At the High Courts of Justice in London where campaigners challenged the decision to allow 20 years of oil production. All images: Alice Owen
Early bluebells, a sign undisturbed land, growing in front of the Horse Hill oil production site. The Horse Hill oil production site in Surrey in the South of England, on the surface, takes up only a couple of hectares and
15th May 2020
‘We are running behind the farmers‘. Mapping food, knowledge and care in Chennai, the peri-urban and beyond
In the city of Chennai, Restore, an established non-profit organic food store, has been working closely with and for farmers for over ten years. More than a ‘shop,’ this organisation has networks and connections that extend to both local farmers and
In December 2019, WEGO PhD researchers Alice Owen and Eunice Wangari joined the thousands of negotiators, climate action advocates and researchers who convened in Madrid for the UN’s 25th annual climate change Conference Of the Parties (COP25). Whilst most media
The habitat of the indigenous communities along the Kalimantan rivers is increasingly under threat © Siti Maimunah
Siti Maimunah has written a long German language piece in ‘Südostasien | Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog’ Excerpt in english Indonesia: Kalimantan is considered one of the ‘lungs of the world’ because of its rainforests. But massive resource
An article entitled Ecologías políticas feministas: perspectivas situadas y abordajes emergentes by Rebecca Elmhirst has been published in Ecología Política. Extract in English This article reflects on the development of feminist political ecology, a field of research and praxis that offers
5th May 2020
A pandemic of blindness: uneven experiences of rural communities under COVID-19 lockdown in India – Part II
In part II of our series on the uneven experiences and everyday challenges of lockdown conditions in India, activist-researchers Seema Kulkarni and Sneha Bhat are interviewed about their work on the frontlines of COVID-19 relief efforts for migrants and women farmers
2nd May 2020
A pandemic of blindness: uneven experiences of rural communities under COVID-19 lockdown in India – Part I
A two part series on the uneven experiences and everyday challenges of lockdown conditions in India. Reflections and insights from women and small-scale farmers, migrant workers and civil society activists in Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra point to a systemic blindness of
It takes a crisis for alternative food systems to emerge. Is our food system, dominated by trade ideology instead of human rights, ready to face pandemics? It is now the time to wake up to the necessity of agroecology and
Field Notes — THE SKILLS WE EMBRACE NOW CAN SHAPE A BETTER WORLD By Rob Snyder, Ph.D.President, Island Institute Along the coast, March madness is a state of mind linked to living off diminishing savings from last summer, the uncertainty
9th April 2020
Coronavirus and the much needed overcoming of capitalism
It is important to incorporate a new vision linked to the ethics of care, which opens the possibility of hoping for a better world, a world in which the community dimension becomes central, where care is the basis for connections,