Enough of the quick fixes, the sticking plasters that scarcely cover the wound. What farmers need now is help to get off the treadmill, and that requires a wholesale rethink of our food and farming systems - argues HELEN BROWNING
Extreme water waste is driven by private profit motives - and is unacceptable in a time of climate change. The UK must bring its water supply back into public ownership, argues ADAM McGIBBON
Trump and Brexit represent the final battle in a century long war for free market economics - and against the state provision of education, health and welfare services, and regulations designed to protect human health and the natural environment. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates
In the latest issue of Resurgence & Ecologist – on sale now – we celebrate the theme of "food". From sustainable farming to healthy eating and spiritual nourishment, GREG NEALE introduces the magazine, some of its writers and a new podcast series
Architects, designers and horticulturalists are working together to develop edible and environmentally friendly 'living walls' in cities throughout the world. POLLY ALLEN investigates
The UK’s voracious appetite for wood-fueled energy is sounding alarm bells among environmental advocates, health groups, and those living near clear-cut forests. SASHA STASHWICK argues that biomass is worse for our environment than burning coal.
Enough of the quick fixes, the sticking plasters that scarcely cover the wound. What farmers need now is help to get off the treadmill, and that requires a wholesale rethink of our food and farming systems - argues HELEN BROWNING
Extreme water waste is driven by private profit motives - and is unacceptable in a time of climate change. The UK must bring its water supply back into public ownership, argues ADAM McGIBBON
Trump and Brexit represent the final battle in a century long war for free market economics - and against the state provision of education, health and welfare services, and regulations designed to protect human health and the natural environment. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates
Margaret Thatcher was at the height of her premiership when she took to the podium at the United Nations general assembly on the global environment held at the UN building in New York on 8 November 1989, writes BRENDAN MONTAGUE
Scientists had well understood for many decades that adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere could raise global temperatures and cause climate change. But when politicians finally took notice, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was formed, industry began a war with science itself. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates
Thatcherism was the implementation of neoliberalism - the school of free market economics led by Friedrich von Hayek. This school claimed economics was a science that should direct society and social policy. But, strangely, Hayek felt science itself should be avoided - as it led to socialism. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports
Science is humanity’s way of discovering truth. And yet science is increasingly in the crosshairs of populist governments. DR HUGH HUNT reports on the launch of the International Science Council (ISC) to see if their mission to protect truth will prosper
KARIN NANSEN, chair of Friends of the Earth International, argues that a complete change to the economic system is necessary if we are ever to confront and transcend the environmental, climatic and social crises upon us
Systems thinking - and in particular game theory - can provide startling new insights into how and why liberal economics is leading to a fatal depletion of ecological landscapes. It can also provide 'an alternative pathway', writes DR ROBERT BIEL
Systems will decide our fate. How the system of capitalism continues to interact with natural systems - and whether this will cause irreversible change to the climate system - will determine the history of humanity. So can 'systems thinking' transform the way journalists understand and report this world of systems? BRENDAN MONTAGUE, editor of The Ecologist, argues it can and must
'Ecoliteracy' is urgent and necessary if we are going to build resilient and sustainable human communities that work with the patterns, structures and limitations of the natural environment. FRITJOF CAPRA, a physicist, argues that systems thinking is a crucial component of this new understanding
Farmer and activist Hector Christie marches into Tesco and Asda to 'round up the Round Up' to protest the use of carcinogenic ingredient - and is totally stunned by how the staff in one North Devon superstore respond. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports
In the latest issue of Resurgence & Ecologist – on sale now – we celebrate the theme of "food". From sustainable farming to healthy eating and spiritual nourishment, GREG NEALE introduces the magazine, some of its writers and a new podcast series
Many of us have forgotten how it feels to be truly alone, with jobs, families and now the endless stream of digital information all vying for our attention. But taking time out with just nature for company can provide a myriad of physical, emotional and mental benefits, write BRAD DANIEL, ANDREW BOBILYA and KEN KALISCH
Italy's populist government recently called for migrant search and rescue boats to be pulled back. MARC BRIGHTMAN argues the country's social and economical problems are best addressed together as issues of sustainability
Floods in continental Europe and a record-dry May in Finland’s forests are just two of many examples of climate change in action, says Rewilding Europe. But a new project to harness the carbon sequestration potential of boreal Finland hopes to bring about positive change at a time of intense climate crisis. CATHERINE HARTE reports
Practicing mindfulness may still be considered awkward, wacky and downright weird to many. But in his Resurgence Talk SIR ANTHONY SELDON argues it's "the very zenith of sanity" and the key to happiness
Refugee Vartan Melkonian is a world-renowned conductor and spokesman for the UN. He speaks to LAURA BRIGGS about how being born a 'street slug' in a refugee camp in Lebanon shaped his life to mark World Refugee Day
The government of Hawaii - once a defender of the GM corn industry - has passed a law that forces agro-chemical companies to disclose what pesticides they spray. It has also become the first US state to ban the chlorpyrifos, which has been linked to brain damage in babies. Christopher Pala reports
Public protests at the copper smelter plant of Sterlite Industries in the town of Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu, India, were met with police fire during the last two days, with 13 protesters killed and and hundreds injured. MRINALINI SHINDE and AMEYA BOKIL report
General Systems Theory can be a useful tool for understanding nature, and how society can exist in harmony of nature. The seminal book Limits to Growth used a systemic analysis - but was itself limited. Dr ROBERT BIEL examines how the systemic view can shed light on the colonial history of the North / West and the role it plays in the world's extractive present
Greece might be in dire financial straights but for the country’s best-known natural beauty brand, things have never been better. Ruth Styles caught up with Lena Korres to find out why
If you're planning a new year health kick there's no point buying an expensive new bike - reconditioned or recycled cycles are the environmentally friendly way to lose those Christmas pounds
