Make Environmentalism Dangerous Again, with Nicholas Beuret

**Warning: this episode contains swears**

My guest on this episode of Your Brain on Climate says it's time environmentalism grew some teeth. He wants YOU to actively disrupt destructive activity – to sabotage the machines that are destroying the Earth – because asking politely isn't getting us where we need to be fast or fair enough. But yet hardly anyone is prepared to do stuff like this, despite rising temperatures and a planet on fire. So I ask: what does it take to get people taking disruptive direct action - and what stops the rest of us? 

Joining me is academic, author and activist Nicholas Beuret. Nic's the author of Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt The Climate Transition. Nic thinks modern environmentalism has got too polite, and accuses the environmental movement of not doing enough to force a transition that is making life better for everyday people. 

Nic is thoughtful, principled and funny - I think you'll like him - and just maybe you'll leave this chat reflecting on what it would take for you to chain yourself to a pipeline. 

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Owl noises = references below.

• 21:23 - How climate change is pushing up food inflation, from Carbon Brief. 
• 29:52 - Inside the anti-fracking protests in Lancashire. 
• 39:23 - John Jost's System Justification Theory. 
• 50:21 - an interview with Jane McAlevey about how to organise for power.

Your Brain on Climate is a show about human brains vs the climate crisis. It's hosted and produced by me, Dave Powell. You can follow the show on instagram @yourbrainonclimate, and I occasionally put up a Substack. 

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