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Onward the Greens!
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Colin Tudge predicts big political re-alliances over the next few years – with a growing army of Greens All political parties are coalitions. As someone once remarked re the Church of England, no two people sharing a pew think exactly the same, and this is abundantly true too of politicians sharing a bench. But some…
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The road to renaissance
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Nothing short of a cross-the-board transformation – Renaissance — is needed to rescue the world from its present decline. But, says Colin Tudge, we first need to lay the foundations.
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Four great thinkers whose ideas could save the world
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Colin Tudge nominates four 20th century prophets who between them said most of what we need to know to put the world to rights. But the powers-that-be have their own agendas.
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Labour, the Tories, and the natural world
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Neither of the leading political parties in Britain has proper respect for the natural world, or anything like. Indeed, says Colin Tudge, both are a million miles from what’s needed The first thing we should ask of any political party and would-be government is that it should state its Goal. What are they –…
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Why won’t the powers that be tax the rich?
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Britain and the world could solve all its financial programmes overnight if only we introduced a more egalitarian economy. So why, asks Colin Tudge, won’t any major political party do what’s obvious, or even take the idea seriously? The Tories and Labour alike both emphasize the need for economic growth. Or indeed as Liz Truss…
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Fellow creatures
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An on-line book about the natural world and our attitude towards it, to be published blog-by-blog in irregular instalments PREFACE PROMETHEUS AND ICARUS – A TALE OF TWO GREEK HEROES Biology is my thing. I’ve been engaged with it for more than 70 years. It’s what I focused on at school and in my cold…
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Why are governments so bad?
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Colin Tudge suggests that the reasons lie partly in our biology, partly in logistics — and partly in present-day, siloed education To the standard list of global disasters – global warming, mass extinction, famine, war, poverty, inequality, and general nastiness and injustice – we should surely add “bad governance”. For all of the most obvious…