We would do well to ask why governments seem to find it so easy to raise the money required to wreck the… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
If you construct political narratives around the psychodramas of politicians, even when they don't invite it, you open the way for those… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
Deregulation is a transfer of power from the trodden to the treading. It is unsurprising that all conservative parties claim to hate… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
There is enough oil in the ground to deep-fry the lot of us, and no obvious means to prevail upon governments and… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
Surplus money allows some people to exercise inordinate power over others: in the workplace; in politics; and above all in the capture,… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
In politics, almost everywhere we see what looks like the externalisation of psychic wounds or deficits. — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
The corporations are powerful only because we have allowed them to be. In theory, it is we, not they, who mandate the… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
Even when political reporting is not reduced to personality, political photography is. An article might offer depth and complexity, but is illustrated… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
David Cameron's government criminalised squatting in empty homes. This too was previously a civil matter. Thousands of homeless people found themselves on… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
We can expect commercial enterprises to attempt whatever lawful ruses they can pull off. It is up to society, represented by government,… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
“In managing our transport systems, our governments must constantly negotiate the paradox of mass movement. They must create a system which, for… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
We have a wider political and economic system in which ancient, landed power still carries immense weight. There is nothing some landowners… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
One-planet living means not only seeking to reduce our own consumption, but also mobilising against the system that promotes the great tide… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
The government argues that without a price, the living world is accorded no value, so irrational decisions are made. By costing nature,… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
Governments are deemed to succeed or fail by how well they make money go round, regardless of whether it serves any useful… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
If we want to prevent both climate and ecological catastrophes, the key task is to minimise the amount of land we use to feed… — George Monbiot Copy Share
“The wealth creators of neoliberal mythology are some of the most effective wealth destroyers the world has ever seen.” — George Monbiot Copy Share
The schedules are crammed with shows urging us to travel further, drive faster, build bigger, buy more, yet none of them are deemed to… — George Monbiot Copy Share
The ideology of consumption is so prevalent that it has become invisible: it is the plastic soup in which we swim. — George Monbiot Copy Share
I might find myself standing, transfixed, by the roadside, watching a sparrowhawk hunting among the bushes, astonished that other people could ignore it. But… — George Monbiot Copy Share
Economic growth is the aggregate effect of the quest to accumulate capital and extract profit. Capitalism collapses without growth, yet perpetual growth on a… — George Monbiot Copy Share
Even when political reporting is not reduced to personality, political photography is. An article might offer depth and complexity, but is illustrated with a… — George Monbiot Copy Share
Progress is measured by the speed at which we destroy the conditions that sustain life. — George Monbiot Copy Share
We are often told we are materialistic. It seems to me, we are not materialistic enough. We have a disrespect for materials. We use… — George Monbiot Copy Share
People believe Loose Change because it proposes a closed world: comprehensible, controllable, small. Despite the great evil which runs it, it is more companionable… — George Monbiot Copy Share
David Cameron's government criminalised squatting in empty homes. This too was previously a civil matter. Thousands of homeless people found themselves on the wrong… — George Monbiot Copy Share
If I could turn back the clock, magically deleting my prostate cancer, the surgery I needed and its complications, would I do so? It… — George Monbiot Copy Share
The grim truth is that the rich are able to live as they do only because others are poor: there is neither the physical… — George Monbiot Copy Share
Technological change is essential, but to a natural historian it often feels cold and distancing. — George Monbiot Copy Share
Yes, the car is still useful - for a few people it's essential. It would make a good servant. But it has become our… — George Monbiot Copy Share
