What George Monbiot thinks about sustainability
Guardian columnist and environmental writer. He republishes every column at monbiot.com with its original date, which makes him one of the few public writers whose reversals can be read against the pieces they reverse.
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5 dated positions, 2023 to 2025, in their own words. Our reading of what George Monbiot has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsIn reality, beef and lamb are the most land-hungry and climate-damaging of all farm products.
- 19 months earlier
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Our readingRaising yields on land already farmed is what keeps farming from taking more of the wild world.
Their wordsIt was achieved almost entirely through higher crop yields per hectare.
↗The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed Peoplemonbiot.com 2nd of 6 in this piece
- 4 months earlier
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Their wordsTheir solutions, such as pasture-fed meat, with its massive land demand , are impossible to scale without destroying remaining wild ecosystems: there is simply not enough planet.
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Their wordsBut it leads, if enacted, to hunger, ecological destruction or both, on a vast scale. Our arcadian fantasies devour the planet.
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Their wordsThe answer is not more fields, which means destroying even more wild ecosystems. It is partly better, more compact, cruelty-free and pollution-free factories.