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Second Protest Rocks IMO HQ as Countries on the Verge of Agreeing Historic UN deal
Agreement could see the end of new fossil fuel powered ships within 2 decades
Campaigners Demand UN IMO Tackle Dangerous Shipping Emissions Now
Scientists, activists, community groups and concerned citizens launch campaign to clean up shipping at the IMO HQ in London
Campaign to sink London’s toxic cruise ship port kicks off
Just one ship emits the same amount of toxic diesel fumes as 688 lorries per hour
How To Avoid Palm Oil – 5 Food Hacks That Will Change Your Life
Multinational food corporations add palm oil to many widely consumed food products with devastating consequences across the food chain. Find out how to fight back.
#ReturnthePlastic
Revolutionary small town – Frome – is mobilising to return plastic to supermarkets
Notorious Toothfish Poacher Arrested by Liberian Coast Guard, Assisted by Sea Shepherd
Infamous fishing vessel had been blacked-listed by several regional fisheries
Violent Past, Hot Present, Extreme Future
Andreas Malm – Episodes of Fossil Imperialism and Climate Change in Egypt, India and Nigeria
EcoHustler Podcast 002 – Dr Lucy Gilliam
Science, Activism, Climate Change & the Big Blue Sea
New Legal Thriller Presents Multinational Food Corporations as the Next Big Tobacco
The Big Food / Big Sugar – Industrial Complex will do anything to protect their bottom line, and people are dying in the millions on the battlefield of profit over people
Why I just donated money to Oxfam
Punishing Oxfam avoids dealing with the ubiquitous, systemic oppression we need to face up to and which the organisation stands against
Why I bought 50M CarbonCoins…
And why you should check out this environmentally friendly cryptocurrency too
Poisoned Playgrounds
The Advertising Standards Authority banned this ad from TV. Let’s share it online.
The Queen’s Speech – Some Subsequent Considerations
The Grenfell Tower catastrophe calls for a radical overhaul of land ownership in the United Kingdom
Out of the Wreckage – A New Politics for an Age of Crisis
George Monbiot tells a new story that can re-engage people in politics and light a path to a better world
Local councils go plastic free
Green Party motions see town councils in Glastonbury, Frome, Norwich, Brighton and Penzance renounce single use plastics