If you or I had lived 500 years ago, our worldview, and the decisions we made as a result, would have been… — 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
I could see the point of Brexit if it meant returning power to the people. — 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
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
I believe that anyone who wants to stand in a national election should receive a course of psychotherapy. Completing the course should… — 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
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
