Climate activists reveal the true inside stories of direct action and protest. Bravery, ingenuity and humour combine as the campaigners struggle to get their message of existential threat heard amid the noise of the modern world. Featuring: . Anthony Perrett (Greenpeace Arctic 30) incarcerated in a Russian prison . Janet Barker thrown out of the Chancellors annual dinner by an MP . Dirty power stations on trial . Six women scale the tallest building in the UK . How to stop an oil rig . Endurance on the roof of Parliament This book is a collection of events adapted into stories using a variety of styles and voices. These are true stories, told from first-hand accounts and my own experiences, although most of the details are accurate, some have had to be changed for reasons of security, narrative or memory. Some of the dialogue is accurate, some has been created to carry the story along. Usually, first names only are kept to protect identities and sometimes they are entirely changed in case there were legal ramifications. Please forgive these vagaries and aberrations, they are done to provide the reader with a complete and enjoyable experience. This book is written to show how ordinary people find the resolve to do some pretty odd things and why. Perhaps it will also encourage others to write their stories, there are so many tales of drama, bravery and humour waiting to be retold. AUTHOR: Pete Barker grew up in the English countryside with a deep appreciation of nature and realising the harm humans are doing to it, he joined Greenpeace to be a volunteer activist, taking part in campaigns and direct actions for the environment. He has now drawn on these remarkable experiences and those of close colleagues to form an exciting compilation of true stories. Writing credits include blogs for Greenpeace and Plane Stupid, winner of a Flash 500 competition, published in Aftermath Magazine and a debut novel. Pete now lives off grid in a straw bale house he designed and built with his wife, and 20 Angora rabbits in rural Wales.
