Supporter of the week: Samuel Hillier

Hannah Booth

22 March 2012

To celebrate Friends of the Earth's 40th anniversary, I've been talking to some of the supporters who've made it all possible.

Samuel Hillier (right) is campaigning for Friends of the Earth while still at school.

"I got into environmental issues after someone came to our school to give a talk. It was after the [Gulf of Mexico] oil spill. It was passed off as a maths talk, about buying and selling crude oil, but it felt like propaganda.

"I contacted Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace and handed out leaflets at school. I turned vegan a year and a half ago, and I volunteer in a charity shop.

"Neither of these are typical of most of my schoolmates."

To see all the supporters I've interviewed, visit our 40th Anniversary Gallery. Next week: Esmie Ricks.

Hannah Booth also writes Lives Less Ordinary.

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