Festival of Politics: In Conversation with George Monbiot

Published: Dec. 20, 2021, 4:30 p.m.

b'George Monbiot\\xa0is a writer, activist and environmentalist. As well as having a regular Guardian column, his books include:\\xa0Feral, Age of Consent,\\xa0How Did We Get into This Mess?\\xa0and\\xa0Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics for an Age of Crisis.\\xa0His latest collection,\\xa0This can\\u2019t be happening\\xa0(Penguin), is a collection of galvanising speeches and essays, calling on humanity to stop averting its gaze from the destruction of the living planet, and wake up to the greatest predicament we have ever faced.\\nThis event is chaired by Alison Johnstone MSP,\\xa0Presiding Officer\\xa0of the Scottish Parliament.'