Organic food production may be key to saving our land Letter: Simon Fairlie responds to George Monbiot’s article on farming and sustainable food production The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2022
We need optimism – but Disneyfied climate predictions are just dangerous Techno-utopianism is popular precisely because it doesn’t challenge the status quo, and lets polluters off the hook, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2022
The last Labour government wasn’t so bad after all, was it George? Letters: Chris Donnison asks George Monbiot to reconsider an article he wrote in 2008, and Gerald Clarke is disappointed that he did not mention the Windrush scandal in his his attack on the Conservatives The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2022
Ask yourself this before you vote: can anyone truly say the Tories have made Britain better? Weighed against the slim pickings of 12 years in government is an astounding litany of harm to the country, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2022
School exams: a major flaw in the UK’s education system Letters: Look to Finland for a more equitable education system, writes Chris Sinha, while Michael Symonds says regurgitating information in exams doesn’t help in life and Derrick Joad accuses the government of punishing independent thinking The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2022
Thursday briefing: The cost of living strategies that could actually work In this morning’s newsletter: Archie Bland talks to economics correspondent Richard Partington about what more the government could do to help the worst off in society The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2022
England’s punitive exam system is only good at one thing: preserving privilege These illogical tests have contributed to some of the poorest mental health outcomes in the world, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2022
Just Stop Oil: behind the scenes with the activists Growing numbers of young nonviolent climate protesters seem willing to face abuse and arrest. Dorian Lynskey joined them in Essex during last week’s action The Guardian - UK · Apr 10, 2022
‘Learning to live with it’? From Covid to climate breakdown, it’s the new way of failing The government is trying to wish away problems such as flooding by doing nothing. It’s incompetence by design, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2022
Our political consensus is built on lies and fear Letters: Politicians tend to subscribe to the same set of assumptions because they are terrified of being labelled radical, writes Jamie Driscoll. Plus letters from Dr Hugh Firth , Oliver McAdoo, Mike Garnier and Cathy Wood The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2022
Putin exploits the lie machine but didn’t invent it. British history is also full of untruths Our own crisis of truth is responsible for some of the world’s biggest problems, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2022
Tory MPs call the green transition ‘unaffordable’. Europe is proving that’s a lie The latest wave of climate deniers claim green schemes are ‘unaffordable’. Success stories from Europe prove that’s not true, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2022
Farmers and environmentalists must unite to create a sustainable food system Letters: Sue Pritchard of the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission on George Monbiot’s article about the food crisis The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2022
There are solutions to the food crisis. But ploughing up Britain isn’t one of them Though global prices are spiralling, fuelled by Russia’s war in Ukraine, this is no reason to drop rewilding, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2022 Nuclear option is not the best for energy transition away from Russian fuels Letters: Readers respond to George Monbiot’s article about moving away from oil and gas to nuclear power – and reflect on other ways to limit dependency on Russia for fuel
The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2022 It’s not too late to free ourselves from this idiotic addiction to Russian gas Starving Putin’s military machine of funds and preventing the collapse of life on Earth: we can do both at once, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Wales Online · Mar 5, 2022 Environmentalist George Monbiot calls treasured Welsh landscape 'a dead zone' devoid of life George Monbiot has said the Cambrian Mountains are among "the most dismal landscapes in Europe"
The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2022 We must confront Russian propaganda – even when it comes from those we respect The grim truth is that for years, a small part of the ‘anti-imperialist’ left has been recycling Putin’s falsehoods, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2022 What price British democracy when a rich elite has the government’s ear? The influence of ultra-rich Tory donors is more extreme than at any time in living memory, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2022 There’s no solidarity in ‘sovereign citizen’ protests — only incoherent rage Protests such as the Ottawa truck blockade are sweeping rich nations. But the movements are based on capitalist delusions , says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Wales Online · Feb 11, 2022 Environmental campaigner George Monbiot sells his Machynlleth house to a local family George Monbiot says he could have made more money selling to someone looking for a second home
The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2022 When it comes to the ‘costs’ of going green, the Tories suddenly care about poverty Energy bills are not increasing because of feeble environmental levies – the solution is a tax on the oil giants, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2022 Johnson’s ‘Brexit freedoms bill’ won’t set us free. But it will reward his supporters The wealthy ghouls who fund the Tory party expect their quid pro quo – and this legislation will deliver it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2022 Ethical carbon offsetting has a role to play in tackling the climate crisis Letters: Prof Mark Huxham and Mukti Kumar Mitchell on concerns about the viability of carbon offsets in response to an article by George Monbiot. Plus Barbara Foster and MSR Seshu on the climate implications of flights
The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2022 Carbon offsetting is not warding off environmental collapse – it’s accelerating it Wealthy companies are using the facade of ‘nature-based solutions’ to enact a great carbon land grab, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot