Zion Lights

Zion Lights is a science communicator who is known for her environmental advocacy work. Zion is founder of the climate action group Emergency Reactor, author of ‘The Ultimate Guide to Green Parenting’ and a keen astronomer who has given a TED talk on stargazing. She is the former editor of The Hourglass, Extinction Rebellion's print newspaper. Zion is active on Twitter @ziontree

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England has long been starved of access to nature. It’s time to reclaim it

OPINION: Little wonder that a judge wrongly ruled wild camping was ‘not recreational’. We must take back our commons

By Zion Lights

/ 26 Jan 2023

England has long been starved of access to nature. It’s time to reclaim it

Van Gogh y sopa de tomate. ¿Qué hace que una protesta funcione?

Los activistas climáticos Just Stop Oil han llamado la atención de los medios de comunicación con su última acción. ¿Pero es esto suficiente?

By Zion Lights

/ 25 Oct 2022

Van Gogh y sopa de tomate. ¿Qué hace que una protesta funcione?

Tomato soup, a famous painting and a viral clip. What makes a protest work?

Climate activists Just Stop Oil certainly got the media talking with their latest action. But is that enough?

By Zion Lights

/ 21 Oct 2022

Tomato soup, a famous painting and a viral clip. What makes a protest work?

Nuclear power is clean, safe and cheap. We need it to stop global heating

I’m a climate activist. The arguments made against nuclear power today are the same arguments I was making a decade ago, and I was wrong

By Zion Lights

/ 2 Feb 2022

Nuclear power is clean, safe and cheap. We need it to stop global heating