For the first time, the government is consulting on a Land Use Framework for England. It’s an important step, but there’s a long way to go.
By George Monbiot. This is my response to the government’s Land Use Consultation, sent on 23rd March 2025.
As deliberately-contaminated sewage sludge is spread on farmland, it feels as if humanity is on a suicide mission.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 21st March 2025
If humanity has an epitaph, it might read something like this: “Knackered by the things we missed.” It is true that several existential threats are widely known and widely discussed. But some of the greatest dangers we face appear on almost no one’s radar.
We face a potential global food crisis, and no one is secure until everyone is secure.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 16th March 2025
I hate to sound like a prepper, but I feel bound to confess that over the past month I’ve been stockpiling food. I think, if you can, you should do the same.
Trump’s assaults on governance could trigger systemic collapse. Here’s how it might happen, and how we can prepare.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 18th February 2025
This is how Labour’s war on regulations will stymie its own policies. It is irrational and self-destructive.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 11th February 2025
This might sound astonishing, but the UK government’s core programme now appears to be the same as Donald Trump’s: dismantling the administrative state. There’s less theatre, but the results could prove harder to contest. Absurd? Consider the evidence.
The UK government’s pursuit of growth at all costs hands this country to predatory capital.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 30th January 2025
I can scarcely believe I’m writing this, but it’s hard to dodge the conclusion. After 14 years of environmental vandalism, it might have seemed impossible for Labour to offer anything but improvement. But on green issues, this government is worse than the Tories.
Labour’s housing strategy makes a dysfunctional system bigger. We need systemic change.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 26th January 2025
Build baby, build. That’s about the intellectual limit of the government’s housing strategy. Millions are under-housed, so let’s “bulldoze” the planning system and build more homes. But it’s not nearly so simple.
Trump’s presidency is a reversion to autocratic tyranny. Only concerted resistance can stop it from spreading.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 19th January 2025
State-sponsored rape, lies and deception – then a cover-up operating right across official life.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 28th November 2024
Soil carbon markets are going to collapse. And that’s a good thing.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 21st November 2024