Eco-sumud: Olive Harvests as Resistance in Palestine

As I am writing this piece, Palestinian families, friends and neighbours are gathered in their ancestral olive groves. The small green or black fruits are ready for plucking during the annual mawsim al-zaytoun (“olive season”), which typically lasts from October to November. Once the freshly picked olives are packed into bags and pails, they are… Continue reading Eco-sumud: Olive Harvests as Resistance in Palestine

Britain’s Data Centre Frenzy amid the Climate Emergency

“Artificial intelligence (AI) will be unleashed across the UK to deliver a decade of national renewal” , has announced the UK government. Data centres, the energy-hungry, water-guzzling facilities powering AI, have sprung up at an unprecedented pace across the country. The UK now ranks third globally for data centres, behind only the US and Germany.… Continue reading Britain’s Data Centre Frenzy amid the Climate Emergency