Climate Crisis
Steve Keen – “Don’t Study THIS Economist” Top Economist Warns Students
This is an edited video of a talk I gave at Yale University, where Nordhaus is a Professor, critiquing his work and that of his cabal of followers.
Food Production
Climate Crisis
Morning Star: What will a 3°C world look like?
IAN SINCLAIR highlights a recent book chapter by climate scientist Professor Stefan Rahmstorf, who warns ‘a world full of horrors’ can expected if climate catastrophe is not averted Read HERE
Climate Crisis
Jem Bendell – The scientific pain of climate change: Shifting narratives of acceptance and avoidance in climatology
Any time we use to debunk the irrational ideological arguments of privileged people in privileged societies is time lost for serious exploration for how to respond to reality. Jem Bendell is Professor of Sustainability Leadership, […]
Food Production
Helena Norberg-Hodge – The Globalized, Industrialized Food System Is Destroying the World: We Urgently Need to Support Local Food Economies
Our food system is linked to an economic system fundamentally biased against what’s good for people and the planet. Helena Norberg-Hodge is the founder and director of Local Futures. She is the author of Ancient Futures (Chelsea Green, […]
Food Production
Shonil Baghwat – How a Trump election win could hit the US food industry and leave millions of Americans hungry
Amid all the noise about these key issues however, food has received only marginal coverage in the campaigning despite the country’s high cost of living. Shonil Baghwat is Professor of Environment and Development, The Open University […]
EU politics
ARC – CAP not Matching Europe’s Green Ambitions, say Auditors (again)
CAP 2023-2027 is greener than the previous CAP – but plans “do not match the EU’s ambitions for the climate and the environment”. That’s according to the ECA – the European Court of Auditors ARC2020 […]
Food Production
Vicky Bond – Chickens Lack the Most Basic Legal Protection: The Right to Humane Slaughter
Chickens may be the most abused animals on the planet. Vicky Bond is a veterinary surgeon, animal welfare scientist, and the president of The Humane League, a global nonprofit organization working to end the abuse of […]
Climate Crisis
Chris Hedges – The Cost of Resistance
11 September 2024 Introduction by Roger Hallam This video is a recording of a talk given by Chris Hedges at the Kairos Club London on September 11, 2024. Drawing on his intimate knowledge of resistance […]
Food Production
Hans van Scharen and Irene Keizer – A new agri mega merger, where are political rightwingers when farmers need them?
While mega-mergers, just like international free trade agreements, have been shown to have profound and long lasting impacts on farmers and their livelihoods, right wing politicians seem to have no problem with them. Hans van […]
Food Production
Adina Florea et al – On Edge: Europe’s Farmers at a Mental Health Breaking Point
Farmers in Greece, Spain, Romania, Czechia, and Poland explain why they are on the brink, financially and mentally. Adina Florea is a freelance journalist specialising in labour migration, minority rights, and environmental issues in Eastern Europe. Apolena Rychlíková Apolena Rychlíková is […]