Every time someone dies as a result of floods in Bangladesh, an airline executive should be dragged out of his office and drowned.
George MonbiotAll the money, all the prestige in the world will never make up for the loss of your freedom.
George MonbiotSoil is an almost magical substance, a living system that transforms the materials it encounters.
George MonbiotGovernments are deemed to succeed or fail by how well they make money go round, regardless of whether it serves any useful purpose. They regard it as a sacred duty to encourage the countryโs most revolting spectacle: the annual feeding frenzy in which shoppers queue all night, then stampede into the shops, elbow, trample and sometimes fight to be the first to carry off some designer junk which will go into landfill before the sales next year. The madder the orgy, the greater the triumph of economic management.
George Monbiot