I am number three on the list of Green Party candidates on the South East European List for the Euro elections on 4th June, 2009. To me green politics is the politics of survival, quite literally our current system of economics and politics is wrecking global ecology. Because of this I have been plugging away with green politics since I joined the Party in 1980. I have taken part in direct action including sitting in roads and up trees. I work with Latin American activists creating green alternatives including Roberto Perez and Venezuela's Cesar Aponte. I have been a Green Party Principal Speaker and stood in more elections than I care to think about. I have written six books on green politics and my members of my family are highly active politically as well.
I am by the way a steering group member of the Ecosocialist International and Green Left, my personalanother green world blog is here and you can find my newspaper column in the Morning Star here.
I am blogging here to build support for the South East Election slate, to re-elect our excellent Green Party MEP Caroline Lucas.
You can help by
Donating
Joining the Green Party
Writing letters to the local press
Blogging (please link here!)
Aand of course get involved in some of the local campaigns in the South East.
Here is the Green Party candidate list in full.
1.Caroline Lucas,
2.Keith Taylor,
3.Derek Wall,
4.Miriam Kennet,
5.Jason Kitcat,
6.Hazel Dawe,
7.Jonathan Essex,
8.Matthew Ledbury,
9.Steve Dawe,
10.Beverley Golden
Here are your local Green Parties in the South East:
Adur Susan Board 01273 594661 susanboard "at" hotmail.com
Brighton & Hove Amy Kennedy 01273 766670 amy.kennedy"at"brightonandhovegreenparty.org.uk
Chiltern Nick Wilkins 01494 778951 nick_wilkins "at" ntlworld.com
East Berkshire Derek Wall wallddd "at" hotmail.com
Eastbourne Leslie Dalton 01323 509404 leslievalton "at" tiscali.co.uk
Hastings Sally Phillips 01424 460556 sallyesp "at" netcomuk.co.uk
Isle of Wight Nette Robinson 01983 295736 jazznette "at" hotmail.com
Kent Steve Dawe 01732 355185 stevedawe "at" gn.apc.org
Lewes District Matt Kent 07739 985212 mdkent "at" hotmail.co.uk
Mid Sussex, Crawley and Horsham Philip Smith 01444 450698 ppsmith "at"post.com
Milton Keynes Peter Richardson 01908 586002 peter "at" dialoguedesigns.co.uk
New Forest John Pemberton 02380 842379 johnlpemberton "at" compuserve.com
North & East Hampshire Adam Stacey 0845 456 0277 adamandsamantha "at" btopenworld.com
Oxfordshire Sid Phelps 0845 458 0757 sid "at" greenoxford.com
Reading Adrian Windisch 0118 956 7190 adrian "at" windisch.co.uk
South East Hampshire (Portsmouth) Tim Dawes 02392 470592 tim "at" nineveh.co.uk
South West Hampshire John Spottiswoode 023 8078 9230 john.spottiswoode "at" btopenworld.com
Surrey John Pletts 01306 880788 john "at" pletts99.fsnet.co.uk
Wealden Keith Obbard 01892 863658 k.obbard "at" btinternet.com
West Berkshire Miriam Kennet 0118 984 5194 miriam.kennet "at" yahoo.co.uk
West Sussex Alex Penfold 01903 722858 penalex94 "at" tiscali.co.uk
(@signs replaced by "at" as an anti-spam measure)
