Joss Garman
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Joss Garman FRSA is a British environmentalist
who is noted for co-founding the climate change campaign group, Plane Stupid
.
UK since May 2007, he has been described as one of the "50 people who could save the planet" by The Guardian
and as a "champion of the green movement" by The Sunday Times
.
In August 2007 ahead of the Camp for Climate Action
, he was named in a High Court injunction by airport operator BAA in a bid to prevent environmental protests at Heathrow.
He writes a monthly column for The Ecologist
magazine and blogs frequently for The Guardian's Commentisfree. His articles have also appeared in The Independent on Sunday and The Observer.
Environmentalist
An environmentalist broadly supports the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that seeks to improve and protect the quality of the natural environment through changes to environmentally harmful human activities"...
who is noted for co-founding the climate change campaign group, Plane Stupid
Plane Stupid
Plane Stupid is a UK-focused group of environmental protesters who state their aim as wanting to see an end to airport expansion for what it sees as "unnecessary and unsustainable" flights. The organisation has no formal hierarchy, leader, or media figurehead. It is a loose association of...
.
Family
His father is the inventor of the world’s first bath lift and owns a multinational company called Mangar International which exports to a large number of countries. His parents are nature lovers, as well as members of Greenpeace.Education
He holds a degree in politics from the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies. (SOAS)Activism
A campaigner for GreenpeaceGreenpeace
Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, The Netherlands...
UK since May 2007, he has been described as one of the "50 people who could save the planet" by The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
and as a "champion of the green movement" by The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper.The Sunday Times may also refer to:*The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times...
.
In August 2007 ahead of the Camp for Climate Action
Camp for Climate Action
The Camps for Climate Action are campaign gatherings that take place to draw attention to, and act as a base for direct action against, major carbon emitters, as well as to develop ways to create a zero-carbon society...
, he was named in a High Court injunction by airport operator BAA in a bid to prevent environmental protests at Heathrow.
He writes a monthly column for The Ecologist
The Ecologist
The Ecologist is a British environmental publication founded in 1970 by Edward Goldsmith. It addresses a wide range of environmental subjects and promotes an ecological systems thinking approach through its news stories, investigations and opinion articles. The Ecologist encourages its readers to...
magazine and blogs frequently for The Guardian's Commentisfree. His articles have also appeared in The Independent on Sunday and The Observer.