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George Monbiot Monday, March 24, 2025 - 02:19 Source

For the first time, the government is consulting on a Land Use Framework for England. It’s an important step, but there’s a long way to go.

By George Monbiot. This is my response to the government’s Land Use Consultation, sent on 23rd March 2025.

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George Monbiot Monday, March 24, 2025 - 01:54 Source

As deliberately-contaminated sewage sludge is spread on farmland, it feels as if humanity is on a suicide mission.

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  21st March 2025

If humanity has an epitaph, it might read something like this: “Knackered by the things we missed.” It is true that several existential threats are widely known and widely discussed. But some of the greatest dangers we face appear on almost no one’s radar.

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George Monbiot Thursday, March 20, 2025 - 22:07 Source

We face a potential global food crisis, and no one is secure until everyone is secure.

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 16th March 2025

I hate to sound like a prepper, but I feel bound to confess that over the past month I’ve been stockpiling food. I think, if you can, you should do the same.

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Prosper Australia Tuesday, March 18, 2025 - 14:41 Source

Value capture is an equitable and efficient funding mechanism to support the development of high speed rail. It ensures that those who benefit the most from high speed rail contribute to its cost.

The post Wilful Acts of Bastardry first appeared on Prosper Australia.

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Prosper Australia Thursday, March 13, 2025 - 14:55 Source

Prosper Australia was proud to join with Per Capita and a host of other organisations across the community sector in presenting the 2025 Community Tax Summit. Held in the richly historic Trades Hall, the Community Tax Summit was a two-day conference that brought together researchers, advocates, people with lived experience, and economists to examine how […]

The post Community Tax Summit brings together voices for reform first appeared on Prosper Australia.

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George Monbiot Friday, March 7, 2025 - 18:54 Source

Could Trump and Musk be seeking to end our time on Earth?

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 5th March 2025

In thinking about the war being waged against life on Earth by Donald Trump, Elon Musk and their minions, I keep bumping into a horrible suspicion. Could it be that this is not just about delivering the world to oligarchs and corporations – not just about wringing as much profit from living systems as they can? Could it be that they want to see the destruction of the habitable planet?

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