Torrance, Jason

Torrance, Jason

Jason Torrance

Roads and runways everywhere

1 December 2006Feature Jason Torrance

Fifteen years on from the start of the modern environmental direct action movement, awareness about the state of our planet is higher than ever before. However, those who have grown up as a part of the movement tell a different story about corporate and government action and the pace of change.

A lot has changed over the last 15 years. We now live in a world ravaged by Climate Change, a world where the World Health Organisation estimate that 150,000 people die every year and the development charity Christian Aid estimate that 182 million will die in sub-Saharan Africa alone by the end of the Century, as a result of diseases exacerbated by climate change.

Here in the UK we're told that we've never had it so good. Social inclusion, community involvement and environmental…