Britain’s Labour party celebrated its 119th anniversary this week. With Brexit and social decline driving British politics to the margins, both Labour and the Tories are now at risk of fractures that could shatter the country’s familiar two-party landscape. A major problem faced by the world today is how to reverse the deep social and environmental damage caused by consumer capitalism. In this edition we take in-depth looks at the cultivation of palm oil and cocoa, the base ingredients for multibillion-dollar industries ranging from chocolate to fuel to shampoo. Then, Paul Tullis asks whether we can ever wean ourselves off palm oil, and spare the world the catastrophic environmental damage caused by its mega-plantations.

Source: The Guardian February 27, 2019 09:00 UTC