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Marie Kondo sparks consternation with online homeware store
Decluttering guru looks to clean up but says ‘if the bowl you’re using currently sparks joy for you, I don’t encourage replacing it’
GeorgeMonbiot
The entire economic model - which depends on the endless growth in consumption - relies on buying things you don't need, throwing them away, then replacing them with more things you don't need.
#MarieKondo is merely following its inexorable logic.
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Man drops dead in JobCentre queue after being declared fit to work
Staff noticed he looked unwell as he slumped in his chair and put him on the floor to perform CPR.
Flood-hit farmers in spat with George Monbiot about dredging
A row has broken out over the merits of dredging rivers in the wake of this week’s flooding in South Yorkshire and the East Midlands, with
Land ownership: the greatest monopoly
Join NEF convening a panel of speakers to discuss what a radical agenda for land would look like
GeorgeMonbiot
On Wednesday, we'll be discussing our radical agendas for land reform in the UK, at this @NEF event. Tickets free, but you'll have to move fast
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Extinction Rebellion activists blockade Syngenta plant
Climate activists have staged a protest against the use of chemicals outside Syngenta’s manufacturing plant in Huddersfield. Activists from Extinction
Break the Whip
It should be illegal to influence an MP’s vote By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 12th June 2001 A few months ago, I accepted an invitation to speak at …
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GeorgeMonbiot
18 years ago, I wrote a column that discussed the utter fatuity, drawling entitlement and golden path to power at the #OxfordUnion. The disgraceful treatment of Ebenezer Azamati suggests that little has changed. We would all be better off without it.
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Reforesting the UK: 'Trees are the ultimate long-term project'
The UK needs 1.5bn new trees to tackle the climate crisis – a Northumberland project is showing one way forward
Global warming rigged? Here's the email I'd need to see | George Monbiot
George Monbiot: The leaked correspondence by climate scientists is disturbing, but only a far greater conspiracy would justify sceptics' claims
Take part in a national televised climate and nature debate
The last year has seen an incredible surge in public demand for action on the climate and nature emergency. A record 85% of the public are now concerned about climate change, and for the first time ever a majority is saying the climate crisis will...
Police oppose Traveller and Gypsy camp crackdown, FOI shows
Evidence suggests force believes criminalising trespass to be wrong approach
Floods and Dredging – A Reality Check
Considering the merits of dredging in relation to its positive & negative impacts. Download the full report. No-one should underestimate the power of flooding.
GeorgeMonbiot
Unlike a lot of people on my timeline, @CIWEM knows what it's talking about.
ciwem.org/policy-reports… pic.twitter.com/yT76dZ35HO
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Priti Patel’s demonisation of Gypsies is an attack on the vulnerable for political gain | George Monbiot
Threatening to confiscate the homes of those suspected of trespassing will fuel bigotry, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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GeorgeMonbiot
What the government is proposing here is nothing less than cleansing. Possibly the darkest and most frightening legislative proposal in the UK for a decade. My column.
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GeorgeMonbiot
When I consider Priti Patel’s career as a tobacco lobbyist, her shocking behaviour at DFID, culminating in her secret attempt to channel UK aid money through the Israeli military, and now this, I get the impression that she has no moral scruples at all.
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Liz Truss has chosen to protect farmers over flood victims | George Monbiot
George Monbiot: By doing everything the farming lobby asks, the UK environment secretary is using public money to make the flooding of the built environment even more likely
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GeorgeMonbiot
To the farmers on the radio saying "we need more dredging to prevent floods", you literally could not be more wrong.
Dredging of rivers passing through farmland speeds up the flow of water to the towns downstream.
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Young People Everywhere Register to Vote Now! | George Monbiot
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GeorgeMonbiot
Older people have the least stake in the future, but the most say in elections.
Why? Because they are more likely to vote than young people.
If you want to live in a nation that will safeguard your future, please REGISTER, then VOTE.
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‘Insect apocalypse’ poses risk to all life on Earth, conservationists warn
Report claims 400,000 insect species face extinction amid heavy use of pesticides
Young People Everywhere Register to Vote! | George Monbiot
“Those with the least stake at the moment have the most votes. That has to change”
GeorgeMonbiot
And here's why every young person should vote.
Those with the least stake in the future currently have the most votes. This has to change.
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How UK academics are facing a furious backlash for advising students to vote
Universities have a legal obligation to encourage voter registration. This has prompted an angry reaction in some areas
GeorgeMonbiot
This reflects the rising tide of #VoterSuppression in the UK.
Rule 1 of politics - Don't Let the Bastards Win.
Register to vote.
It takes 5 minutes.
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Tell Canada Goose, 'Ditch Fur and Down'!
This global "luxury" outdoor apparel line is making jackets with fur from trapped coyotes and down from slaughtered ducks and geese. Tell it to stop now!
Childhood pneumonia cases up 50% in 10 years, NHS data shows
A&E admissions highest in deprived areas of England as bronchiolitis drives increase
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GeorgeMonbiot
Good grief. This alone should stop anybody who gives a damn about humanity from voting the Conservatives back in. They have created levels of deprivation that belong to a previous era.
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