1. Gail Marie Bradbrook was born on 30 April 1972 and is a British environmental activist and molecular biophysicist who co-founded the environmental social movement Extinction Rebellion.
12 Facts About Gail Bradbrook
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Gail Bradbrook's father worked at a mine in South Kirkby.
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Gail Bradbrook studied molecular biophysics at the University of Manchester, gaining a PhD.
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Gail Bradbrook carried out postdoctoral work in India and France.
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An interest in animal rights led Gail Bradbrook to join the Green Party at the age of 14.
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Gail Bradbrook has been involved in various campaigning groups in Stroud, including a 2010 to 2013 period as voluntary director of Transition Stroud, an anti-fracking protest, various actions in opposition to the building of a local incinerator, including a naked protest, and an early Extinction Rebellion roadblock in Merrywalks, Stroud.
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Gail Bradbrook wants to raise awareness of the dangers from anthropogenic climate change and believes that only civil disobedience on a large scale can bring about the change that is needed.
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Gail Bradbrook said she could not afford an electric car and she needed the vehicle to drive her children to sports matches.
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Gail Bradbrook has been married twice, the first time to Jeffrey Forshaw.
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Gail Bradbrook lives in Stroud as does her ex-partner Simon Bramwell, who is a co-founder of Extinction Rebellion.
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Gail Bradbrook, who represented herself, argued her protest was peaceful and necessary after other advocacy methods failed.
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At Isleworth Crown Court in West London on 18 December 2023, Gail Bradbrook was given a 15-month suspended sentence, with 150 hours of unpaid work and a year-long supervision order.