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
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
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
Yes, the car is still useful - for a few people it's essential. It would make a good servant. But it has… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
The problem is compounded by the fact that the connection between cause and effect seems so improbable. By turning on the lights,… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
I could see the point of Brexit if it meant returning power to the people. — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
The institutions founded 'to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war' have failed. Since the end of WW2, some thirty million… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
The people of each generation perceive the state of the ecosystems they encountered in their childhood as normal and natural. When wildlife… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
War and pestilence might kill large numbers of people, but in most cases the population recovers. But lose the soil and everything… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
It is a campaign not for abundance but for austerity. It is a campaign not for more freedom but for less. Strangest… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
When you warn people about the dangers of climate change, they call you a saint. When you explain what needs to be… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
Rather than allowing Roma, Travellers and homeless people to be picked off, all those of us who fear the criminalisation of trespass… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
While some people have rejected capitalism gladly and swiftly, I've done so slowly and reluctantly. Part of the reason was that I… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
Faced with a choice between the survival of the planet and a new set of matching tableware, most people would choose the… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
Even when nuclear power plants go horribly wrong, they do less damage to the planet and its people than coal-burning stations operating… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
“Thinking like ethical people, dressing like ethical people, decorating our homes like ethical people makes not a damn of difference unless we… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
I want to be represented by people who are thoughtful, self-aware and collaborative. What would a system that elevated such people look… — 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
Few people younger than me know that it was once normal to see fields white with mushrooms, or rivers black with eels… — 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
As SUVs are higher and heavier, they are more likely to kill the people they hit. Driving an SUV in an urban… — 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 Image
“The wealth creators of neoliberal mythology are some of the most effective wealth destroyers the world has ever seen.” — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Progress is measured by the speed at which we destroy the conditions that sustain life. — 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. We use… — 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 more companionable… — 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 the wrong… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
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 Image
