Jim Berreen

Jim Berreen

Jim Berreen was a prominent member of the Green Party in the 1980s and 90s and an academic. He remains a member of the party. He is also a musician. [http://www.locomundo.co.uk/About%20Us.htm Locomundo website] ]

Early life

Berreen went to University at Exeter. He was Hall President at Mardonhttp://www.university.ex.ac.uk/halls/mardon/pages/history/reps/pres.html Mardon Hall Presidents]

Career

Berreen was an Ecology lecturer at the University of Birmingham. A number of Green Party activists cite him as an inspiration for their later involvement with the party. [http://www.bijutsu.co.uk/LGP/html/locals2006/ladywell.htm Cllr Mike Keogh Biography] ]

Berreen was Environment Speaker for the Green Party at the height of its success in 1989 and in the early 90s.{http://www.gci.org.uk/signon/OrigStatement2.pdf Global Commons Institute founding statement}]

He was a co-founder and active within the Global Commons Institute which pioneered the model of Contraction and Convergence for the IPCC.{http://www.gci.org.uk/signon/OrigStatement2.pdf Global Commons Institute founding statement}]

ee also

* Global Commons Institute
* Green Party of England and Wales

References


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