The Land Issue 29

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OPINION
 
Agir 17
French activists protest 'pointless toxic developments'. Simon Fairlie approves.
 
More Is Not Less
Mike Hannis welcomes a climate ruling from the Netherlands.
 
NEWS
Bottom Trawling Is Like Flying • Down the Nuclear Plughole • Whales Shared Tactics • Roadbuilding Emissions • Refusing to Shut Up • Mexico Bans GM Corn • The Pit and the Polar Bear • Fresh From The Green House
 
Return of the Zapatistas.
Emma Cardwell reports on plans for a reverse invasion of Europe.
 
Lithium: Cornwall’s White Gold?
Tom Scott digs beneath the hype.
 
Renewing Destruction.
Alexander Dunlap is sceptical about large-scale renewable energy schemes.
 
Transformative Adaptation.
Rupert Read reflects on Extinction Rebellion’s success – and its failure.
 
Greed and its Offsets.
Farmland shouldn’t be used to expiate the eco-guilt of the rich, argues Simon Fairlie.
 
New Subsidies For Old.
An anonymous insider questions proposals to pay landowners to give up farming.
 
Community Restaurants.
Eating together could solve all kinds of problems, says Ben Selwyn.
 
A Farm for the Future.
Lizzie Haughton and Chris Walsh on setting up a community farm from scratch.
 
Eating Like Salmon.
Cut out the middle fish, says Christina O’Sullivan.
 
Chickens on the Border.
Alison Caffyn follows poultry units and their objectors through the planning system.
 
Commons and Households in A Small Farm Future.
Chris Smaje ponders the politics of agrarian society.
 
Free The Trees.
There’s no need for plastic tubes, says Keith Powell.
 
No Quarter Given.
SM Parsons meets perfidious Albion in Lisbon.
 
Still Carrying Greenham Home
Jill Raymond remembers the successful reclamation of the Common.
 
A Makeshift Jerusalem.
Memories of a young Simon Fairlie at Glastonbury Fair in 1971.
 
Burning Wood is not the Answer...
... to climate crisis, says Almuth Ernsting.
 
Off Grid Power.
Elaine Forde responds to Tony Wrench’s review of her recent book.
 
Criminalising a Culture
Simon Ruston explains how the new PCSC Bill will affect Travellers.
 
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