The July 4 general election results were nothing short of extraordinary for the Green Party. As someone who has been deeply involved in this movement for many years, I cannot…
31 Jul, 2024
Climate
05 Feb, 2024
A Green New Deal can’t be an ambition, it’s a necessity.
The planet needs to be saved, people need well paid jobs in the areas they live, and everyone wants to see their heating bills reduced. A big investment in a…
28 Jun, 2021
Same Storm, Different Boats – the impacts of climate change fall unevenly and unequally
Photo by Thomas Millot on Unsplash It is easy to think of climate change as a problem for future generations to deal with and tackle, especially if its effects are…
04 Mar, 2021
The opportunity for green recovery – and why we need ecological interest rates
If the chancellor had got his carbon sums right, he could have helped save the economy and the climate together. An ecological interest rate would help. ‘Climate change is as…
05 Aug, 2020
Transformative Green Deal Politics
The urgency of the climate change challenge has been visibly growing, dramatically illustrated by the bush fires that swept across much of Australia at the end of 2019. The emergence…
04 Aug, 2020
What would Greta do?
Green Party leadership election: how can the party boost its influence on national politics? “I don’t want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. [...] And then I…
15 Jun, 2020
The coronavirus gives humanity one last chance – but for what exactly?
Many of us who are awake to the climate nightmare cycle through periods of despair on the one hand and desperate hope against hope on the other. We veer between…
05 Jun, 2020
Crisis conversations – Reset #4: time, work and sharing economic benefits
A decade of economic hardship seemed to have transformed for increasingly urban workforces the promise of shorter working weeks and better work-life balances into bleaker futures, of stressed commuting, working…
12 May, 2020
Crisis conversations – Reset #3: thriving places to live
Quieter streets, cleaner air, more time – amidst the human tragedy of the Covid-19 outbreak other experiences are inviting people to ask more of the quality of their home lives,…