Brendan Montague

The Ecologist

Brendan Montague is editor of The Ecologist, founder of Request Initiative and co-author of Impact of Market Forces on Addictive Substances and Behaviours: The web of influence of addictive industries (Oxford University Press). He tweets at @EcoMontague.

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May day for climate breakdown

Gore. Blair. Obama. Miliband. And now May. Why is spouting hot air about climate change the last refuge of failed, compromised politicians?

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Trophy hunting lobbyists 'pose as conservationists'

The trophy hunting industry 'set up a conservation front group' to persuade the authorities to allow hunting of threatened wildlife, it is claimed.

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Trump clueless on climate breakdown

Donald Trump, president of the United States, demonstrates a complete absence of any understanding of climate change.

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Envirocidal

The best solution to the compound crises of climate, biodiversity and soil depletion is to simply stop eating animals.

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Monsanto's Roundup flagons on sale - relabelled by activists from Global Justice Now, 28th April 2016. The main active ingredient is glyphosate. Photo: Global Justice Now via Flickr (CC BY).

RoundUp - understanding the risks

Monsanto currently faces more than 13,000 consumer lawsuits due to the dangerous health effects of its weed killer Roundup.

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London’s circular economy week

Organisations called on to drive sustainable business practices during London’s Circular Economy Week.

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Labour's 'green industrial revolution'

Nationalise National Grid and divert £13 billion profits to renewable energy revolution - says Labour party.

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What next for XR? Ecologist readers share expertise

XR activists and readers of The Ecologist argue campaign should tackle capitalism and big business while acting locally and engaging with students.

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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan meets XR

'All our politicians are now operating in a different political landscape'.

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Extinction Rebellion targets seat of capitalism

Extinction Rebellion hits the financial district - echoing Occupy London protests that began in 2011 and lasted months.

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Protesters' die-in at Natural History Museum

Extinction Rebellion protest enters second week.

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Arrests spiral at XR occupations

Extinction Rebellion demands government action on climate breakdown while filling London's police cells.

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Needing change, changing needs

How might a post-capitalist society evolve to meet the needs of humans and the natural world?

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Millions of Londoners breathing toxic air

A staggering 400,000 children among those living in parts of the city which exceed the legal limits for pollution.

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An introduction to 'ecolocracy' - pt.1

People who work for organisations that aim to protect nature, can work like nature.

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An introduction to 'ecolocracy' - pt.2

Biomimicry in the workplace, school, campaign group.

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Why we need more - and not less

Environmental campaigning has centred on telling people they cannot have what they want - but should instead enhance and elevate human needs.

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A human system of needs

Humans as systems have complex systems of needs. Can capitalism as a system meet these needs, while also meeting its own systemic needs?

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Why we need 'ecolocracy'

Ecolocracy is a 'green print' of how to run an organisation based on natural systems.

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Refilling station 'high water mark of local action'

The ReFILL station in Bude, Cornwall, is part of a growing national campaign to end the international disaster that is single use plastic pollution.

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Capitalism 'has become a force of evil'

'The pursuit of profit has taken priority over people, over the environment, over everything.'

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Rewilding and human nature

The British Ecological Society has published a new book on rewilding.

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Banned toxins found in young dolphins

Dolphins are passing toxic PCBs to their young, study finds.

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Human need, natural systems and dialectics

Human need is the driver for ecological and social change. How can we use dialectics, and systems theory, to examine need as a concept.

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