“Never underestimate the power of intrinsic values. They inspire every ...” — George Monbiot Quote

Never underestimate the power of intrinsic values. They inspire every struggle for a better world.

Representative democracy is a remarkably blunt instrument. Hundreds of issues are bundled together at every election, yet the vote tends to swing on just one or two of them.

When expressions of emotion are dangerous, and when you are constantly told that this terrible thing is being done for your own good, you quickly learn to hide your true feelings, even from yourself.

There's nothing good about ash dieback, but there is one useful thing that could be done: wherever possible, leave the dead trees to stand. There is more life in a dead tree than in a living tree: around 2,000 animal species in the UK rely on dead or dying wood for their survival.

Most of the people who get sent to die in wars are young men who've got a lot of energy and would probably rather, in a better world, be putting that energy into copulation rather than going over there and blowing some other young man's guts out.

If everyone were a good person, it'd obviously be a better world.

We believe in a better world, an unglobalised world, enriched by the cultural differences and customs of all the people.

I have said it already, I am convinced that the way to build a new and better world is not capitalism. Capitalism leads us straight to hell.