Climate Crisis
Susan Paulson and Jason Hickel – “Everything you wanted to know about Degrowth (But didn’t know who to ask).”
This is our podcast from 9 December 2020
Food Production
Climate Crisis
Agricultural and Rural Convention – The Common Agriculture Policy and Sustainable Farming: A statement by scientists
40 scientific experts have come together today to release a paper on the role CAP plays in trying to make farming sustainable. Below we republish the summary of this paper, and provide a link to […]
Aviation
The Case for Degrowth by Giorgos Kallis, Susan Paulson, Giacomo D’Alisa, Federico Demaria
Book Review by Mathew D. Rose “Forlorn Hope” was a British military term from the seventeenth to early nineteenth century for a group of soldiers chosen to take an extremely hazardous role in a military […]
Climate Crisis
Climate Analytics: Climate Transparency Report 2020: Country Profiles
Do have a look at the EU and the four largest European economies. Interesting is that Germany, which parades itself as a leader in fighting the climate crisis has the worst ratings. Read here
Corruption
Colin Todhunter- Ukraine: Dispossession and Imperialism Repackaged as ‘Feeding the World’
Ukraine appears to be a lost cause. It now belongs to international corporations with a political elite that can be described as Third World (the term is being used figuratively). This is definitely an EU […]
Climate Crisis
Tim Radford – Mixed Farming Beats Intensive Agriculture Methods
It sounds like the conservationist’s dream. But a return to traditional mixed farming ways could pay off for farmers too. Tim Radford, a founding editor of Climate News Network, worked for The Guardian for 32 […]
Climate Crisis
Mat Hope – Pesticide companies are Climate-Washing their Brands
Agribusiness is trying to spin itself some eco-credentials, to stop governments from regulating it. Mat Hope is editor of DeSmog UK Cross-posted from Open Democracy If the current home page of pesticide giant Syngenta is […]
Climate Crisis
France 24: Thousands of climate activists appeal to Brussels to withdraw farm policy
Thousands of climate activists have added their names to a new campaign spearheaded by Greta Thunberg, asking the European Commission to retract a farming policy that they say would make it impossible to reach the […]
Corruption
DW: European top court upholds French ban on bee-harming pesticides
As we can again see, give lobbyists and corporations enough tie and funds to bribe EU politicians, any law can be changed, even if confirmed in courts. Read Here
Climate Crisis
Greenpeace – EU Parliament Signs Death Sentence for Small Farms and Nature
The EU’s Brown Deal is becoming increasingly visible. Still people refuse to accept the fact that the corrupt EU political class serves international corporations, not its citizens. Read here