Do we want to be remembered as the generation that saved the banks and let the biosphere collapse?

Nobody ever rioted for austerity.

Those who consume far more resources than they require destroy the life chances of those whose survival depends upon consuming more.

Why is it so easy to save the banks - but so hard to save the biosphere?

Almost everywhere, climate change denial now looks as stupid and as unacceptable as Holocaust denial.

It does not matter whether we burn fossil fuels with malice or with love. As far as the atmosphere is concerned, it is not concerned. It is a collection of gases.

Acknowledging our love for the living world does something that a library full of papers on sustainable development and ecosystem services cannot: it engages the imagination as well as the intellect. It inspires belief; and this is essential to the lasting success of any movement.