An Insulate Britain eco-warrior who went on hunger strike in protest at being jailed for taking part in protests that brought Britian's motorways to a standstill has urged more eco-zealots to step up and continue the group's extreme campaign.
Emma Smart, 44, - who will be housed in Europe's largest women's prison which is home to murderers and child rapists - was handed a four-month sentence for taking part in a protest on the M25 on October 8.
In a video shared by Insulate Britain online, a short recording of Smart, believed to have been taken before she was sent to HMP Bronzefield in Ashford, Surrey, can be seen in which she defends her actions and called for more civil disobedience.
Smart, an ecologist by trade, said: 'It was quite an extreme campaign, you know, going onto the motorway but we're in an extreme situation and I felt I had to do what was necessary.
'I stepped up, we all need to step up. Non-violent civil disobedience is the only way we're going to enact change.
'We don't need nine of us, or 20 of us in prison, we all need to put our liberty on the line because we are facing losing everything.'
Insulate Britain eco mob's Emma Smart, 44 has urged more eco-zealots to step up and continue the group's extreme campaign
Emma Smart, from Weymouth, announced via an Insulate Britain spokesman that she would be going on hunger strike
In the clip shared to Twitter, Smart explains her actions leading up to taking part in the mob's motorway protests earlier this year.
Speaking with a row of fence panels behind her, she said: 'I don't know what more I can do and then IB [Insulate Britain] came along and yes, this was a way I could step up.
'It was quite an extreme campaign, you know, going onto the motorway but we're in an extreme situation and I felt I had to do what was necessary.
'So I feel this is the moment. Our government could have accepted and acted or done something meaningful in relation to our demands.
'But they chose to imprison us and really that has got to send a strong message to everyone. Now is the time. We need to come together, whatever we're doing is not enough.
In a video shared by Insulate Britain online, a short recording of Smart, believed to have been taken before she was sent to HMP Bronzefield in Ashford, Surrey, can be seen in which she defends her actions and called for more civil disobedience
Emma Smart told the court that the proceedings were 'obscene' and glowered at barristers representing National Highways. However, the biologist has faced allegations of hypocrisy after undertaking a gas-guzzling 81,000-mile drive across the globe with her husband Andy Smith. Above: The couple are pictured with their diesel-fuelled Toyota before the trip in 2012
Emma Smart (left) waves to supporters as she arrives at the High Court in London for sentencing yesterday morning
'I stepped up, we all need to step up. Non-violent civil disobedience is the only way we're going to enact change.
'We don't need nine of us, or 20 of us in prison,
