George Monbiot is an environmental writer and journalist. He writes a weekly column for The Guardian and is the author of several acclaimed books such as "The Age of Consent: A Manifesto for a New World Order" (2003), "Captive State: The Corporate Takeover of Britain" (2000) and "Bring on the Apocalypse: Six Arguments for Global Justice" (2008). He is an intrepid environmental campaigner and has been involved in a variety of environmental action groups. Monbiot has held visiting fellowships and professorships at the universities of Oxford (environmental policy), Bristol (philosophy), Keele (politics), Oxford Brookes (planning) and East London (environmental science).
