A eureka moment in the pub could help transform our understanding of the ground beneath our feet.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 5th December 2025
It felt like walking up a mountain during a temperature inversion. You struggle through fog so dense you can scarcely see where you’re going. Suddenly, you break through the top of the cloud, and the world is laid out before you. It was that rare and remarkable thing: a eureka moment.
Corporations and oligarchs are using offshore courts to tear down democratic decisions – and our governments say “welcome”.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 1st December 2025
How do you reckon our political system works? Perhaps something like this. We elect MPs. They vote on bills. If a majority is achieved, the bills becomes law. The law is upheld by the courts. End of story. Well, that’s how it used to work. No longer.
What the governments of the Global North don’t care about, they don’t measure.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 21st November 2025
Why don’t we get to grips with the climate crisis? Partly because most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 14th November 2025
If this were just a climate crisis, we would fix it. The technology, money and strategies have all been at hand for years. What stifles effective action is a deadly conjunction: the climate crisis running headlong into the epistemic crisis.
To Bill Gates, overthrowing the power of the ultra-wealthy seems to be – literally – unthinkable.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 8th November 2025
There’s an urgent need to replace our total mess with a codified constitution.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 23rd October 2025
The government is trying to set us against our ecosystems. We must resist this Trumpian gambit.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 16th October 2025
This Labour government would have banned the Labour movement – alongside all the other protests that secured our freedoms.
Austerity costs us a fortune.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 4th October 2025
I was lucky. Last week, I was cycling downhill at night when I hit a pothole. The front wheel folded into an infinity symbol. I went over the handlebars and, with no time to put my hands out, landed on my face. My helmet and glasses took most of the impact. I emerged, remarkably, with just a few cuts and bruises.
Alongside the genocide, the Israeli government is destroying the ecosystems of Gaza, perhaps permanently.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 27th September 2025