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Unique interdisciplinary Masters in Environmental-Sciences-and-Humanities launching at UEA

I helped put together this exciting new programme ; let me know if you are interested in being one of our first cohort of students!
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#Norwich event: Plan B [vs. Plan C...]

  Compass are having a ‘ Plan B’ event in Norwich on Wednesday 7 th March. Do come!   It will take place from 6PM to 7:30PM at the Unite building (39 Thorpe Road). Speakers already confirmed are:   Anna Coote (nef) Alan Finlayson (academic, UEA) Clive Lewis (Labour candidate for Norwich South) And myself.   See http://www.compassonline.org.uk/news/item.asp?n=13985 for my general take…  
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Boris-Island: The real reason why we are even talking about this:

I studied Philosophy at Oxford University with London's Mayor Boris Johnson. I have watched Boris's career since then with interest, including his stint as MP for Henley, near Heathrow. I find his proposal for a massive, madly-expensive new airport in the Thames Estuary to be nothing more than a piece of envioronmental vandalism. The real reason that this location is proposed is obvious: it is so that Boris's friends in Henley dont have so many planes flying over them... It's great that there is to be no 3rd runway at Heathrow. But: Why should the people of Essex have to suffer more noise, pollution and traffic congestion than there is already? Just so that rich Tories living west of London can have a quieter life?! It is crystal clear now that there was no environmental reason for the no-3rd-runway-at-Heathrow decision. . . Lets put the vast sums of money that would be spent on this proposed eyesore in the Thames Estuary to better use, to making the qual...
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GREEN HOUSE REPORT ON GUARDIANS FOR THE FUTURE: MESSAGE OF SUPPORT from Hungary

A message from Sandor Fulop, the Hungarian ombudsman for future generations, in support of my guardians proposal [This message was read out at the event launching my report in Westminster, last week]:   MESSAGE OF SUPPORT TO THE LAUNCH OF THE GREEN HOUSE REPORT ON GUARDIANS FOR THE FUTURE   It is my great regret that I cannot take part in this event because of organisational and financial reasons. My heart is with you and I fully support the idea developed by Mr. Read about the guardians for future generations.   To my view, first of all we should not refer to the future generations as "they", since actually we ourselves are future generations, too, as we would like to enjoy liveable urban and rural environment, drinkable water, edible food etc. in 5 or 10 years from now. However, our decision-makers, when ruling over huge sums of money on nation-wide bureaucracies, seldom think ahead even for that long. The next closing of the fiscal year, th...
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@CarolineLucas on BBC Question Time, tonight!

Caroline will appear on BBC Question Time at 10.35pm this evening, alongside Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, co-chairman of the Conservative Party, Stephen Twigg MP, Labour's shadow education secretary Green MP, Germaine Greer, feminist writer and academic, and Charles Moore, columnist and former editor at the Telegraph and the Spectator. The programme will be available to watch again here once it has been broadcast: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01b3cdw
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