Jim Berreen

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Early life 3 Career 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Introduction

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.^[1]

[edit] Early life

Berreen went to University at Exeter. He was Hall President at Mardon^[2]

[edit] 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.^[3]

Berreen was Environment Speaker for the Green Party at the height of its success in 1989 and in the early 90s.^[4]

He was a co-founder and active within the Global Commons Institute which pioneered the model of Contraction and Convergence for the IPCC.^[4]

[edit] See also

• Global Commons Institute
• Green Party of England and Wales

[edit] References

1. ^ Locomundo website
2. ^ http://www.university.ex.ac.uk/halls/mardon/pages/history/reps/pres.html Mardon Hall Presidents
3. ^ Cllr Mike Keogh Biography
4. ^ ^{a b} {http://www.gci.org.uk/signon/OrigStatement2.pdf Global Commons Institute founding statement}