August 28th 2012. Remember that date. It marks the day when the world went raving mad. — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
Farmfree production promises a far more stable and reliable food supply that can be grown anywhere, even in countries without farmland. It… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
Never underestimate the power of intrinsic values. They inspire every struggle for a better world. — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
All the money, all the prestige in the world will never make up for the loss of your freedom. — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
A large body of literature suggests that wellbeing is intimately linked to attachment - not only to other people, but also to… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
In motivating people to love and defend the natural world, an ounce of hope is worth a ton of despair — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
I became an environmentalist because I love the living world, but I spend much of my life thinking about electricity, industrial processes… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
People believe Loose Change because it proposes a closed world: comprehensible, controllable, small. Despite the great evil which runs it, it is… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
Acknowledging our love for the living world does something that a library full of papers on sustainable development and ecosystem services cannot:… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
The struggle to save every possible species and ecosystem from the current wave of destruction is worthwhile. One day, perhaps within our… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
Food production is ripping the living world apart. Fishing and farming are, by a long way, the greatest cause of extinction and… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
We should seek to love our lives and live fully, but not to extend them indefinitely. We should love our children exuberantly,… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
For many years, wildlife film-making has presented a pristine living world. It has created an impression of security and abundance, even in… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
What I love about natural climate solutions is that we should be doing all these things anyway. Instead of making painful choices… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
So, if you don’t fit in, if you feel at odds with the world, if your identity is troubled and frayed, if… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
We are often told we are materialistic. It seems to me, we are not materialistic enough. We have a disrespect for materials.… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
Is the divine presence a Republican? Or is He/She/It running an inter-galactic fossil fuel conglomerate?...whatever the explanation may be, the Paraclete appears… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
We should continue to mobilise against the destruction of the world's great habitats, and its terrifying implications. But the most persuasive argument… — 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
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
