GreenActivist

The newsletter for members • www. greenparty.org.uk • Jan/Feb 2015

#greensurge SEE THE NEW CAMPAIGNS & Membership overtakes EVENTS PAGE – UKIP and the JOIN IN WITH THE ACTION! LibDems! 2015 SPRING CONFERENCE, COME ALONG TO THE BIGGEST EVER YET ...

GREEN PARTY MEMBERSHIP TRIPLES IN ONE YEAR TO OVER 50,000! CONTENTS Please click on the red titles to connect to that page.

REGULAR 3 Hot News/Editorial Amazing surge in membership continues! 4 Message from Natalie advises on how to combat negative media coverage of the Green Party. 5 Campaigns & Events New section! Up and coming demos and events plus social media sites where you can make an impact. 9 Spring Conference 2015 Information on booking, travel, entertainment and candidate photos. 14 Green pioneers Watch the Leaders’ Debate on TV - Broadcasters have published Donella Meadows – best known as lead new plans for TV election debates which now include the author of the Limits to Growth, and leaders of six other UK political parties. work stimulated the formation of the Green Party. 15 Green Party Notices Check out the latest notices and take a TALKING POINT look at a few of the marvellous memes 10 Green means ecology being created by Green Party members. Richard Lawson on the fundamentals f 16 Who’s Who of NATIONAL WEBSITE Four pages of contact details of party FEATURES www.greenparty.org.uk officers, committees, policy groups and key activists. 8 Toolkit for the European MEMBERS WEBSITE activist https://my.greenparty.org.uk/ ELECTIONS 25 Green Party activists needed for this seminar in Brussels 6 Elections GreenActivist 11 Veganism – the green diet 7 Crowdfunding – the new way to Send your comments, contributions, ideas The green case for veganism. raise money and enquiries to: internalcommunica- 13 Citizens Basic Income [email protected] Read how has funded Clive Lord adds his perspective to this Editor: Peter Barnett her election campaign, and how you Green Party policy. Design: [email protected] can do likewise.

2 HotNews!

(Graph depicts Jan 14 to Jan 15) The #greensurge continues with current Green Party membership figures up from under 15,00 in Jan 14 to over 50,000 members at January 2015. This means the Green Party has overtaken UKIP and the LibDems!

The more members can engage on social media the more people we can encourage to join. Try sharing a few memes. See page 6 and https://www.facebook.com/GreenPartyMemes

EDITORIAL by Peter Barnett [email protected]

Amazing –the have heard the great news – that the Media attack – As a serious political force Greens have now been offered a place in at we can expect no quarter from the media #GreenSurge least one of the TV debates – so we are now or our opponents in the future. Already is more like officially a ‘serious’ or ‘main’ party. Thanks they are scrutinising our policies like to everyone for maintaining the pressure, never before, and of course in many cases a full-blown signing the petitions, writing letters and maliciously twisting and misinterpreting tidal wave! so on. (I suppose we should thank PM them. So if you hear terrible things about David Cameron too, even if his reasons for the Party, note first who is saying them, and As I write, membership of the Green Party supporting our cause were slightly different refer back to us before believing anything! of England and Wales has just topped from ours). See page 4 for further details. 50,000. It has more than tripled in under a General Election – We year. The Young Greens are bigger now than are now well on course I hope you like the new design the whole Green Party was a year ago to achieve our target of for Green Activist, it’s easier to So as ever, a warm and hearty welcome to standing in 75% of the seats, read on your smaller devices all our new members. We are working very and are very likely to go much and looks much more profes- hard to manage the expanding organisation further. It looks like most of sional. Our thanks go to Cherry and have almost tripled our paid staff at the the country will be able to Puddicombe for the design national office whilst recruiting more still at vote Green in the general revamp, and to Jenny Rust – for the regional level. We hope you have been in election – another milestone copy editing and proof reading. contact with your local party and are joining for the Party. But currently in the campaigns to help give the Green there are still many seats without Green Thank you all for your support and hard Party its best ever results in the General candidates, and we remain especially keen work in this, the most exciting time in the and local elections in May. But please let us to find more women candidates, as well as Party’s history. know if you are experiencing problems. BME, disabled, LGBTIQ – and demonstrate the Leaders’ TV election debates – You will party’s commitment to equality and diversity. Peter Barnett 3 MESSAGE FROM NATALIE BENNETT

“The Green Surge will inevitably mean more scrutiny of our policies and an increase in negative media coverage. This is to be expected and is something we should all prepare for.”

Combatting bad press Being a member of the Green Party means We will not win every battle with the signing up to a commitment to peace and media but that should not stop us from One of the things that makes us different is non-violence, as reflected by our commit- being bold, courageous and ambitious in the fact that our policies are democratically ment to the abolition of Trident nuclear setting out our vision for a Green society. decided by our members in a process that weapons and our opposition to the Iraq culminates in party conferences that take and Afghan wars. People should be free place twice a year. We are 100% transparent to believe in whatever they want to – but Don’t believe what you about what our policies are and they are supporting organisations that use violence read in the papers! published on our policy website against members of the public to advance This transparency does leave us open their cause is a criminal act and should be It is NOT Green Party policy: To put the to attack from journalists who can trawl treated as such. Queen in a council house - a malicious lie through our website and give their own spin The other major issue that has excited derived from taking an obviously playful to the policy statements published there. A sections of the media is the Citizen’s’ remark to be a factual policy statement. recent Telegraph article is a good example of Income (or Universal Basic Income). This is It is NOT Green Party policy: To remove how the Green Party’s fine sentiments can a long-standing Green Party policy and is all immigration controls and an have be twisted into a sensationalist headline. about recasting the social security system open door policy in 20 years time - a As the Leader of the Green Party it is my so that it is fit for the twenty-first century. wilful distortion of taking the bottom job to promote and defend our member- Universal Basic Income is about providing end of a vague estimate - in fact our made policies as best I can. economic security for everyone, removing policy is to remove immigration controls For the avoidance of any doubt the Green the benefits trap, making work pay, and at an unspecified time in the future Party is wholly opposed to violence. ISIS ensuring a reasonable work/life balance so when the pressures to migrate have (or Islamic State) is a violent and horrific that people get to spend more time on the been mitigated on a more equal and organisation – anyone involved in it should things that matter most. peaceful planet. be dealt with through the criminal justice We will include a fully-costed proposal system. Anyone who is involved in violence in our General Election manifesto but until – be it the violent act itself, the planning that point we will not be releasing costings. MUST READ: http://www.huffington- of violent acts, or the financing of violent The BBC and others are bandying figures post.co.uk/ian-middleton/green-party- acts – is a criminal and should be dealt with around but these are not Green Party figures policy_b_6551676.html?utm_hp_ref=uk- through the criminal justice system. and should not be taken as such. politics&ir=UK+Politics 4 CAMPAIGNS & EVENTS Join in ... Get your placards out and/or show Green

GREEN PARTY CAMPAIGNS Party visibility at these events! [email protected] Twitter @gpewcampaigns Leaflets, posters and flyers ACTION FOR RAIL LIVING WAGE CAMPAIGN Facebook: /gpewcampaigns on a variety of Green Party We need activists to distribute Join Caroline Lucas MP this HELP FUND A CAMPAIGN! campaign issues (see right) our new Railways for People Saturday 31 January and if you would like to donate can be downloaded from not Profitflyers (out soon) at as campaign for Caroline’s Living money or resources please visit the Members’ website under many stations as possible. Wage to be implemented at a www.greenparty.org.uk ‘Campaigns’ or you can buy 27 February – Railways Bill national level. professionally printed versions comes up in the House of 10.00am to 16.00pm and placards from the Green Commons for its second Come for all or part of it! A Shop http://shop.greenparty. reading and a vote - it needs to number of activities will be on f org.uk pass if it’s to go forward to the throughout the day including a Committee stage. ‘conversation training’ at 10am HELP SPREAD THE GREEN SPRING CONFERENCE and at 1pm, as well as stalls, MESSAGE ON SOCIAL MEDIA! 6-9 March 2015, ACC, Liverpool. Carbon cuts not deliveries, door knocking and Please help us reach as many www.greenparty.org.uk/ climate chaos shadow-door knocking where people as possible on Twitter conference (see p9) we go out in pairs and you can by following this account and shadow someone who has done retweeting. Please ‘Like’ our WRAP UP TRIDENT it before. Lunch is provided Facebook and add photos and The seven mile peace scarf is for everyone and it’s a great Combat Climate Change join.greenparty.org.uk

to be used again in this demo Promoted by Howard Thorp on behalf of the Green Party, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London, EC2A 4LT. Printed on 100% recycled paper by Acanthus Press Ltd, Unit 21, Ryelands Farm, Bagley Road, Wellington TA21 9PZ. Photo: iStockphoto©SteveStone. Designed by www.lifework.biz opportunity to share ideas, details of your campaigning Poster12V1print.indd 3 17/03/2014 09:59 activities. in Birmingham on 14 June speak to Caroline and enjoy th 2015. buzz! MEMES FACEBOOK See http://actionawe.org/ There will be two venues this Creative types - join this wrap-up-trident-24-january- Saturday, so make your way Facebook page and get 12-00-3-00-pm/ to either: 58 Hertford Road, meming! Brighton BN1 7GF OR 12d https://www.facebook.com/ TIME TO ACT CLIMATE Sussex Heights, St Margaret’s groups/1479504342280628/ March 7, London. See www. Place, Brighton BN1 2FD GREEN INITIATIVE FACEBOOK campaigncc.org/TimetoAct Please sign up to the action Promote the Green Party in the day here https://my.greenparty. media by joining this Facebook THE FRACK STOPS HERE! org.uk/civicrm/event/ page. County Hall, Preston, RAILWAYS FOR info?id=45&reset=1 PEOPLE, NOT https://www.facebook.com/ Lancashire PR1 8RL. 28 Jan at PROFIT The Green Party wants public transport back in public hands. The railways should exist to provide a good service to groups/GreenInitiativeGroup/ 9.00am and 29 Jan at 5.00pm. commuters and travellers, not a honey pot for big business. Please contact Green Activist In 1993, the Tories sold off the railways to Over 20 years later, the public subsidy a number of private firms such as Virgin, to private rail companies is three times Arriva and Stagecoach. what it was in the days of British Rail. See https://www.facebook. • The Tories claimed they would provide Investment has been low and Britain has if you want to advertise any better and cheaper services than some of the highest rail fares in Europe state-owned British Rail had. while private companies take out huge profits, costing customers and taxpayers SUPPORT THE GREEN PARTY FOR • They claimed British Rail wasted alike. taxpayers’ money. com/events/1524388561165 Greens say we can do better campaigning activities • They claimed they would invest in a A BETTER FUTURE FACEBOOK rail system Britain would be proud of. than this! 172/?ref=3&ref_newsfeed_ BACK IN PUBLIC HANDS internalcommunications@ https://www.facebook.com/ story_type=regular greenparty.org.uk.

Green Party MP Caroline groups/421623437897519/ Lucas is proposing a Bill for renationalisation of the railways.

Nationalise the railways join.green party.org.uk 5 Promoted by and on behalf of the Green Party, 56-64 Leonard Street, Development House, London, EC2A 4LT. Printed by a supporter from http://www.greenparty.org.uk/. Designed by www.lifework.biz Photo: iStockphoto ELECTIONS

Please help re-elect The Green Party’s growing membership is allowing it to expand into more areas of Caroline Lucas MP! Britain, which will be particularly useful in Missed the Freepost? Campaign Manager Adam McGibbon May 2015, many more people will have a For those candidates who have missed the [email protected] chance to vote Green. This will also help to freepost offer from the national party and 07712321978 reduce the number of uncontested council want a good price for their leaflets please seats in the UK. contact [email protected] The campaign to re-elect Caroline in For an A5 x 2 sides in full colour and 20 Brighton Pavilion is now well under way. Adur DC, St. Mary’s (05/12/2014): Conserva- constituencies taking part the cost is coming Canvassing is taking place weekly. A tive 340 (38.4%, +1.3%), Labour 223 (25.2%, in at around £496 for an average of 50,000. campaign website will be going live soon. +2.6%), UKIP 216 (24.4%, +3.2%), Green 106 If more candidates take part the cost will Members are encouraged to attend monthly (12.0%, -0.7%) go down further. Printed on 115gsm 100% action days, where leafleting and canvassing recycled paper. The price includes liaison takes place across the constituency. Join Aylesbury DC, Gatehouse (11/12/2014): with Royal Mail and copy editing. All you here https://my.greenparty.org.uk/civicrm/ Liberal Democrat 295 (35.6%, -5.9%), UKIP need to do is send in text and a candidate petition/sign?sid=7&reset=1 267 (32.2%, +15.2%), Conservative 113 photo (preferably an action shot). Need to With Brighton Pavilion at number 19 on (13.6%, -9.2%), Labour 113 (13.6%,-5.0%), know numbers by first week of February. Labour’s target list for the next general Green 28 (3.4%), Independent 12 (1.4%) election, and Labour fighting hard to attempt to remove the only Green MP in Aylesbury DC, Southcourt (11/12/2014): Lib Parliament, it’s critical that the entire party Dem 429 (42.3%, +6.3%), UKIP 266 (26.2%, is involved in the campaign. +12.1%), Lab 175 (17.2%, -12.2%), Con 112 To be added to the Re-Elect Caroline (11.0%, -9.4%), Green 33 (3.3%). Lib Dem campaign mailing list, please email: adam. gain from Labour. [email protected] Moray UA, Elgin City North (11/12/2014: By-election round-up 2014 (1st preference votes) SNP 728 (38.0%, -5.3%), Independent 472 (24.6%), Lab 287 Alan Borgars (15.0%, -14.9%), Con 273 (14.2%, -3.2%), Here are the few by-elections that occurred UKIP 81 (4.2%), Green 77 (4.0%). SNP gain during December 2014 which featured from Labour. Green Party candidates. What is often notable about wintertime Sunderland MBC, Washington East Green memes by-elections is that turnout is generally low, (11/12/2014): Lab 775 (38.3%, -3.0%), Con Calling all creative types! The Memes even by the standards of local government 595 (29.4%, +4.2%), UKIP 506 (25.0%, -1.1%), Committee need memes to campaign on elections. Last December, one by-election in Green 93 (4.6%), Lib Dem 52 (2.6%). (changes social media in the run up to the election. A Liverpool had a turnout as low as 11%. Also, are since May 2014) meme is an image, video, piece of text, that not many by-elections occur at this time is shared rapidly by Internet users. The site due to the ‘six month rule’ meaning that Kingston LBC, St. James (18/12/2014): Con provide a memes generator if you lack the local council vacancies that occur between 1123 (42.9%, +5.1%), Lib Dem 865 (33.0%, right software. Ask to join on https://www. November and April often get left unfilled +11.0%), Lab 355 (13.5%, -4.6%), UKIP 206 facebook.com/groups/1479504342280628/ until May. (7.9%, -3.8%), Green 71 (2.7%, -3.7%). To share approved memes visit https:// www.facebook.com/GreenPartyMemes 6 ELECTION 2015 Crowdfunding – the new way to raise money

The Green Party has pioneered a new path for British politics by uals who want to drive change through using Crowdfunder to raise money, campaign and bring greater grassroots movements, whatever the cause. choice to voters in 2015, showing that grassroots politics is live and Each campaign has the potential to gather kicking. backing through small and large donations, as well as receive match funding from organisations. They say “At Crowdfunder we’re thrilled to be helping democratise political fundraising and bring a greater Caroline says ... choice to voters this year. “Crowdfunder is leading the way for digital innovation in the UK and it’s great to see how our platform is empowering communities across the UK to have a collec- tive voice, creating real change in society.”

The Greens’ Crowdfunder highlights

• 45 Green party politicians have raised enough money to be able to stand for parliament in the 2015 general election • 2015 begins with 36 live Green Party campaigns • Campaigns have funded the design, “Crowdfunder helps us campaign, as well as raise the funds we need to stand for print and delivery of campaign material, parliament. Other political parties tend to rely on donors to back their cause, but canvassers, travel expenses, office space through crowdfunding we can talk directly to voters as we gather donations, a far and the £500 fee to stand for parliament more powerful and democratic way of reaching out with our message.” • Rewards offered by campaigners include letters of thanks, free drinks and invita- Over the last six months more than 40 Green of between £400 and £10,000, with the tions to the count on voting day party politicians have used Crowdfunder, majority exceeding their initial financial • The most successful campaigns have gathering the support of almost 2,000 target. The Greens’ first crowdfunding been supported by a video and social backers and raising an average of £550 a campaign was launched in Plymouth and media campaign day. This money is fuelling the democratic the most fruitful has been led by Brighton’s • Support of The Green Party grew faster process, bringing to life campaign material, Caroline Lucas. Caroline has raised almost in 2014 than ever before with a 90% the opportunity for individuals to stand for £9,000, so far, and sits proudly on the increase in membership parliament and even rent for a constituency Crowdfunder leader board. office. The Crowdfunder community of over To find out more visit:https://my.greenparty. Individual campaigns have set goals 100,000 backers is made up of individ- org.uk/content/crowd-funding 7 FEATURE Call for participants! Toolkit for the European Green Activist seminar March 26-28 2015

Are you interested in Green politics and organisations and to get familiar with the in the European Union? Would you like to European political debate and its Green know more about the EU institutions and actors. The program is also focused on a their political work? Do you want to find out number of key-policy areas (focused on the what has been going on in the European future of the EU’s economic and political political sphere since last year’s elections? integration) that will be presented and Then apply now to participate in this discussed with European experts. seminar of the Green European Founda- This seminar is an opportunity for Green tion and get acquainted with the EU level of activists to meet their European level policy making! counterparts and to learn more about the This three day seminar – already a work of the , the traditional offer by GEF, this year being Greens/EFA group in the Parliament and the its 6th edition – will give you an overview Green European Foundation. At the same of the different European institutions – time, of course, it is also the opportunity How to apply? you will learn about their functions, their to meet many interesting new people, to Applications for the course are accepted competences and their roles in the EU-level discuss and share experiences. only through filling in the on-line applica- decision making processes. The seminar The seminar will take place in Brussels, tion form. gives you the opportunity to meet and between Thursday the 26th and Saturday The deadline for applications is 15th discuss with people working for various the 28th of March 2015. The working of February (midnight, CET). Applications EU institutions or other Brussels-based language will be English. received after the deadline will not be considered. 25 Green Party activists invited to Brussels We are currently looking for 25 participants • Be willing to do a small assignment for Costs interested in taking part in this course. the preparation of the seminar before the The Green European Foundations will Ideally, participants should: seminar itself reimburse the travel costs of participants • Be involved in Green activism (young and will cover the costs of accommoda- • Have a general interest in European greens, green-minded NGOs, green tion and meals throughout the seminar, in Union politics and in Green politics at the parties etc) at either the local, regional or exchange of a participation fee of 100 euro EU level national level (for students/unemployed: 60 euro). • Be open to group discussions and partici- • Come from a state that is member of pation in various group debates the Council of Europe and has a Green Questions organisation member of the European • Be able to make themselves understood A detailed program for this course will be Green Party in English available soon. For any questions related to • Be communicative, open-minded, eager • Gender and regional balance will be the content of the seminar or the applica- to learn from each other’s experiences taken into account when selecting the tion, please contact the GEF team at participants. [email protected] 8 GREEN PARTY SPRING CONFERENCE 2015

Friday 6 March – Monday 9 March, ACC Liverpool. www.greenparty.org.uk/conference Climate Rally

To coincide with the Time to Act climate march planned for London on Saturday 7 March, we will be holding a supportive rally outside the venue at 15.30. We hope to get as many people outside the venue as possible for a colourful photo opportunity that the press can’t ignore. We will have some huge lettering spelling out our message and 300 green umbrellas (which will be on sale at the venue). Please try to be there at this point if you possibly can, as we would like this to be We are excited to announce as other nearby hotels and hostels see massive! that due to the unprecedented the website. (Please note that at the time number of registrations, Spring this Green Activist went out, we had just confirmed the venue move and are in the Creche Conference has been moved to process of getting allocations nearer the There will be a free crèche for the children the prestigious ACC Liverpool! new venue.) of GP members. For more information and a booking form visit the website. Places It’s an excellent venue for us with large must be booked in advance. Book online or modern spaces, excellent facilities, and it Travel download a form at www.greenparty.org. scores highly on accessibility and sustain- National Express have generously offered uk/conference. Early bird booking deadline ability. conference goers 50% off coach travel 13 February (extended from 16 January). The programme remains the same with during the conference period. To book go There is a progressive scale of fees the core conference business of policy to http://www.nationalexpress.com/coach/ according to your annual income, and making supplemented with a special focus Offers/promocodes.aspx and use the code an Access Fund which can help to cover on training sessions for activists, introduc- GreenParty15. Other travel information is costs for those who would otherwise be tory sessions for new members, as well available on the website. financially excluded. (More information on as fringe sessions on a variety of subjects. the website). There will also be topical panel debates on: Building a Green Economy and Human Entertainment Rights and . The There will be a variety of social sessions Candidate photos outline timetable is on the website and a full at conference to cater to all tastes, to We will have a professional photographer timetable will be available from early-mid include the popular Saturday night quiz, a available on the Saturday of conference February. fundraising ceilidh for our Liverpool Parlia- to take photos of local and parliamentary mentary Candidate and some Sunday candidates. evening music/comedy. On Sunday, a local Exact time to be confirmed, but probably Accommodation member will be offering a guided tour 12.45–3.30pm. Please put your name down We have allocations of rooms at nearby of Liverpool with a focus on its amazing against a time slot when you check in to hotels. For information on these as well architecture. conference. 9 TALKING POINT Green means ecology by Richard Lawson

The changed its name to the other self-oriented drivers of our age, is poison wells. It is fine to be a green christian Green Party back in 1985 not because we simply wrong from a scientific point of view. or a green socialist or a green anything else, moved away from the ideal of political This is not to say that Greens do not wish so long as we remember that what binds ecology but because you could see people’s to maximise the liberty of the individual, so us together is our common interest in the eyes glaze over when they heard the ‘-ology’ long as that liberty does not limit the liberty ecosphere that sustains our life. bit. The philosophical basis of our party is of others. So the Green Party has no sacred text. A still firmly rooted in ecological thinking, Human are social animals. Does that few may try to put Policies for a Sustainable that is, in a world view that sees humankind mean therefore that we are a socialist Society into that position, but any reading in its natural setting, a delicate web of life party? That depends on what is meant by of it shows that it has more internal self stretched thinly across this beautiful, blue socialism. There are a vast array of socialist contradictions than the Bible. It is very much and white planet that is our home. parties on the market, all 100% convinced a text written by fallible people struggling In basing our thinking on our dependence that they are the one and only true socialist to understand something much bigger on the natural world, we stand apart from party, all convinced that all other parties than words. Nature itself, and our best way the ancient left-right, socialist-individualist (including us) are fakes and traitors to the of interacting with it and each other, is our dilemmas of the old politics, who see ‘Man’, socialist cause. In this way, socialist parties Book. whether viewed as a social entity or as an behave exactly like religious sects who base Left and right are absolute opposites, in individual entity, as a god-like self-existent their existence on the correct interpretation their own terms. But society and individual, being. of an absolute Truth. Torah, Bible, Koran, Das the state and the market, all exist within Having said that, it is true that humans Kapital – these are all texts that are believed a larger matrix – the matrix of a dynamic are a social animal like dolphins and by their adherents to be absolutely true, and living reality, the biosphere. Ecological wolves, rather than solitary animals such all generate schism as different authorities thinking is a big tent, one with no single as bears. This means that individualism, the make different interpretations. top-hatted and be-whipped ringmaster, no dominant political philosophy of our age Learned eco-socialists may protest that absolute text, just a living milieu all around that gives rise to free market capitalism, Marx mentioned the environment more us that is being trashed by foolish and neo-conservatism, neo-liberalism and all than once. But christian greens may point short-sighted economic policies. In relating to a few places in the Bible also where it is to this all-encompassing ecosphere, and in mentioned that it is not right to kill trees and focusing our minds on changing a destruc- tive economy into constructive economic and political actions that serve the interests of all living beings, we Greens can heal the conflict ridden politics of our age.

Join the debate NOTE: This article has been published on the members’ website to open a discussion forum about the it. Share your opinions and thoughts via the link below https://my.greenparty.org.uk/forum/ national-forums/general-member-discus- sion/7954 10 FEATURE

“Meat eaters in developed countries will have to eat a lot less meat, cutting consumption by 50%, to avoid the worst consequences of future climate change.”

Veganism: The Green diet by Marcus Dredge, Lincoln Green Party

Social commentators over at Freakonomics asked why many in the environmentalist Make this movement obsess over the evils of coal, yet neglect the huge issues caused through yummy Vegan our use of animals. The article is entitled Agnostic Carnvivores and Global Warming: Pesto Pasta! Why Enviros go after Coal and not Cows and it certainly makes a fair assertion: 1 lb. pasta “Forget ending dirty coal or natural 2 garlic cloves gas pipelines. As the WPF report shows 2 cups packed fresh basil veganism offers the single most effective leaves path to reducing global climate change.” 1/2 cup pine nuts Switching animal products makes little 1/4 cup olive oil difference, nor does being a locavore: 1/4 cup hot water “The evidence is powerful. Eating a vegan Salt, to taste diet is seven times more effective at reducing emissions than eating a local meat-based Cook the pasta according diet. A global vegan diet would reduce to the package directions. dietary emissions by 87 percent, compared Combine the garlic, basil to a token 8 percent for ‘sustainable meat leaves, and pine nuts in a and dairy.’ In light of the fact that the overall blender and process on low speed. environmental impact of livestock is greater than any other sector of industry. Cows With the blender running, slowly than that of burning coal, natural gas, and especially, as ruminants farmed for their add the olive oil, followed by the hot crude oil...” meat and dairy, produce a lot of methane, water. Add salt to taste and continue Freakonomics conclude: as much as 51%, as shown by a study from processing until the pesto is smooth “I’d suggest McKibben, 350.org, and the The World Watch Institute on behalf of The and creamy. Drain the pasta and toss as a whole trade World Bank. in the pesto sauce. up their carnivorous agnosticism for a fire Non-ruminants such as chickens still and brimstone dose of vegan fundamen- consume vast quantities of grain. Often it Makes 4 to 6 servings talism.” takes eight to twelve kilos of plant protein From The Compassionate Cook Animal farming has been proven to to produce one kilo of animal protein. 60% produce higher levels of greenhouse gases of global grain production goes to farmed 11 their vastly omnivorous membership In 2006 the United Nations specialist Food base. Former vice-president of the USA, and Agriculture Organization presented Al Gore, is much vaunted for his impres- the report Livestock’s Long Shadow, with sive An Inconvenient Truth lecture and the study’s authors concluding that more admirable missionary zeal in educating the intensified factory farming would be public on the threat of climate change, yet required to meet demand, a suggestion he failed to make one reference to livestock that fails to consider both the interests of impacts during his entire film. In fact the the other animals who are being used, or only cows that feature in the documentary whether animal farming need take place at are those used to positively make reference all. to the Gore family business of cattle Sadly with an ever-growing human ranching. population, and animal products occupying The companion book did make clear the a place as a food of status and social significance of animal product reduction climbing, the amount of animals farmed Diagram: Domestication as a driver in and Al has since stated that: “It’s absolutely continues to rise. This is despite the evident species extinction correct that the growing meat intensity truths regarding dietary impacts and the of diets around the world is one of the scientific consensus regarding anthropo- animals. With 925 million humans lacking issues connected to this global crisis – not genic climate change. enough food, needlessly breeding only because of the CO2 involved, but also Paul MacCready notes that when agricul- non-human animals then feeding them because of the water consumed in the ture began, humans, their livestock and this way seems a criminally selfish act of process.” pets accounted for less than 0.1 percent negligence. In March of 2014 Gore confirmed he was of the total. Today he estimates this group The grain is often produced in ecologically now vegan, stating that: “Over a year ago I accounts for 98 percent of the earth’s total sensitive areas such as the cleared Amazon changed my diet to a vegan diet, really just vertebrate biomass, leaving only 2 percent Rainforest, where 80% of the soya produced to experiment to see what it was like. And for the wild portion. is used to fatten up farmed animals. Around I felt better, so I continued with it. Now for Prominent film director and environ- the world 85% of the total clearance is done many people that choice is connected to mentalist, James Cameron, announced his in order to make space for cattle ranching. environmental ethics and health issues and veganism as an ethical imperative: “It’s not a Meanwhile with 884 million people all that stuff, but I just wanted to try it to requirement to eat animals, we just choose lacking access to clean water it takes 2400 see what it was like. In a visceral way, I felt to do it, so it becomes a moral choice and gallons to produce one pound of meat. better, so I’ve continued with it and I’m likely one that is having a huge impact on the That’s a total of 235 trillion gallons of clean to continue it for the rest of my life.” planet, using up resources and destroying water annually just to produce meat alone. Buoyed by Al Gore’s veganism, prominent the biosphere.” Truly a food stuff of the self-appointed UK environmentalist and journalist, George A plant-based diet just happens to be one ‘global elite’. Monbiot, finally came down in favour of the of the healthiest ways of eating yet we Topsoil is being destroyed, previously position. This decision was based largely on continue to unnecessarily inflict suffering fertile land is increasingly made barren and his findings while researching the bookFeral, on other animals and threaten the very native plant species are becoming extinct, which focused on rewilding. He rescinded his sustainability of this one planet all species as are wild animal species, pushed out of previous opinions that animal agriculture depend upon. existence as this monolithic global animal could be done sustainably and that there Ecological concerns are a good reason to farm spreads. Currently nearly one third are better uses of the Lake District’s hills go vegan; it’s easily done and if you need any of the earth’s surface is covered by farm (one example being reafforestation) than assistance do drop a line to: animals. allowing them to become ‘sheepwrecked’ by http://veganoutreachuk.blogspot.co.uk/ It’s not just the big environmental groups the destructive, non-native grazers farmed search/label/activism who are afraid to rock the boat and offend by humans 12 FEATURE For more information visit www.clivelord.wordpress.com Citizens’ Basic Income (CBI) by Clive Lord The Citizens’ (Basic) Income (CBI), a regular 3 The CBI can be the basis for a reconcilia- Means testing is seriously wrong, and sum of money given to everybody instead tion between ‘left’ and ‘right’, or workers must be got rid of. Duncan Smith’s way is of means tested benefits to a few poor and bosses. No one will have to work, workfare (working for benefits only) benefit people was discussed in the last Green but they will be better off if they do, and sanctions, the bedroom tax, the 1% benefits Activist. The idea has also appeared in the employers will have to make it worth cap and Work Capability Assessments. Guardian with a multitude of comments. their while. But on the other hand a In other words, 19th century ideological Not quite mainstream yet, but a good start. I struggling entrepreneur can offer lower nastiness. The only other way is to give have been pleading for the Citizens’ or Basic wages where he would otherwise go out everybody basic subsistence, and take it Income to be a leading Green Party policy for of business, and employ nobody. from those who don’t need it through the over 40 years, and it is salutary for me to be tax system. reminded of the huge misunderstandings. The main thing which needs stressing All this is given, chapter and verse in a The Green Activist article covered most now – and in the election campaign – is very surprising source: Dynamic Benefits: of the bases well. Two points are worth that the CBI ends the poverty trap. This is towards Welfare that works. Search for elaborating. The CBI must cover housing where major misunderstandings persist. the Centre for Social Justice – an Duncan costs. But Housing Benefit is huge, due Iain Duncan Smith has hoodwinked the Smith Think Tank – click ‘Publications’ and to distortions caused by short sighted entire Labour party with his demonising go to September 2009. The second part is solutions, so the tax on the better off scroungers mantra. He was quite right to specious rubbish. It introduces the Universal would frighten them too much. At this identify MEANS TESTING as a problem. Credit. But the first part cannot be bettered (election) stage, Green Party policy will be Withdrawal of benefits operates as a tax as the unintentional case for the CBI, with a a generous Job Seekers Allowance equiva- which is massive in proportion to low series of graphs showing the withdrawal of lent to everybody, paid for by abolishing the incomes, but negligible to everyone else. means tested benefitsas though they were tax free personal allowance. This will be tax Everybody who doesn’t receive means taxes. Look at page 88, and (from memory) neutral, to get people used to the principle. tested benefits pays this disguised, but very page 162. One of our worst enemies has The Green Activist article is concerned real tax. given us the ammunition to destroy him. that the CBI might enable bosses to pay lower wages. Let me explain why this won’t happen generally, but why I approve of it where it does.

For me there are THREE reasons for a CBI. 1 It is redistributive, reducing inequality, and it is FAIR in a way the present system is not. It will allow millions of ordinary individuals to contemplate a recession Marginal Tax rate without fear. (the amount you 2 The Green Party was founded in response lose from each extra £ earned) to the ‘Limits to Growth’ MIT study (1972) which warned that indiscriminate economic growth would risk wrecking the planet 13 GREEN PIONEERS

Who was Donella Meadows? production and resources. They then ran the model repeatedly using a variety of assump- By David Flint tions about both the actual numbers and Donella Meadows (1941 to 2001) was an the relationships between them. award-winning environmental scientist and The major finding was that the most writer. She is best known as lead author of likely result if we continued with ‘business the Limits to Growth, 1972, a study which as usual’ was a collapse of the whole system predicted global collapse unless urgent sometime in the 21st century. The immediate action was taken to restrain growth. This cause of the collapse might, depending on work stimulated the formation of the Green the assumptions, be the exhaustion of key Party (which was then called People) in She taught at Dartmouth College from resources or an excess of pollution. The result 1973. 1972 to 2001 and for 16 years wrote a would be a major decline in world popula- Donella Meadows (nee Hagar) was born weekly newspaper column – ‘The Global tion and production; a true catastrophe. The in Illinois. She earned a BA in Chemistry Citizen’ – applying systems thinking to authors showed that this could be avoided and a PhD in biophysics from Harvard then world events. by determined and timely action. became a research fellow at MIT. There she She received a number of awards for The work was attacked by many people was part of Jay Forrester’s team, applying her work including a Pew Scholarship, a but often for not doing things it did not systems thinking to a variety of complex MacArthur ‘genius’ Fellowship, the Walter C. claim to do – making specific predictions. problems, and was lead author of The Limits Paine Science Education Award and, posthu- Meadows’ work remains controversial to Growth. mously, the John H. Chafee Excellence in though attitudes seem to owe more to prior Environmental Affairsassumptions than to analysis. In general, Award. In her later years scientists accept its general message whilst she lived in an organic economists reject it. The same arguments farm-based community in can be seen in relation to climate change Vermont. Meadows died at which is, arguably, a special case of 59 of bacterial meningitis. Meadows’ argument. Meadows’ most important book was For more information see: undoubtedly the Limits to Kolankiewicz, Leon, 2001: Donella Growth. The book reported Meadows - A Tribute. Social Contract Press. attempts by Meadows Volume 11, Number 4 (2001). http://www. and her co-workers to thesocialcontract.com/artman2/publish/ understand the global tsc1104/article_985.shtml economic/industrial/ environmental system The Donella Meadows Institute: http:// using the methods of www.donellameadows.org/systems- systems dynamics. thinking-resources/ DIAGRAM OF THE LIMITS The authors built a TO THROUGHPUT FROM computer model, World3, Meadows, Donella, Randers, Jorgen and THE CONSERVER SOCIETY which showed the Meadows, Dennis, 2004: Limits to Growth: BY MARY IVER (1979) relationships between The 30-Year Update. population, industri- alization, pollution, food 14 GREEN PARTY NOTICES

Oxford East is now recruiting!

Oxfordshire Green Party is urgently recruiting a full-time Campaign Manager and part-time Volunteer Coordinator to run our 2015 General Election campaign in the Oxford East constituency, one of the top eight targeted seats of the Green Party of England and Wales. We are looking for Young voters need to register! electoral register after Christmas, and 21% of two dynamic individuals with experience our own members were not on the electoral within a political or campaigning organi- Robert Lindsay register – 44% of those in the Young Greens sation, with enthusiasm for running an on Actually, everyone needs to ensure they are category. the ground campaign, team working and registered to vote, but it’s particularly an It’s vital we not only get our own members volunteer support. issue with students who are not at their to register to vote, but encourage other Application deadline: 30 January 2015 parents’ address. residents to do so, especially the younger Full details and how to apply: You can register online in just five minutes folk, so that those very healthy Green polls www.greenoxfordshire.com/jobs (you need your National Insurance number) like here http://www.theguardian.com/ here https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote politics/2014/dec/27/young-voters-shun- Students can register both at their home ukip-farage-clegg-lib-dems-general-election NEW – Crime and Justice and their university address and can vote in translate into votes in May. Working Group local elections at both places, though they The unregistered members have, of course, Tony Staples, North Bedfordshire can only vote once for the national election. all had an email, but for non-members we’ll The Green Party membership lists for all have to do a lot more door-knocking, We are currently in the process of creating Newcastle were checked against the especially of shared houses. a Crime and Justice Working Group. The purpose of the group will be to discuss current Green Party C&J policy and assess Round the country training events the need for any new policies and/or any For Green Party training events going on around the country see the Green Party members’ amendments to current policies. website for more information https://my.greenparty.org.uk/elections/training-events Please The C&J group will be open to all Green send any information on training events in your region to: Louisa Greenbaum, Conferences Party members. That said, we appeal anyone and Events Co-ordinator, 01273 888 360, [email protected] with knowledge or experience in the criminal justice system and its partner agencies to come forward and help our new group to MORE MEMES! become a useful and effective addition to those policy groups already in existence. Please e-mail antony_staples@outlook. com to express your interest. I look forward to hearing from police officers, probation workers, social workers, prison officers, those who work in the courts and anyone who acknowledges our crime and justice system desperately needs major change. (Work In progress) 15 WHO’S WHO IN THE GREEN PARTY

HOUSE OF COMMONS LEADERS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT UK OFFICE Krysia Williams – Constituency Coordinator and Researcher [email protected] Joe Ryle – Press Officer [email protected] REGIONAL STAFF Eloise Shavelar – Hampshire & Isle of Wight [email protected] Caroline Lucas Natalie Bennett Anne Weinhold – Surrey and Sussex MP for Brighton Pavilion Leader MEP for London [email protected] House of Commons, London [email protected] [email protected] BRUSSELS OFFICE SW1A 0AA www.nataliebennett.co.uk www.jeanlambertmep.org.uk Jo Sprackett – Parliamentary [email protected] Twitter: @natalieben Twitter: @GreenJeanMEP Assistant Twitter: @CarolineLucas Facebook: /GreenNatalieBennett Facebook: /GreenJeanMEP [email protected] Facebook: /caroline/page UK OFFICE www.carolinelucas.com Danny Bates – constituency • Cath Miller – Chief of Staff co-coordinator and researcher 0207 219 7025 020 7250 8416 Jenny Williams – Press Officer [email protected] 07590 050 565 Claire Norman – PR and media officer 020 7250 8417 [email protected] BRUSSELS OFFICE Rachel Sheppard – Parliamentary Assistant to Jean Lambert Shahrah Ali +32 2 2837507 Deputy Leader [email protected] MEP for the South West & Gibraltar [email protected] http://mollymep.org.uk/ [email protected] Twitter: @MollyMEP Facebook: /molly.scottcato?fref=ts For all enquiries regarding Molly’s work in the European Parliament. Baroness Jones of Grace Murray – Parliamentary Assistant, molly.scottcato-office@ Moulsecoomb europarl.europa.eu For issues relating to the South west constituency or to invite Molly Keith Taylor to attend an event. Deputy Leader MEP for South East England [email protected] [email protected] www.keithtaylormep.org.uk For all enquiries relating to press Twitter: @GreenKeithMEP and media Andrew Bell – Media Facebook: /KeithTaylorMEP [email protected]

16 REGIONAL COUNCIL Glynis Carpenter Equality and Diversity [email protected] Shan Oakes 01482 862 085 Green Party Regional Council NORTH EAST [email protected] (GPRC) is a forum for dialogue Iris Ryder – Tel: 07724 493708 External Communications Job share between regions, responsible for [email protected] Penny Kemp 07590 046503 keeping under review the general Sandy Irvine – Tel: 0758 2257731 [email protected] well-being of the Party and for [email protected] Twitter @pennykemp supporting and advising the EAST MIDLANDS Clare Phipps Executive, particularly on matters of Mike Shipley 01663743120 [email protected] political strategy. It is made up from [email protected] Matt Hawkins two members elected by a postal Sue Ledger 0779160971 [email protected] Jenny Jones ballot from within each region (20 [email protected] Finance Coordinator members in all). Philip Igoe London Assembly Member NORTH WEST [email protected] Deputy Chair Police & Crime GPRC CO-CHAIRS James Sheppard Committee Female: Freda Davis (Yorkshire & [email protected] Internal Communications [email protected] Humberside Region) Nicole Haydock Peter Barnett Twitter: @greenjennyjones Male: Mike Shone (West Midlands [email protected] internalcommunications@ Region) http://t.co/BA70H5w5MY EASTERN greenparty.org.uk http://t.co/6Isc6vT6Zl WEST MIDLANDS Jill Mills 01727 858243 Internationall Tom Chance – Office Manager Vicky Duckworth [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Russel Secker @anotherGreen Mike Shone [email protected] Local Party Support Emily Blyth [email protected] Twitter: /EFBlyth SOUTH WEST EXECUTIVE (GPEx) [email protected] Ricky Knight Management Mark Cridge rickyknight@northdevongreens. The Green Party Executive is 07968 592550 org.uk responsible for the overall and [email protected] Carol Kambites day-to-day direction of the party. Twitter @markcridge [email protected] Leader Natalie Bennett YORKSHIRE & HUMBERSIDE Co-Deputy leader Shahrah Ali Darren Johnson Pete Kennedy OTHER Co-Deputy Leader Amelia Womack [email protected] London Assembly Member Policy Development Coordinators Freda Davis - 07971 296025 Wales Leader Pippa Bartollotti Chair of the London Assembly Carrie Bowes and Sam Riches [email protected] pippabartolotti@walesgreenparty. [email protected] [email protected] com Twitter: @DarrenJonhsonAM SOUTH EAST Twitter @pippabartolotti Publications Martin Collins http://london.greenparty.org.uk/ Liz Wakefield http://pippabartolotti.net [email protected] elected-greens/assembly.html [email protected] Trade Union Liaison Officer Ian Wingrove – Press Officer David Newman Chair Richard Mallender Romayne Phoenix david.newman@southeast. [email protected] [email protected] greenparty.org.uk @CllrMallender Twitter @romaynephoenix WALES Campaigns Howard Thorp GPEx Secretary Craig France Chris Simpson [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Elections Judy Maciejowska Chris Carmichael [email protected] [email protected] Election agent Chris Rose LONDON 01322 838 757 Kevin O’Brien [email protected] [email protected] 17 NATIONAL PARTY OFFICE NATIONAL PRESS OFFICE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE NORTH EAST Lucy Early, John Street, David Raby, neengland.greenparty.org.uk Development House, 56-64 Leonard Paul Cohen, Anna Clarke Regional contact Shirley Ford f Street, London EC2A 4LT POLICY COMMITTEE 01914565464 020 7549 0315 Sam Riches, Carrie Bowes [email protected] Development House, 56-64 Leonard [email protected] (Conveners), Alan Francis, Brian Press Office Nic Best 01670 517915, 07878 896292 Street, London EC2A 4LT Press OfficerArchie Thomas Heatly, Rustam Majainah, Alick [email protected] 020 7549 0310 [email protected] Munroe, Constantine Buhayer [email protected] Twitter @archie_thomas STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE NORTH WEST The main officers who will be Latest news releases here Doug Rouxel, (Convener) Martin northwest.greenparty.org.uk able to deal with your day-to-day http://greenparty.org.uk/news/ Hemmingway, Ian McCulloch, Regional contact Emily Heath enquires are: 01524 380169 Leadership Assistant Rory O’Keefe Matthew Clark, Moira Dunworth [email protected] Membership and Administration 020 7549 0251 [email protected] Officer– Adam Stacey Press OfficeAndy Donnelly [email protected] POLITICAL COMMITTEE [email protected] [email protected] Amelia Womak, SOUTH EAST Finance and Office Manager COMMITTEES (Co-chairs), Pippa Bartolotti, Natalie southeast.greenparty.org.uk – Kate Barnett Bennett, Baroness Jenny Jones, Regional contact Jonathan Kent [email protected] CAMPAIGNS COMMITTEE Darren Johnson, Caroline Lucas MP, 02082499021 Press Officer – Archie Thomas, Peter Allen, Chris Keene, Dave Richard Mallender, Penny Kemp, [email protected] [email protected] Plummer (2 vacancies) Sam Riches, Carrie Bowes, Elise Press Office Young Greens Coordinator Sue Ledger (GPRC) Benjamin, Judy Maciejowska, Keith [email protected] – Fiona Brookes Twitter: @GPEWCampaigns Taylor MEP, Molly Scott Cato MEP, [email protected] [email protected] Jean Lambert MEP, Howard Thorp SOUTH WEST Facebook /GPEWCampaigns?ref=hl southwest.greenparty.org.uk National Election Agent Regional contact Isaac Price Sosner – Chris Rose CONFERENCES COMMITTEE REGIONAL PARTIES [email protected] [email protected] Convenor – Ricky Knight Conference Coordinator Conferences Coordinator EAST MIDLANDS Secretary Chloë Somers – Louisa Greenbaum – Louisa Greenbaum louisa. eastmidlands.greenparty.org.uk [email protected]. Louisa.greenbaum@greenparty. [email protected] Regional contact David Foster org.uk org.uk Charlene Concepcion, Bill 01332 608977 Press OfficeRichard Elliot McComish, Julie Wood (1 vacancy) [email protected] [email protected] Electoral Returning Officer Sue Ledger (GPRC) Press OfficeMike Shipley – Tom Harris WALES [email protected] 0166 3743120 [email protected] wales.greenparty.org.uk [email protected] www.facebook.com/theg DISPUTES RESOLUTION COMMITTEE Regional contact Ann Were Ben Sweeney, Adam McGregor Green Activist Editor EASTERN 01600714625 (3 vacancies) – Peter Barnett . Please send me eastern.greenparty.org.uk [email protected] [email protected] your suggestions, contributions and Regional contact Jill Mills Press Office Jake Griffiths photographs for the next edition EQUALITY & DIVERSITY [email protected] 07752 754537 internalcommunications@ COMMITTEE Press OfficeJames Abbott [email protected] Deborah Fenney, Manishta Sunnia, [email protected] greenparty.org.uk WEST MIDLANDS Alan Borgars, Paul Weaver (1 vac) Young Greens Coordinator LONDON westmidlands.greenparty.org.uk – Fiona Brooks GREEN WORLD EDITORIAL BOARD london.greenparty.org.uk Regional Contact Tom Harris [email protected] Convener Laura Burley Regional contact Tom Chance/ coordinator@westmidlandsgreen- [email protected] Caroline Allen party.org.uk Nicholas Hales, Thomas Williams [email protected] Press Office Scott Redding (2 vacancies), Iris Ryder, Nicole Press Office Matthew Hawkins 07740 150285 Haydock, Mike Shipley (GPRC), Peter [email protected] 150285media@westmidlands- Barnett (GPEx) greenparty.org.uk 18 YORKSHIRE & THE HUMBER PEACE AND DEFENCE [email protected] OTHER GREEN PARTIES yorkshireandhumber.greenparty. Chris Burdess [email protected] Thom French org.uk POPULATION [email protected] SCOTLAND Regional contact Colin Noble Nicky Watson Structures and Procedures http://www.scottishgreens.org.uk/ 07825340969 [email protected] Charlene Concepcion, Matthew NORTHERN IRELAND [email protected] RURAL AFFAIRS Clark, Joseph Clough http://www.greenpartyni.org/ Press Office Martin Deane Mike Shipley 07791 640 971 [email protected] EUROPEAN GREEN PARTY Twitter @derbyshiregreenparty. http://europeangreens.eu/contact org.uk THE ASSOCIATION OF European Green Party Committee POLICY WORKING GROUPS SCIENTIFIC GREENS GREEN COUNCILLORS Steve Emmott 00 32 (0)10 41 16 54 Kester Ratcliff Mobile: 00 32 (0) 477 902 318 If you belong to a working group 0117 955 4525/07769 113533 Coordinator Robert Lindsay [email protected] not listed, contact Sam Riches: [email protected] 01449 741959 / 07947127693 Green European Foundation [email protected] [email protected] TRANSPORT Rue d’Arlon 15, B - 1050 Brussels, ANIMAL PROTECTION Alan Francis [email protected] EXECUTIVE Belgium Caroline Allen WASTE Chair John Coyne john-coyne@zen. +32 (0) 2 234 65 70 [email protected] Jonathan Essex co.uk [email protected] [email protected] CO-OPERATIVES Vice Chairs www.gef.eu Liz Wakefield, Alan Weeks Ed Jones and Sven Rufus Greens/EFA Central secretariat Treasurer Susan Murray [email protected] Office PHS02C27, Paul Henri Spaak YOUNG GREENS Parish/Town cllrs’ rep: John [email protected] building,Rue Wiertz 60, 1047 Marjoram DRUGS Brussels, Belgium http://younggreens.org.uk/ GPRC Rep: Mike Shone Shane Collins 07952 929 710 www.greens-efa.eu For members under the age of 30. The AGC is open to Green council- [email protected] Federation of Young European For general enquiries contact: lors and wannabe councillors. Go to: ECONOMICS Greens Coordinator Fiona Brooks http://agc.greenparty.org.uk/ Miriam Kennet 07990 590463 Rue Wiertz 31, B - 1050 Brussels, [email protected] how-to-join.html greeneconomicsinstitute@yahoo. Belgium NATIONAL COMMITTEE com Read more about the AGC at: +32 (0) 2 62 60 72 7 www.agc.greenparty.org.uk EDUCATION Co-Chairs [email protected] Richard Clarke Siobhan MacMahon www.fyeg.org [email protected] [email protected] Clifford Fleming ENERGY Rue Wiertz 31, B - 1050 Brussels, [email protected] Ceri Jones Belgium [email protected] Treasurer +32 (0) 2 62 60 72 8 Thomas Bolitho FOOD AND FARMING [email protected] [email protected] Caroline Allen www.globalgreens.org [email protected] Press Officer Georgia Elander HEALTH [email protected] Stuart Jeffery [email protected] Non-portfolio members HOUSING Tom Pashby Tom Chance [email protected] [email protected] JOBS AND INDUSTRY Shihab Basit Jonathan Essex 07801 541 924 [email protected] [email protected] Fiona Costello MONETARY REFORM [email protected] Daniel Key Sophie van der Ham [email protected] 19