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George Monbiot

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in Paddington, London, The United Kingdom

January 27, 1963

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George Joshua Richard Monbiot is a British writer known for his environmental and political activism.

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Gulf of Understanding

What the governments of the Global North don’t care about, they don’t measure.

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 21st November 2025

I began by trying to discover whether or not a widespread belief was true. In doing so, I tripped across something even bigger: an index of the world’s indifference. I already knew that by burning fossil fuels, gorging on meat and dairy, and failing to make e

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Average rating: 4.19 · 18,232 ratings · 2,268 reviews · 43 distinct works • Similar authors

	Feral: Rewilding the Land, the Sea and Human Life 4.16 avg rating — 5,432 ratings — published 2013 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet 4.40 avg rating — 3,476 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism by George Monbiot, Peter Hutchison 4.39 avg rating — 2,895 ratings — published 2024 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics in the Age of Crisis 4.07 avg rating — 1,977 ratings — published 2017 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Did We Get into This Mess?: Politics, Equality, Nature 4.03 avg rating — 1,348 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heat: How to Stop the Planet From Burning 4.04 avg rating — 1,074 ratings — published 2006 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Can't Be Happening 4.28 avg rating — 537 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Age of Consent: A Manifesto for a New World Order 3.80 avg rating — 539 ratings — published 2003 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Captive State: The Corporate Takeover of Britain 3.96 avg rating — 461 ratings — published 2000 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bring on the Apocalypse 3.85 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire.”
― George Monbiot

tags: american-dream, bootstraps, hard-work, wealth

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“Progress is measured by the speed at which we destroy the conditions that sustain life.”
― George Monbiot

tags: climate, ecology, environment, progress

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“We are often told we are materialistic. It seems to me, we are not materialistic enough. We have a disrespect for materials. We use it quickly and carelessly.

If were genuinely materialistic people, we would understand where materials come from and where they go to.

But, at the moment, the entire global economy seems to be built on the model of digging things up from one hole in the ground on one side of the earth, transporting them around the world, using them for a few days, and sticking them in a hole in the ground on the other side of the world.”
― George Monbiot

tags: bbc, human-footprint, monbiot

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