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The politics of food has been a long under-researched topic in the UK, though one that is becoming more and more relevant as Brexit approaches us. Natalie Bennett reviews Many Mouths: The Politics of Food in Britain from the Workhouse to the Welfare State by Nadja Durbach to see what we can learn from the past interrelationship between food policy, gender and class.

Agriculture Bill leaves more questions than answers

Green peer Natalie Bennett reflects on the Agriculture Bill after its debate in the House of Lords

Nothing to see here

Dr Megan Argo weighs up the benefits and risks of launching too many satellites into the Earth’s orbit

Decolonizing the Curriculum: Why Black History matters

Navasha Wray discusses the importance of re-examining Britain’s colonial past

Black Trans Lives Matter: Shared history of fighting for equality

Susie O’Connor looks back at the trans people of colour activists influential in the early LGBT+ rights movement

Europe’s Green Deal as the new normal

Co-Chair of the European Green Party Evelyne Huytebroeck presses for a sustainable, fair Europe built on solidarity.

An image of a garment factory in Bangladesh

Will fast fashion have a future post Covid-19?

Holly Barrow considers how the fast fashion industry must reconstruct itself after the pandemic.

“Scotland is getting more different by the day”

Part Two of our Q&A with Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater

Opinion: A Green Brexit is possible

Rupert Read and Emma Dawnay discuss how Brexit can be made to work for the environment

Restarting Europe post-Covid

“The conviction that there would be ‘no going back to business as usual’ was palpable”. Evelyn Leslie, member of the Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW) International Committee, discu...

Evelyn Leslie |

Europe

Climate Change

Green Party

Economics

| Fri 19 Jun 2020

Council of the European Green Party begins

As the 31st Council of the European Green Party (EGP) begins today (10 June), former Green Party MEP and member of the committee of the European Green Party Jean Lambert explains how the ...

Jean Lambert |

| Wed 10 Jun 2020

Oceans on a knife edge

“Urgent system change and a transformation of our treatment of the natural world are essential to the restoration of health, and to our own survival.” Green peer Natalie Bennett reflects ...

Natalie Bennett |

| Mon 8 Jun 2020

George Floyd murder: Solidarity in pain and fear

The US is convulsing with protest over the shocking murder of African American George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, who kneeled on his neck for eight minutes, suffocating him. So...

Green World |

| Wed 3 Jun 2020

What can we draw from women’s histories?

“Helen Lewis notes that feminists’ victories are often downplayed, because the causes they fight for – like equal pay or an Equalities Act – come to be seen as common sense as if the vict...

Natalie Bennett | | Wed 3 Jun 2020

"Westminster looks dysfunctional to Scotland”

Green World’s Alan Story interviews Lorna Slater, co-leader of the Scottish Greens, discussing proportional representation, the climate emergency, the upcoming 2021 elections and attracti...

Alan Story |

| Tue 2 Jun 2020

Rob Hopkins interview: Overcoming the crisis of imagination

As debates begin over what kind of recovery strategy should be implemented following the Covid-19 pandemic, Green World interviews environmental activist Rob Hopkins about society’s loss ...

Green World |

| Mon 1 Jun 2020

Save the trees: the campaigner whose protest stopped felling

“What had been planned for the trees of Western Road symbolises much that was — and still is — wrong in neoliberal Britain: privatisation, austerity, national and local governments gett...

Alan Story |

Environment

Society

Politics

| Wed 27 May 2020

The role of creative industries in driving change

“The climate crisis is asking urgent questions on what art is for and art and culture are finding huge connections to that crisis.” Alison Tickell, CEO of London-based charity Julie’s Bic...

Alison Tickell |

Society

| Fri 22 May 2020

What does “not going back” mean for how we get around?

“I’ve lost count of the conversations with neighbours and campaigners wanting to keep some of the lockdown quietness and make sure that it stays safe for people to breathe, walk and cycle...

Caroline Russell |

Transport

Environment

Society

| Thu 21 May 2020

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