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George Monbiot

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in Paddington, London, The United Kingdom

January 27, 1963

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George Joshua Richard Monbiot is a British writer known for his environmental and political activism.

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Breaking the Butterfly

Labour must repeal the laws that led to shockingly disproportionate prison sentences for environmental protesters.

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 19th July 2024

How do you know when protest tactics are working? When governments ban them. The oppressive laws introduced by the previous government – the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 and the Public Order Act 2023 – are a t

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George Monbiot’s books

Average rating: 4.16 · 13,982 ratings · 1,696 reviews · 33 distinct works • Similar authors

	Feral: Rewilding the Land, the Sea and Human Life 4.16 avg rating — 4,949 ratings — published 2013 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet 4.41 avg rating — 2,588 ratings — published 2022 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics in the Age of Crisis 4.08 avg rating — 1,903 ratings — published 2017 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Did We Get into This Mess?: Politics, Equality, Nature 4.04 avg rating — 1,264 ratings — published 2016 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heat: How to Stop the Planet From Burning 4.05 avg rating — 1,053 ratings — published 2006 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Age of Consent: A Manifesto for a New World Order 3.80 avg rating — 528 ratings — published 2003 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Can't Be Happening 4.31 avg rating — 436 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Captive State: The Corporate Takeover of Britain 3.97 avg rating — 451 ratings — published 2000 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism by George Monbiot, Peter Hutchison 4.45 avg rating — 353 ratings — published 2024 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bring on the Apocalypse 3.86 avg rating — 180 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire.”
― George Monbiot

tags: american-dream, bootstraps, hard-work, wealth

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“Progress is measured by the speed at which we destroy the conditions that sustain life.”
― George Monbiot

tags: climate, ecology, environment, progress

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“We are often told we are materialistic. It seems to me, we are not materialistic enough. We have a disrespect for materials. We use it quickly and carelessly.

If were genuinely materialistic people, we would understand where materials come from and where they go to.

But, at the moment, the entire global economy seems to be built on the model of digging things up from one hole in the ground on one side of the earth, transporting them around the world, using them for a few days, and sticking them in a hole in the ground on the other side of the world.”
― George Monbiot

tags: bbc, human-footprint, monbiot

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