GEORGE MONBIOT GETS BACK TO THE LAND IN REGENESIS
George Monbiot is a serious guy. He’s an eco-activist at the cliff face of climate change, challenging greenwashing, fossil fuel marketeers and political/corporate corruption at the highest levels. I managed to make him laugh while he signed my copy of Regenesis at the Byline Festival for social change (2023, Dartington Hall, Devon). “Don’t say cheese, […]
FROM ANTHROPOCENTRIC TO ECOCENTRIC: What the World needs now
On Wednesday 7th June 2023, ClientEarth gathered a panel of experts and professionals for the conference, Bridging the Divide – How to Discuss Climate Change? to explore the fundamental question, ‘In an era of increasing political and social polarisation, how do we come together to discuss a crisis that affects us all – climate change?’ […]
NEW EU REGULATIONS TAKE A STANCE AGAINST GREENWASHING
Image Credit – Michael Fousert The European Union (EU) is planning to impose penalties on companies that make false or misleading claims about the environmental benefits of their products and services in an attempt to combat corporate greenwashing, according to leaked draft legislation seen by European news website EURACTIV.1 The proposal, set to be tabled […]
ARCHIVE: FRANCE IS PIONEERING THE MOVE TOWARDS A CIRCULAR ECONOMY – COULD THE UK LEARN A THING OR TWO?
Image Credit – Philippe Murray-Pietsch Over recent years, France has introduced a number of sustainable development strategies and coherent policies that aim to promote a more circular economy. Chiefly, The 2020 Anti-Waste Law, also called AGEC Law, (translates to Loi relative à la lute contre le gaspillage et a l’économie circulaire) lays out a variety […]
ARCHIVE: EXTINCTION REBELLION ACTIVISTS TARGET MICHAEL GOVE’S OFFICE IN RESPONSE TO CUMBRIA COAL MINE DECISION
Image Credit – @XrebellionUK Extinction Rebellion (XR) staged a bold protest outside the Department of Levelling Up, Housing & Communities in London on Monday, (17th January) in response to the UK government’s recent decision allowing the development of a new coal mine in Whitehaven, Cumbria.1 The deep coal mine, set to be the UK’s first […]
NEW WATERAID INSTALLATIONS SHEDS LIGHTS ON THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON CHILDREN’S FUTURES
Image Credit – Joel Chant WaterAid installation, Canary Wharf, Joel Chant, 2022 London’s Canary Wharf is home to a new art installation unveiled by WaterAid in collaboration with Bristol-based artist Max Dorey. As a part of the charity’s Our Climate Fight campaign, the UK organisation hopes the project will encourage governments around the world to […]
THE GLOBAL PLASTICS TREATY
A step in the right direction Image Credit – Nick Fewings On March 2nd, 2022, UN member states voted to frame a Global Plastic Treaty and to forge an international, legally binding agreement by 2024. This is the first global treaty on plastic pollution, and its goal is to address plastic throughout its lifecycle, from […]
UK SEWAGE SCANDAL
Image Credit – Patrick Federi The UK sewage scandal is messier than we thought The recent sewage issues on the UK coasts continue to be a huge topic of conversation right now. Raw sewage is being dumped into local seas and rivers due to overwhelmed local systems from recent rainfall. Dubbed the ‘sewage scandal’, around […]
