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George Joshua Richard Monbiot ( ; born 27 January 1963) is an English journalist, author, and environmental and political activist. He writes a regular column for ''
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'' and has written several books. Monbiot grew up in
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and studied
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at the
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. He then began a career in
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, publishing his first book '' Poisoned Arrows'' in 1989 about human rights issues in West Papua. In later years, he has been involved in activism and advocacy related to various issues, such as
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, British politics and
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. In ''Feral'' (2013), he discussed and endorsed expansion of
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. He is the founder of The Land is Ours, a campaign for the right of access to the countryside and its resources in the United Kingdom. Monbiot was awarded the Global 500 in 1995 and the
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in 2022.


Early life and education

Born in
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, Monbiot grew up in Rotherfield Peppard, Oxfordshire. His father, Raymond Monbiot, was a businessman who headed the Conservative Party's trade and industry forum. His mother, Rosalie (daughter of Gresham Cooke MP), was a Conservative councillor and former leader of
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. His uncle, Canon Hereward Cooke, was the Liberal Democrat deputy leader of
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. After preparatory boarding school at Elstree School, he was educated at
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, in
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. He won an open scholarship to
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. Monbiot has stated that his "political awakening" was prompted by reading Bettina Ehrlich's book, ''Paolo and Panetto'', while at his prep school and that he regretted attending Oxford.


Career

After graduating with a degree in
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, Monbiot joined the BBC Natural History Unit as a radio producer, making
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and environmental programmes. He transferred to the BBC's World Service, where he worked briefly as a current affairs producer and presenter, before leaving to research and write his first book. Working as an investigative journalist, he travelled in Indonesia, Brazil, and East Africa. His activities led to his being made ''
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'' in seven countries and being sentenced to life imprisonment ''
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'' in Indonesia. In these places he was also shot at,George Monbiot, 1991. ''Amazon Watershed''. Michael Joseph, London brutally beaten up and arrested by military police, shipwrecked and stung into a poisoned coma by hornets.George Monbiot, 1989. ''Poisoned Arrows: an investigative journey through Indonesia''. Michael Joseph, London He came back to work in Britain after being pronounced clinically dead in Lodwar General Hospital in north-western Kenya, having contracted
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. He joined the British roads protest movement and was often called to give press interviews; as a result he was denounced as a " media tart" by groups such as Green Anarchist and
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. He claims he was brutally beaten and attacked by security guards, who allegedly drove a metal spike through his foot, smashing the middle metatarsal bone. His injuries left him in hospital. Sir Crispin Tickell, a former United Nations diplomat, who was then
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at Green College, Oxford, made the young protester a Visiting Fellow. In November 2012, he apologised to Lord McAlpine for his "stupidity and thoughtlessness" in implying, in a tweet, that the Conservative peer was a paedophile. In 2014, Monbiot wrote an article on the theme of
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. This led to a collaboration with musician Ewan McLennan. Together they released an album ''Breaking the Spell of Loneliness'' in October 2016 followed by a tour of the UK. Folk Radio described it as "an enthralling album" where "Each song is a short, eloquent and thought provoking essay on the destruction of our humanity and how it can be regained". Monbiot narrated the video ''How Wolves Change Rivers'' which was based on his TED talk of 2013 on the restoration of ecosystems and landscape (
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) when wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone Park. In 2019, Monbiot co-presented ''Nature Now'', a video about natural climate solutions, with
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. Monbiot appeared in the documentary ''The Cost of Living: Does Britain Need a Basic Income?'', a companion piece to the film The Future of Work and Death, about UBI in the UK – released on Amazon Prime in 2020. He appeared in the 2021 Netflix documentary '' Seaspiracy'', which focuses on the human impact on marine life and
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, and defended it from critics. In 2021, Monbiot created the live documentary ''Rivercide'', highlighting the lamentable state of the UK's rivers, and in particular the River Wye. While describing the film '' Don't Look Up'' in early2022, Monbiot explained how difficult it is to campaign for the preservation of Earth in the face of what he sees as overwhelming inaction. In 2024, Monbiot appeared in the British documentary film I Could Never Go Vegan.


Views and activism


Peak oil

In the early 2000s, Monbiot predicted that global production of oil "will peak before long". In his article, titled "The Bottom of the Barrel", he wrote:


Climate change

Monbiot believes that drastic action coupled with strong political will is needed to combat
global warming Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes ...
. He supports the introduction of the crime of
ecocide Ecocide (from Greek 'home' and Latin 'to kill') is the destruction of the natural environment, environment by humans. Ecocide threatens all human populations that are dependent on natural resources for maintaining Ecosystem, ecosystems and ensu ...
to the
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stating “I believe crime of ecocidewould change everything. It would radically shift the balance of power, forcing anyone contemplating large-scale vandalism to ask themselves: ‘Will I end up in the international criminal court for this?’ It could make the difference between a habitable and an uninhabitable planet.” To reduce his personal impact on the environment, he has transitioned to a
vegan Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products and the consumption of animal source foods, and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. A person who practices veganism is known as a ve ...
lifestyle and encourages others to do the same.


Media

Monbiot has criticised media coverage of climate change and environmental issues, in particular that of the
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and its nature documentaries. He has also criticised the BBC for what he views as its political bias.


Attempted arrest of John Bolton

Monbiot made an unsuccessful attempt to carry out a
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of
John Bolton John Robert Bolton (born November 20, 1948) is an American attorney, diplomat, Republican Party (United States), Republican consultant, and political commentator. He served as the 25th United States ambassador to the United Nations from 2005 to ...
, a former US ambassador to the United Nations, when the latter attended the
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to give a talk on international relations in May 2008. Monbiot argued that Bolton was one of the instigators of the
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, of which Monbiot was an opponent.


Politics

Monbiot is a critic of
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. In January 2004, Monbiot and
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co-founded Respect – The Unity Coalition (later formally the Respect Party) which grew out of the
Stop the War Coalition The Stop the War Coalition (StWC), informally known simply as Stop the War, is a British group that campaigns against the United Kingdom's involvement in military conflicts. It was established on 21 September 2001 to campaign against the impe ...
. He resigned from the group the following February when Respect failed to reach agreement with the Green Party not to stand candidates in the same constituencies in the forthcoming
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. In an interview with the British political blog ''Third Estate'' in September 2009, Monbiot expressed his support for the policies of
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, saying "I have finally found the party that I feel very comfortable with. That's not to say I feel uncomfortable with the Green Party, on the whole I support it, but I feel even more comfortable with Plaid." In April 2010, he was a signatory to an open letter of support for the Liberal Democrats, published in ''The Guardian''. Prior to the May 2015 UK general election, he was one of several public figures who endorsed the parliamentary candidacy of the Green Party's
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. In the election he also endorsed the Green Party as a whole. In August 2015, Monbiot endorsed
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's campaign in the Labour Party leadership election. In April 2017, he announced his intention to vote for the Labour Party in the 2017 general election. In August 2021, he endorsed Tamsin Omond and Amelia Womack in the 2021 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election. Monbiot, who has warned that Britain is at risk of becoming a failed state, is a supporter of
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, Welsh independence and
Irish reunification United Ireland (), also referred to as Irish reunification or a ''New Ireland'', is the proposition that all of Ireland should be a single sovereign state. At present, the island is divided politically: the sovereign state of Ireland (legally ...
. On 11 February 2021, whilst on
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's '' Politics Live'', he said, "If I lived in Scotland, I'd want to get out of this corrupt, dysfunctional, chaotic union as quickly as possible. And the same applies to Wales, the same applies to Northern Ireland. I can't see the point of staying in the United Kingdom, of being chained to the United Kingdom like a block of concrete, as the boat begins to founder." Monbiot has criticised linguist and political activist
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, arguing on Twitter in November 2017 that "Part of the problem is that a kind of cult has developed around Noam Chomsky and John Pilger, which cannot believe they could ever be wrong, and produces ever more elaborate conspiracy theories to justify their mistakes."


Nuclear energy

Monbiot once expressed deep antipathy to the nuclear industry. He then rejected his later neutral position regarding nuclear power in March 2011. Although he "still loathe the liars who run the nuclear industry", Monbiot now advocates its use, having been convinced of its relative safety by what he considers the limited effects of the 2011 Japan tsunami on nuclear reactors in the region. Subsequently, he has harshly condemned the
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, writing that it "has misled the world about the impacts of radiation on human health ... made laimsungrounded in science, unsupportable when challenged and wildly wrong." He singled out Helen Caldicott for, he wrote, making unsourced and inaccurate claims, dismissing contrary evidence as part of a cover-up, and overstating the death toll from the
Chernobyl disaster On 26 April 1986, the no. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, located near Pripyat, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine), exploded. With dozens of direct casualties, it is one of only ...
by a factor of more than 140. In October 2013 Monbiot criticised the selection of a generation III reactor design for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station due to
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as well as for a half century requirement of
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and transuranic waste production; he contrasted this with two
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concepts: "if
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s were deployed, the UK's stockpile of nuclear waste could be used to generate enough low-carbon energy to meet all UK demand for 500 years. These reactors would keep recycling the waste until hardly any remained: solving three huge problems – energy supply, nuclear waste and climate change – at once. Thorium reactors use an element that's already extracted in large quantities as an unwanted byproduct of other mining industries. They recycle their own waste, leaving almost nothing behind." (''
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'' similar comments by James Hansen)


Published works

Monbiot's first book was '' Poisoned Arrows'' (1989), concerning the partially
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-funded transmigration program on the peoples and tribes of West Papua. It was followed by '' Amazon Watershed'' (1991), which documents the expulsions of Brazilian peasant farmers from their land. His third book, '' No Man's Land: An Investigative Journey Through Kenya and Tanzania'' (1994), documented the seizure of land and cattle from nomadic people in Kenya and
Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...
. In 2000, he published ''Captive State: The Corporate Takeover of Britain'' in which Monbiot argues that corporate power in the United Kingdom is a serious threat to democracy. His fifth book, ''The Age of Consent: A Manifesto for a New World Order'', was published in 2003. The book is an attempt to set out a positive manifesto for change for the
global justice movement The global justice movement is a network of globalization, globalized social movements demanding global justice by opposing what is often known as the “Economic globalization, corporate globalization” and promoting equal distribution of econo ...
. Monbiot's next book, ''Heat: How to Stop the Planet Burning'', published in 2006, focused on the issue of
climate change Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in Global surface temperature, global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth's climate system. Climate variability and change, Climate change in ...
. '' Feral: Searching for Enchantment on the Frontiers of Rewilding'' was published in 2013, and focuses on the concept of
rewilding Rewilding is a form of ecological restoration aimed at increasing biodiversity and restoring natural processes. It differs from other forms of ecological restoration in that rewilding aspires to reduce human influence on ecosystems. It is also d ...
the planet. In the book, Monbiot criticises
sheep farming Sheep farming or sheep husbandry is the raising and breeding of domestic sheep. It is a branch of animal husbandry. Sheep are raised principally for their meat (lamb and mutton), milk (sheep's milk), and fiber (wool). They also yield sheepskin ...
. The book received favourable reviews in ''
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'' and ''
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''. It won the Society of Biology Book Award for general biology in 2014. Monbiot's 2022 book ''Regenesis'' focuses on the
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and sustainable approaches. ''The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life)'', published in 2024, was coauthored by Monbiot and Peter Hutchison, an American filmmaker. The book is accompanied by a film of the same name, to be published in autumn 2024. Monbiot's weekly column for ''
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'' has covered a variety of issues, concentrating on political philosophy in relation to ecological and social problems, particularly in the United Kingdom.


Personal life

Monbiot has mostly lived in
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, but for a few years from 2007 he lived in a low emissions house in the market town of
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, Montgomeryshire, originally with his then-wife, writer and campaigner Angharad Penrhyn Jones, and their daughter. Because his new partner lives in Oxford, Monbiot returned by 2012. The couple's daughter, Monbiot's second, was born in early 2012. In December 2017, Monbiot was diagnosed with
prostate cancer Prostate cancer is the neoplasm, uncontrolled growth of cells in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system below the bladder. Abnormal growth of the prostate tissue is usually detected through Screening (medicine), screening tests, ...
; he had surgery in March 2018. In 2022, he moved to South Devon.


Awards

In 1995,
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presented him with a United Nations Global 500 Award for outstanding environmental achievement. He won the Sir Peter Kent award 1991 prize for his book ''Amazon Watershed''. In November 2007, his book ''Heat'' was awarded the Premio Mazotti, an Italian book prize, but he was denied the money given with the prize because he chose not to travel to Venice to collect it in person, arguing that it was not a good enough reason to justify flying. In 2017, he was a recipient of the SEAL Environmental Journalism Award for his work at ''The Guardian''. In 2022, Monbiot was awarded The Orwell Prize for Journalism.


Selected works

* (1989). '' Poisoned Arrows: An investigative journey through the forbidden lands of West Papua''. London: Abacus. * (1991). '' Amazon Watershed: The new environmental investigation''. London: Abacus. * (1992). ''Mahogany is Murder: Mahogany Extraction from Indian Reserves in Brazil''. * (1994). '' No Man's Land: An Investigative Journey Through Kenya and Tanzania''. Picador. * (2000). ''Captive State: The Corporate Takeover of Britain''. Macmillan. * (2003). ''The Age of Consent''. Flamingo. * (2004). ''Manifesto for a New World Order''. The New Press. * (2006). ''Heat: How to Stop the Planet Burning''. Allen Lane. * (2008). ''Bring on the Apocalypse: Six Arguments for Global Justice''. Atlantic Books. * (2013). '' Feral: Searching for Enchantment on the Frontiers of Rewilding''. London: Penguin Books. * (2016). ''How Did We Get into This Mess?: Politics, Equality, Nature''. London: Verso. * (2017). ''Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics for an Age of Crisis''. London: Verso. * (2022). ''Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet''. London: Penguin Books. * (2024). ''The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life)''.


See also

* Individual and political action on climate change


References


External links

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