Joss Garman

Joss Garman (b. 1985) is a British environmentalist who is noted for co-founding the climate change campaign group, Plane Stupid. [ [http://www.planestupid.com Plane Stupid - bringing the aviation industry back down to earth! ] ]

A campaigner for Greenpeace UK since May 2007, he has been described as one of the "50 people who could save the planet" by The Guardian [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jan/05/activists.ethicalliving 50 people who could save the planet | Environment | The Guardian ] ] and as a "champion of the green movement" by The Sunday Times. [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article664909.ece Focus: The new Swampy - Times Online ] ]

In August 2007 ahead of the Camp for Climate Action at Heathrow, he was targeted when the airport operator BAA went to the High Court to seek an injunction in an attempt to bring the most wide-ranging limit on the right to protest Britain has ever witnessed. [ [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/livingstone-fights-stupid-heathrow-protesters-ban-459810.html Livingstone fights 'stupid' Heathrow protesters ban - UK Politics, UK - The Independent ] ] Garman is reported to have said, "Whilst BAA can ask for an injunction to protect their profits - there is no law protecting the Amazon, the coral reefs or the glaciers."

He writes a monthly column for The Ecologist magazine and blogs frequently for The Guardian's Commentisfree. [ [http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/joss_garman/profile.html Comment is free: Joss Garman Profile ] ] His articles have also appeared in The Independent on Sunday. [ [http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/joss-garman-gordon-plays-the-jolly-green-giant-but-he-needs-to-get-serious-464067.html Joss Garman: Gordon plays the jolly Green giant, but he needs to get serious - Commentators, Opinion - The Independent ] ] He holds a degree in politics from the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies. (SOAS)

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