In this special edition of Sentient Media The Correction series, George Monbiot — author, columnist for The Guardian, environmental campaigner and former investigative reporter for the BBC — debunks Russell Brand’s viral video against the Dutch government’s new law to reduce harmful nitrate pollution in livestock farming.
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Watch the full conversation below or listen to it here as George Monbiot and Sentient Media Executive Director, Ana Bradley, discuss in detail the link between the far-right and farming and why conspiracy theories spread by influencers like Brand are so damaging.
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Monbiot’s work:
Monbiot’s column in the Guardian
Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet
TED Talk: Can We Feed Ourselves Without Devouring the Planet
Feral: Rewilding the Land, Sea and Human Life
The Age of Consent; Heat: How to Stop the Planet Burning
Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics for an Age of Crisis
TED Talk: “How Wolves Change Rivers”
Follow Monbiot on Twitter
Ana is the Executive Director at Sentient Media. Her background is in content production and startup consultancy.