Category: Ethics

‘Till Birnam Wood remove to Dunsinane

How Walking Forest are bringing Suffragette courage to climate change

The conflicts that killed COP 26

It’s hard to give up hope, particularly if it’s the last hope, but COP 26 has failed. The pledges fall

Can a wave have rights?

The drafting of a new ‘ecocide’ law promises serious legal protection for the environment. It’s a fascinating development, but challenges remain.

Life after capitalism – an interview with Tim Jackson

Tim Jackson is Professor of Sustainable Development and Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity. Here we talk about his brilliant new book Post Growth in which he challenges prevailing economic orthodoxies and sets out powerful suggestions for change.

Slouching to Armageddon: Covid and climate change

Plague and pestilence have deep historic links to climatic disruption. We need to understand better the links between human health and the ecosystems we depend on.

Tackling climate change: why we need small gestures as much as grand narratives.

Guest blog by Matthew Taylor. Matthew is outgoing CEO of the Royal Society of Arts and soon to be CEO

Rainham marshes

Whetstone.

Whetstone assembles vital responses to our environments and to our search for a place within them. We must find liveable

Environmental crisis – the central moral challenge.

For much of our history we have treated the environment as our inexhaustible larder, supply depot and dumping ground. No