George Monbiot, commentator, broadcaster, winner of the UN Global 500 Award for environmental achievement and author of seven books, including the remarkable Heat: How To Stop the Planet from Burning.
George Monbiot is a journalist, environmental activist, truth-seeker and trouble-maker whose investigative books and reports on abuses of power and environmental destruction have earned him international acclaim. As a regular, long-time columnist with Britain’s Guardian newspaper, Monbiot has established a reputation as a provocative and free-thinking journalist whose work is grounded in research and thoughtful analysis. The Independent on Sunday named him among 40 intellectual prophets of the 21st century.