Debating the best way to do something we shouldn't be doing in the first place is a sure way to end up in the wrong place.

Faced with the evidence, many deniers have started to admit that global warming is real, but argue that humans have little or nothing to do with it.

A book is like a single tree in a forest, in that it exists in conjunction with and because of a great many others around it.

Conventional economics is a form of brain damage.

Because we aren't certain about the effects of GMOs, we must consider one of the guiding principles in science, the precautionary principle. Under this principle, if a policy or action could harm human health or the environment, we must not proceed until we know for sure what the impact will be. And it is up to those proposing the action or policy to prove that it is not harmful.

The voluntary approach to corporate social responsibility has failed in many cases.

Many instances of persecution and killing have occurred in countries with atrocious human rights records such as Sri Lanka, Guatemala and the Democratic Republic of Congo.