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Walking With Nature: Music to inspire change

Climate change is on everybody’s lips, but the enormity of the challenge can leave people at a loss over what they can do to stop it. Composer Penny Squire has written a brass quintet called ‘Walking With Nature’ that seeks to inspire listeners with hope to take action over climate change.

Five ways the Green Party would shake up our schools

Tom Hazell explains how the Green Party would transform the UK's school system

UK must defend human rights in Hong Kong

Green Peer Natalie Bennett explains how the House of Lords has responded to the protests in Hong Kong

Brexit’s unheeded impact on airports

It's not just seaports that face crash-out Brexit chaos but airports too – and the people around them

Students, vote with your conscience

Brighton Green councillor Martin Osbourne calls on students to register to vote for the upcoming general election

The fight against Heathrow expansion

Jenny Bates, campaigner at Friends of the Earth, explores the impacts of an expanded Heathrow

Stop London’s arms fair

Catherine Rowett, Green Party MEP for the East of England, explains why she will be protesting against the arms fair

Jones delivers Greens’ Speech in Lords

Green peer Jenny Jones delivered a Green alternative to the Queen’s Speech in the House of Lords

Building a working-class environmental movement

Dr Karen Bell discusses how to bring the working class on board with environmentalism

The tale of Preston New Road

Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley joined protestors at Preston New Road

“This is one campaign with a clear end goal that can only be achieved if we work together.” For 1,000 days, anti-fracking activists have campaigned at Preston New Road in Lancashire, us...

Tina Rothery |

Activism

Environment

Energy

| Fri 1 Nov 2019

Breaking the union

“How many Tory MPs went into politics to destroy their country? The fact that Brexit has become a national disease is proven by the decision to support a deal that is likely to see the en...

Molly Scott Cato |

| Thu 24 Oct 2019

Ellie Chowns: On the right to protest

“The use of Section 14 in this way is an unprecedented move in policing public protests in the UK, and it is a worrying one. The right to peaceful protest is a fundamental pillar of our d...

Ellie Chowns |

| Wed 23 Oct 2019

Poland discovers ecology

After a long time of being either ignored or seen as a Western luxury topic, the state of the environment has begun to occupy a broad space in Polish public debate. From the threat of air...

Bartlomiej Kozek |

| Fri 11 Oct 2019

Aviation has its days counted

Diego Pedraza Lahoz, activist at campaign group Stay Grounded, explains the environmental and social arguments for the degrowth of the aviation industry.

Diego Pedraza Lahoz |

Air Quality

Climate Change

Pollution

| Thu 10 Oct 2019

Councillor Julien Pritchard and Birmingham’s Climate Emergency

Green World talks to Green councillor Julien Pritchard about his experience of being the only Green on Birmingham City Council, and how he managed to get the council to declare a Climate ...

Imogen Benson |

Green Party

Local Government

Politics

| Wed 9 Oct 2019

Is animal agriculture guilty of ecocide?

With barrister Michael Mansfield making recent headlines for proposing a ban on the consumption of meat, Tim Thorpe, Campaigns and Policy Officer at The Vegan Society, explores the practi...

Tim Thorpe |

Animal Rights

Campaigns

Environment

| Tue 8 Oct 2019

The consequences of language

“The high standards of decency and respect, on which the UK’s democracy is built and so many have taken for granted, now appear to be crumbling.” With today (2 October) marking the UN’s I...

Scott Ainslie |

UK Government

Brexit

| Wed 2 Oct 2019

The business of Brexit

Following recent allegations by Phillip Hammond and Boris Johnson’s sister that Tory-backing ‘speculators’ will stand to profit from no-deal, Molly Scott Cato, Green MEP for the South Wes...

Molly Scott Cato |

Brexit

UK Government

Economics

| Tue 1 Oct 2019

Action on Climate Emergency campaign to drive climate action

Action for Climate Emergency campaigners participating in the Bristol anti-airport expansion campaign, along with Extinction Rebellion and Youth Strikes for Climate

Set to be announced at the Green Party Conference this weekend (4-6 October) in Newport, Campaigns Co-ordinator Caroline New outlines how the new Action on Climate Emergency (ACE) campaig...

Caroline New |

Climate Change

Green Party

Campaigns

| Tue 1 Oct 2019

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