White XR eco-warrior claims giving pupils too much dairy is ‘RACIST’ in row over plant-based food on school menus because ‘many in BAME community suffer with lactose intolerance’ XR is demanding two plant-based days per week at state-run Brighton schools Alison Plaumer launched petition and says reliance of dairy has ‘racist element’ She told council: … Read more
White XR eco-warrior claims giving pupils too much dairy is ‘RACIST’ in row over plant-based food on school menus because ‘many in BAME community suffer with lactose intolerance’ XR is demanding two plant-based days per week at state-run Brighton schools Alison Plaumer launched petition and says reliance of dairy has ‘racist element’ She told council: … Read more
A Tory backbencher has led calls for the immediate removal of the ‘dangerous’ anti-HS2 campsite in Euston, including wooden shacks which cover a 100ft tunnel network – after bailiffs first started evicting eco-warriors protesting the controversial £98billion rail project 13 days ago. Six HS2 Rebellion activists including veteran environmental campaigner Swampy, real name Daniel Hooper, … Read more
A self-declared ‘eco-warrior’ on Grand Designs left viewers baffled last night after using concrete, plastic lining and polystyrene insulation to build his ‘environmentally friendly’ self-heating home. Dr Andrew Smith, from Buckinghamshire, appeared on the Channel 4 programme last night, alongside his wife Margretta and their children Jasper and Imogen, as he set out to construct … Read more
Veteran eco-warrior Swampy has been charged with aggravated trespass after being hauled by police from a 26 metre high tree house on the proposed route of the High Speed 2 rail line. He and seven other protesters had set up camp in The Beech tree in the 1.8 hectare Jones’ Hill Wood, between Wendover and Great … Read more
When it comes to radical activism, there are few who can hold an ethically-sourced candle to Michael Shellenberger. At 16, he threw his first fundraising party for a rainforest conservation group. At 17, he lived in Nicaragua to show ‘solidarity’ with the Sandinista socialist revolution. By his early 20s, he was raising money for Guatemalan … Read more
When it comes to radical activism, there are few who can hold an ethically-sourced candle to Michael Shellenberger. At 16, he threw his first fundraising party for a rainforest conservation group. At 17, he lived in Nicaragua to show ‘solidarity’ with the Sandinista socialist revolution. By his early 20s, he was raising money for Guatemalan … Read more