Ecology

The reasons for staying in the EU are clear: the Union is good for the environment and good for business, despite what the Tories may claim.

There is potential for organic agriculture in the Western Balkans.

The German Greens won the premiership of the German land (region) of Baden-Württemberg in 2011, giving them a unique opportunity to implement green policies across a range of areas. For food and agriculture, this meant an ambitious strategy based on high ecological quality standards, versus the industrialisation of our natural resources.

A focus on food production and protecting biodiversity should not be at the expense of a third key function of the countryside, access to it by the people.

The vital connection between economics and a healthy ecosystem is still not understood by mainstream economists and financial theorists – what will it take?

Responding to the third edition of the GEJ, ‘Beyond Growth/Degrowth’, this piece looks at the ecological movement’s relationship with modernity and science, and considers what implications this debate has for the Swedish Greens.

The world view of GroenLinks is founded on three deeply-held convictions: Green, leftist and progressive. These ideals are still alive but each of them in turn points to the need for a sharper critique of capitalism and the neoliberal culture.

Tim Jackson’s ‘Prosperity Without Growth’ has been credited with reviving the debate over the merits of economic growth. This review describes it as a book that challenges orthodox economic thinking and which presents a path to a sustainable future.

The ongoing climate, resource and financial crises underscore the failure of a prosperity model based on growth and dependency on consumption.

The debate of growth versus degrowth misses a crucial point: while there are limits to further growth, we can find ways to move these limits.