Activism and Denial

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (899+ words) I should say up front that I’m not a disinterested reader. Leah is a friend, I endorsed the book, and I turn up a couple of times in these pages myself. When we sat down to talk, I wanted to…...

3+ week, 4+ hour ago   (252+ words) Thousands are expected to take to the streets of Auckland tomorrow to march for nature, in protest of the Government’s controversial Conservation Amendment Bill. The march is jointly organised by Greenpeace Aotearoa and Forest & Bird and backed by more than…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (377+ words) Rachel Maddow looks at the diversity of protests against the Trump administration and the strange political bedfellows that form when people are motivated by morality, and how even small acts of protest can have far-reaching influence when they are done…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (522+ words) The way that food companies communicate sustainability messaging is changing. Regulation is taking aim at ‘vague’ greenwashing claims, ensuring that any claims food companies do make is backed up by evidence. Meanwhile, product development itself is beginning to respond to…...

4+ day, 29+ min ago   (309+ words) The report on the implementation of the Law on Public Gatherings and Public Events shows that out of 941 registered gatherings, 412 were of a political nature. Last year, the most political public gatherings were held in Montenegro, according to the Report…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (185+ words) Rehman joined Friends of the Earth in 2025. Credit: Getty Asad Rehman, the Chief Executive of the environmental charity Friends of the Earth, has said that “Palestine is and has always been a climate justice issue.” Rehman has been chief executive…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (305+ words) In 2009, the gifted Marathi dramatist-filmmaker Sachin Kundalkar (b.1976) made a film called Gandh (Smell), about which he has said: “The film is a realization of a childhood dream for me. When I was a young cinemagoer, I always wanted to smell…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (912+ words) 🔎 What’s old is new again. One of our chopping block literary controversies of the last 15 years (more on that below) was about a notorious manuscript thief, and here we are today, mystery unsolved and still a hot topic. Will we…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (841+ words) A protest can be entirely legitimate political expression, but when journalists turn provocation into spectacle, they hand protesters exactly what they were trying to achieve. Shrieking profanities, blocking traffic, attacking police and wreaking havoc are not arguments, but for many…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (379+ words) Young representatives have called for direct and meaningful participation of young people in policymaking to address the impacts of climate change, while demanding new, additional and predictable grant-based financing for climate-vulnerable countries and marginalised communities. The demands were presented at…...