
George Monbiot’s latest article in The Guardian Climate breakdown and crop losses threaten our survival, but the ultra-rich find ever…
Biodiversity Climate Change
Ecological tipping points could occur much sooner than expected, study finds
An alarming report from The Guardian. Amazon rainforest and other ecosystems could collapse ‘very soon’, researchers warn Jonathan Watts Global…
Biodiversity Britain Food Geographical Pollution Sustainability
The European eel – a critically endangered species on the menu of top European restaurants
Alan Thornett (pictured with a trophy eel in 1949) writes: The most disastrous consequence, of today’s environmental crisis, is the…
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Building for The Big One
Nearly 100 organisations have signed up for The Big One and their details are on the XR website here. Red-Green…