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Articles   Matilda Lee  15th November, 2010   Ecologist: you've
stated your positions very publicly on the Channel 4 documentary
and debate. What, in your view, is next for the green movement?
Mark Lynas: I think the green movement needs to take a step back
and reassess what it is trying to achieve and how. I think this
process needs to be scientifically informed, using the latest
Earth System Science, so that we can try and identify what
really matters at a planetary scale in terms of human impacts
and then base our campaigning objectives on this.  My criticism
at the moment is that we inherited campaigns from the past which
no longer make sense in very different circumstances.
Ecologist: What should the green movement seek to achieve?
Mark: The green movement should try and reconcile human
civilisation with planetary sustainability. That's always been
its job and it remains its job today. W