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Ancient and modern

The Green party isn’t nearly tough enough on Ancient Greece

Environmentalists such as Theophrastus and Plato were well ahead of them

14 March 2015

9:00 AM

14 March 2015

9:00 AM

The Green party’s manifesto appears to make saving the planet only a small element in its otherwise painfully unoriginal agenda. This is a pity. People have been wreaking environmental havoc for thousands of years, Greeks and Romans included.

Deforestation and subsequent soil erosion were the most serious example of such havoc in the ancient world.

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