Meet the team behind Green Rider

The Green Rider campaign was started by a small group of Equity members and actor-campaigners in the grassroots Equity for a Green New Deal network.

Alongside working with our union to get the Equity Green Rider included in standard contracts, we are also building a cultural movement amongst our peers - empowering artists and screen workers to take climate action & use their storytelling power to change how our industry for the better.

Will Attenborough
Danusia Samal
Fehinti Balogun
  • Actor, Writer and Climate Activist

    Danusia is known for her role on The Great (Hulu), and Ghost in the Shell (Paramount). As a writer, her work includes Gangs of London (Sky) and Bodies (Netflix). In 2018 she won the Theatre503 International Playwriting Award for Out of Sorts, a family drama exploring identity and race for second generation migrants, later shortlisted for the George Devine Award. In 2020, Danusia launched the Virtual Collaborators network, supporting creatives to collaborate remotely in lockdown. The project was supported by The Guardian and Arts Council, featured on France24, and culminated in one of the first post-lockdown outdoor festivals. includes Gangs of London (Sky) and Bodies (Netflix).

  • Actor, Theatre-Maker and Climate Activist

    Fehinti Balogun is known for his roles in Dune (Warner Bros), I May Destroy You (BBC), and A Gentleman in Moscow (Netflix). His one-man show Can I Live?, a response to the climate crisis using spoken word and animation, has been screened around the world. A well-known voice on climate justice, Fehinti has addressed COP 26, the Scottish parliament and delivered two Ted talks. He was featured as one of Evening Standard's under 30 Activists for 2024.

  • Actor and Climate Campaigner

    Will Attenborough is known for his roles on Our Girl (BBC), The Outpost and the Oscar-winning Dunkirk (Warner Bros), as well as leading in West End productions of Another Country, and Photograph 51 opposite Nicole Kidman. In 2018, he won the London GrandSlam of the international storytelling competition The Moth. He's also an experienced climate finance strategist who's run successful campaigns with Equity and the Mayor of London, leading billions of pounds out of fossil fuel investments and into clean solutions. He now works as a campaigner with Insure our Future.

WHO HAS ENDORSED GREEN RIDER

Paapa Essiedu

Bella Ramsey

Gemma Arterton

Hayley Atwell

Bill Nighy

Ben Whishaw

Paapa Essiedu • Bella Ramsey • Gemma Arterton • Hayley Atwell • Bill Nighy • Ben Whishaw •