“We urgently need more trees, but we appear to believe that the only me...” — George Monbiot Quote

“We urgently need more trees, but we appear to believe that the only means of restoring them is planting. We have a national obsession with tree planting, which is in danger of becoming as tokenistic as bamboo toothbrushes and cotton tote bags.”

“A central task for any campaign is to develop a narrative: a short, simple story explaining where we are, how we got here and where we need to go.”

“Public figures talk and act as if environmental change will be linear and gradual. But the Earth's systems are highly complex, and complex systems do not respond to pressure in linear ways.”

“Meticulous planning will enable everything a man does to appear spontaneous.”

“I used to love politics. I can't say I do any more. All the fun has gone out of it. Each side is engaged in this trench warfare of managerialism. They're all too scared to say anything that might make them appear something other than completely bland.”

“For decades, the Congress party has used its power to make Nehru appear as a giant, rendering all other political personalities small before him.”