George Monbiot

A dazzling command of science and a relentless faith in people... I never miss reading him. -- Naomi KleinIn these incendiary essays, George Monbiot tears apart the fictions of religious conservatives, the claims of those who deny global warming and the lies of the governments and newspapers that led us into war. He takes no prisoners, exposing government corruption in devastating detail while clashing with people as diverse as Bob Geldof, Ann Widdecombe and David Bellamy. But alongside his investigative journalism, Monbiots book contains some remarkable essays about what it means to be human. Monbiot explores the politics behind Constables The Cornfield, shows how driving cars has changed the way we think and argues that eternal death is a happier prospect than eternal life.

In these incendiary essays, George Monbiot tears apart the fictions of religious conservatives, the claims of those who deny global warming and the lies of the governments and newspapers that led us into war. He takes no prisoners, exposing government corruption in devastating detail while clashing with people as diverse as Bob Geldof, Ann Widdecombe and David Bellamy. But alongside his investigative journalism, Monbiot's book contains some remarkable essays about what it means to be human. Monbiot explores the politics behind Constable's The Cornfield, shows how driving cars has changed the way we think and argues that eternal death is a happier prospect than eternal life.

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« Nous pouvons désormais penser la fin de l’agriculture, la force la plus destructrice jamais provoquée par l’homme. Nous pouvons envisager le début d’une ère nouvelle dans laquelle nous n’aurons plu

Une idéologie toxique gouverne le monde, celle de la compétition et de l’individualisme. Pour combattre cette vision du monde néfaste, incarnée par le système économique et politique néolibéral, il e

A manifesto for a new world order. Having made a hugely significant contribution to the increasingly irrefutable‚ if alarming‚ diagnosis of the ills of early 21st−century consumerist culture and its free−market myths‚ George Monbiot now sets out to offer something more constructive‚ a set of proposals − political‚ democratic‚ economic‚ environmental − that might effect the cultural change that many in the West (not to mention those on the outside of the West looking in) now want but scarcely know how to make happen. The Age of Consent is provocative‚ brave‚ even utopian. But‚ with most of the 20th century′s Big Ideas dead in the gutter‚ it′s time for a book that can be a touchstone for real debate about the political and economic presumptions and prejudices on which our society has rested since World War Two.

En todo el planeta, los ricos se hacen más ricos, mientras que los pobres se ven abrumados. El mundo no es gobernado por su pueblo, sino por un puñado de ejecutivos no electos, que toman decisiones de las que dependemos todos. Sin democracia a nivel mundial, los demas carecemos de medios para influir en esos hombres y quedamos limitados a denunciar el abuso. ¿Tiene que ser asi? George Monbiot se inspira en decadas de pensamiento relativo a la organizacion y la administracion politica, fiscal y comercial del mundo para desarrollar un conjunto de propuestas, que intentan una revolucion en la manera de gobernar el mundo.

Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As humans have driven the living planet to the brink of collapse, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend it. Their words have endured, becoming the classics that define the environmental movement today.In these galvanising speeches and essays, George Monbiot calls on humanity to stop averting its gaze from the destruction of the living planet, and wake up to the greatest predicament we have ever faced.

The Sunday Times bestseller*Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize*A New Statesman and Spectator Book of the Year'This book calls for nothing less than a revolution in the future of food' Kate RaworthFrom the bestselling author of Feral, a breathtaking first glimpse of a new future for food and for humanityFarming is the world's greatest cause of environmental destruction - and the one we are least prepared to talk about. We criticise urban sprawl, but farming sprawls across thirty times as much land. We have ploughed, fenced and grazed great tracts of the planet, felling forests, killing wildlife, and poisoning rivers and oceans to feed ourselves. Yet millions still go hungry.Now the food system itself is beginning to falter. But, as George Monbiot shows us in this brilliant, bracingly original new book, we can resolve the biggest of our dilemmas and feed the world without devouring the planet.

With a dazzling command of science and a relentless faith in people, George Monbiot writes about social change with his eyes wide open Naomi KleinA manifesto for change ... The combination of practical detail and creative thinking is immensely impressive P. D. Smith, GuardianWe know that climate change is happening. We know that it could, if the worst predictions come true, destroy the conditions which make human life possible. Only one question is now worth asking: can it be stopped? In Heat, George Monbiot shows that it can.In every case, he supports his proposals with a rigorous investigation into what works, what doesnt, how much it costs and what the problems might be. He wages war on bad ideas as energetically as he promotes good ones. He is not afraid to attack anyone - friend or foe - whose claims are false or whose figures have been fudged. Heat also contains a breath-taking new exposure of the corporations trying to stop us from taking action.

En ¿Cómo nos metimos en este desastre? se recuperan sus escritos periodísticos en torno a los temas más acuciantes de nuestro tiempo, con particular énfasis en la ideología y puesta en práctica del proyecto neoliberal, culpable principal de la desmedida concentracion de riqueza en unas cuantas manos, asi como de diversas catastrofes politicas y medioambientales producidas por un sistema que considera que la acumulacion de ganancias es el valor esencial en torno al cual debe estructurarse la vida en sociedad. Y una de las principales tareas para imaginar un futuro diferente, considera Monbiot, consiste en comprender su efectividad a nivel de las conciencias, pues: El neoliberalismo se ha vuelto tan omnipresente que practicamente ya no se considera una ideologia.

A devastating indictment of the corruption at the heart of the British State by one of our most popular media figures.George Monbiot made his name exposing the corruption of foreign governments; now he turns his keen eye on Britain. In the most explosive book on British politics of the new decade, Monbiot uncovers what many have suspected but few have been able to prove: that corporations have become so powerful they now threaten the foundations of democratic government.Many of the stories George Monbiot recounts have never been told before, and they could scarcely be more embarrassing to a government that claims to act on behalf of all of us. Some are - or should be - resigning matters. Effectively, the British government has collaborated in its own redundancy, by ceding power to international bodies controlled by corporations. CAPTIVE STATE highlights the long term threat to our society and ultimately shows us ways in which we can hope to withstand the might of big business.

*The #1 Sunday Times bestseller*Explosive and beautifully told these truths can set us free - Danny DorlingThis book is dynamite shining a spotlight on the evils of neoliberalism, shattering the myth that there is no alternative, and laying the foundations for a new politics - Caroline LucasHow can you fight something if you dont know it exists? We live under an ideology that preys on every aspect of our lives: our education and our jobs; our healthcare and our leisure; our relationships and our mental wellbeing; the planet we inhabit the very air we breathe. So pervasive has it become that, for most people, it has no name. It seems unavoidable, like a natural law.But trace it back to its roots, and we discover that it is neither inevitable nor immutable. It was conceived, propagated, and then concealed by the powerful few. Our task is to bring it into the lightand to build a new system that is worth fighting for.Neoliberalism. Do you know what it is?

A manifesto for a new world order.Having made a hugely significant contribution to the increasingly irrefutable, if alarming, diagnosis of the ills of early 21st century consumerist culture and its free-market myths, George Monbiot sets out now with this book to offer something more constructive, a set of proposals political, democratic, economic, environmental that might affect the cultural change that many in the West (not to mention those on the outside of the West looking in) now want but scarcely know how to make happen.The Age of Consent is provocative, brave, even utopian. But, with most of the 20th centurys Big Ideas dead in the gutter, its time for a book that can be a touchstone for real debate about the political and economic presumptions and prejudices on which our society has rested since World War II.

Por primera vez desde el Neolítico tenemos la oportunidad de transformar no solo nuestro sistema alimentario, sino toda nuestra relación con la naturaleza. La agricultura y la ganadería son la principal causa de destruccion del medio ambiente en el mundo, pero apenas se habla de ello. Criticamos la expansion urbana, pero el sector primario ocupa una superficie treinta veces mayor. Hemos arado, vallado y destinado al pastoreo grandes extensiones del planeta, talando bosques, extinguiendo la fauna autoctona y envenenando rios y oceanos para alimentarnos. Regenesis nos presenta un nuevo futuro para la alimentacion y la humanidad, con el objetivo de resolver el mayor de nuestros dilemas: alimentar al mundo sin devorar el planeta. A partir de los asombrosos avances de la ecologia del suelo, Monbiot muestra como ahondar en el todavia escaso conocimiento de la tierra que pisamos podria permitirnos cultivar mas alimentos con menos agricultura. Algunas estrategias estan ya en marcha: desde el hortelano que ha revolucionado nuestra comprension de la fertilidad; pasando por las nuevas variedades de cereales perennes, que liberan a la tierra de arados y sustancias quimicas toxicas; hasta los cientificos pioneros en nuevas formas de producir proteinas y grasas; todos ellos nos muestran como las formas de vida mas pequeñas pueden ayudarnos a hacer las paces con el planeta, a restaurar sus sistemas vivos y a que a la Edad de la Extincion le suceda la Edad de la Regenesis.

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.In the galvanising speeches and essays brought together in This Cant Be Happening, George Monbiot calls on humanity to stop averting its gaze from the destruction of the living planet, and wake up to the greatest predicament we have ever faced.Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend the planet, and affirm our place at the heart of its restoration. Their words have endured through the decades, becoming the classics of a movement. Together, these books show the richness of environmental thought, and point the way to a fairer, saner, greener world.