In an open letter signed by Vandana Shiva, Naomi Klein, Noam Chomsky, Bill McKibben and many more Extinction Rebellion states: “The climate crisis is worsening much faster than previously predicted. Every single day 200 species are becoming extinct … Political leaders worldwide are failing to address the environmental crisis … International political organisations and national governments must … urgently draw up comprehensive policies to address it.”
Dr. Rupert Read is an academic teaching Philosophy at the University of East Anglia. He is a long time Green Party politician and a former Green Party spokesperson for transport.
Dr. Alison Green has held many senior academic positions in UK universities. Last year she resigned from academia to become a full time activist. She co-wrote the open letter/manifesto for Extinction Rebellion and is the National Director (UK) for Scientists Warning. She works alongside Stuart Scott, Executive Director.
CREDIT: Thanks for the part of this program that is conducted by phone to Dr. Rob Moir from oceanriver.org. A much longer versions of his interview of Rupert Read and Alison Green is posted on the podcast page at oceanriver.org
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