December Bylines Network Gazette now available - and a Monbiot-shaped Boxing Day gift
As 2025 draws to an end, we're focusing on the future of our planet in a Gazette packed with fantastic citizen writing on climate change – and free access to our most popular podcast of the year.
The latest issue of the Bylines Network Gazette is available now, showcasing citizen investigations, reports and analysis about climate change and sustainability. We have chosen a dozen of our best articles, selected from our 10 UK national and regional publications, covering:
The biggest environmental stories – fossil fuel subsidy scandals, America’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord, what really happened at COP30, and the way climate change deniers manipulate natural disasters.
Local realities and threats to nature – the plight of seals in North East England, risks to energy ownership in Kent, and climate action planning in Yorkshire.
Future visions and voices of hope – young people finding wellness in woodlands, the remaining opportunities for global sustainability, letters to our descendents and a simple but powerful idea we can all adopt in 2026.
There is also an exclusive summary of the hot takes from our recent interview with George Monbiot, published here for the first time.
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But first, a bonus Boxing Day gift
George Monbiot is a renowned author and columnist for The Guardian, an expert on sustainability and a passionate campaigner for social justice. Recently, he sat down with Bylines Network for a fascinating conversation, covering topics including global food insecurity, inequalities in land ownership, what’s happened to the left and right in British politics, what needs to change in the media, and how can each of us play our part in making a better future.
It’s an inspirational podcast, and perfect listening to fill the hours between Christmas and New Year – and it’s now completely free to access. Just click the link and enjoy.
In conversation with George Monbiot
This is 50 minutes well spent, in great company – happy listening.
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George Monbiot
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