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Jack Harries
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Jack and Finn Harries.
Environmental activism
Jack Harries traveled to Bhutan as a WWF ambassador in December 2018 and filmed a short film with his brother and a team of filmmakers called The Kingdom. In February 2019, Jack Harries and eight other Extinction Rebellion activists were arrested for aggravated trespass and criminal damage after they glued themselves to the front of a hotel in London during a protest at an international petroleum conference. In a BBC interview, Jack said it was worth it to bring awareness to the cause. He was later acquitted of the charges. In 2020, the brothers and filmmaker Alice Aedy founded Earthrise Studio, a media company focused on climate change. In 2021, Jack hosted a web series called Seat at the Table in which he interviewed people such as Barack Obama and David Attenborough. In 2025, Jack was included on The King's Foundation's "35 under 35" list of changemakers.