George Monbiot, darling of the grass roots climate movement, has this week ruffled some feathers amongst the activists he professes to admire. He made a scathing attack on the leftist organisers of the Kingsnorth climate camp, that in his own words was amongst “the most inspiring events I’ve ever witnessed. I am awed by [...]
“Beneath a broad, grey sky, upon a broad, dusty plain, without trails, without grass, without a thistle or a nettle, I met several men who walked bent over.
Each one of them carried upon his back an enormous Chimera, as heavy as a sack of flour or coal, or the gear of a Roman foot-soldier.
But the [...]
today i’m working on a diatribe about ethical conflicts in the environment movement. but that might take a few days to research properly.
in the mean time you might want to get some perspective by looking at a new program put together by microsux to rival google earth - worldwide telescope (sadly made for vista). [...]
i have been involved in environmental, human rights, animal rights & media activism for over fifteen years, since the birth of my kids. i love to write and make short amateur films. i've been published in some magazines including New Internationalist, Chain Reaction, Vegan Voice, Animals Today, Green Left Weekly, Maple St Coop news, and written too many zines and indymedia articles to list here. i've been a media tart at community radio 4ZzZ102.1fm since 2002. some of my radio can be listened to here or at Radio4all, my films can be found at EngageMedia