“Few people younger than me know that it was once normal to see fields white with mushrooms, or rivers black with eels at the autumn equinox, or that every patch of nettles was once reamed by caterpillars.”

English journalist, author, and environmental and political activist

George Joshua Richard Monbiot is an English journalist, author, and environmental and political activist. He is known for his writing on politics and the environment, and for a regular column in The Guardian. He has written several books and is also active in environmental and political campaigning. His work often focuses on public issues, especially those that connect society, nature, and political life.