The Independent
Darren Johnson was in a dead-end job serving chips in Hull when he decided to join the Green Party. He visited an environmental fair on a day off and, by chance, picked up the party's manifesto. Eighteen years on, he is the Greens' most recognisable public figure, but Mr Johnson is still concerned with chip fat. As one of two Green members of the London Assembly, he is behind a plan to turn greasy chip-oil from London's takeaways into biodiesel to power eco-friendly mopeds and cars.
