George Monbiot

If we want to prevent both climate and ecological catastrophes, the key task is to minimise the amount of land we use…

— George Monbiot

“The wealth creators of neoliberal mythology are some of the most effective wealth destroyers the world has ever seen.”

— George Monbiot

The schedules are crammed with shows urging us to travel further, drive faster, build bigger, buy more, yet none of them are…

— George Monbiot

The ideology of consumption is so prevalent that it has become invisible: it is the plastic soup in which we swim.

— George Monbiot

I might find myself standing, transfixed, by the roadside, watching a sparrowhawk hunting among the bushes, astonished that other people could ignore…

— George Monbiot

Economic growth is the aggregate effect of the quest to accumulate capital and extract profit. Capitalism collapses without growth, yet perpetual growth…

— George Monbiot

Even when political reporting is not reduced to personality, political photography is. An article might offer depth and complexity, but is illustrated…

— George Monbiot

Progress is measured by the speed at which we destroy the conditions that sustain life.

— George Monbiot

We are often told we are materialistic. It seems to me, we are not materialistic enough. We have a disrespect for materials.…

— George Monbiot

People believe Loose Change because it proposes a closed world: comprehensible, controllable, small. Despite the great evil which runs it, it is…

— George Monbiot

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

If I could turn back the clock, magically deleting my prostate cancer, the surgery I needed and its complications, would I do…

— George Monbiot

The grim truth is that the rich are able to live as they do only because others are poor: there is neither…

— George Monbiot

Technological change is essential, but to a natural historian it often feels cold and distancing.

— George Monbiot

Yes, the car is still useful - for a few people it's essential. It would make a good servant. But it has…

— George Monbiot

Until fishing is properly regulated and contained, we should withdraw our consent. Save your plastic bags by all means, but if you…

— George Monbiot

It doesn't matter how many solar panels you install if you don't simultaneously shut down coal and gas burners.

— George Monbiot

The struggle to save every possible species and ecosystem from the current wave of destruction is worthwhile. One day, perhaps within our…

— George Monbiot

Farmfree production promises a far more stable and reliable food supply that can be grown anywhere, even in countries without farmland. It…

— George Monbiot

In thinking about male identities, I'm struck by the inadequacy of the terms we use. The notion that men should be distant,…

— George Monbiot

After 12,000 years of feeding humankind, all farming except fruit and veg production is likely to be replaced by ferming: brewing microbes…

— George Monbiot

If you or I had lived 500 years ago, our worldview, and the decisions we made as a result, would have been…

— George Monbiot

Everyone should be free to learn; knowledge should be disseminated as widely as possible.

— George Monbiot

Like coal, capitalism has brought many benefits. But, like coal, it now causes more harm than good.

— George Monbiot

The problem is compounded by the fact that the connection between cause and effect seems so improbable. By turning on the lights,…

— George Monbiot