Dr Caroline Lucas MEP
speaking in Oxford, April 2006
Born	December 9, 1960 (1960-12-09) (age 47) Malvern, Worcestershire, England
Political party	Green Party of England and Wales
Alma mater	University of Exeter University of Kansas
Website	Official website

Caroline Lucas giving a keynote speech at the autumn conference of the Green Party of England and Wales, Hove, 2006

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She is noted for campaigning and writing on Green economics, localisation, alternatives to globalisation, trade justice, animal welfare and food. Ecological economics is a Transdisciplinary field of academic research within Economics that aims to address the interdependence between human economies and natural Localism describes a range of political philosophies which prioritise the Local. Globalization (or globalisation) in its literal sense is the process of transformation of local or regional phenomena into global ones Trade justice is a campaign by non-governmental organisations such as consumer groups trade unions faith groups aid agencies and environmental groups Animal welfare refers to the viewpoint that it is morally acceptable for humans to use nonhuman animals for food in animal research, as clothing and in entertainment Food is any substance usually composed primarily of Carbohydrates Fats water and/or Proteins that can be eaten or drunk by an In her time as a politician and activist, she has worked with numerous NGOs and think-tanks, including the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), Oxfam and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. This article is about the original RSPCA in England and Wales Oxfam International is a confederation of 13 organizations working with over 3000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice She is married with two children^[1].

Political career

Early activism

Lucas began her career as an activist in the anti-nuclear movement with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). She was heavily involved in the Snowball Campaign against US military bases in the UK^[3].

Green Party politician and MEP

After joining the Green Party (UK) in 1986 (later renamed the Green Party of England and Wales), Lucas had stints as the party's National Press Officer (1987-89), Co-Chair (1989-90), General Election Speaker (1991-2) and Party Regional Council Member (1997-9). The Green Party was a Green Political party in the United Kingdom The Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW (Plaid Werdd Cymru a Lloegr is the principal Green political party in England and Wales. She would later hold the post of Female Principal Speaker from 2003 to 2006 and from 2007 onwards ^[4]. Principal Speakers were the public spokespersons of the Green Party of England and Wales but have since been replaced in the party by a national Leader and Deputy Leader Her first electoral success came when she won the Green Party's second County Council seat in the UK on Oxfordshire County Council, which she held between 1993-97^[3]. A County council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a County. History See also History of Oxfordshire The county of Oxfordshire was formed in the early years of the 10th century and is broadly situated in the

In 1999, Lucas was first elected as a Member of the European Parliament for the South East England Region with 7. A Member of the European Parliament ( English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Union 's legislative body the European Parliament. South East England is a Constituency of the European Parliament. 4% of the vote (110,571 votes). She was re-elected in 2004, gaining 173,351 votes (7. 9% share)^[5]. In the European Parliament, she is or has been a member of the Committee for Trade, Industry, Energy and Research, the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy^[3], the Committee on International Trade and the Temporary Committee on Climate Change^[4]. The European Parliament ( Europarl or EP) is the only directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU In addition, she is or has been Vice President of the Animal Welfare Intergroup, a member of Intergroups on Peace Issues and Consumer Affairs, a member of the Parliament's Delegation to ACP (African Caribbean, and Pacific) Countries^[3] and a member of the Delegation for Relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council^[4]. As part of her committee work, she was the Parliament's Rapporteur (draftsperson) on a Commission Communication on the impact of air transport on the environment, and the Vice-President of the parliament's Committee of Inquiry into Foot and Mouth^[3].

In 2007, Lucas declared her intention to stand for the Green Party's nomination for the prospective parliamentary candidate in the Brighton Pavilion constituency for the next general election. Brighton Pavilion is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Brighton Pavilion had seen the highest vote ever for a Green Party candidate when Keith Taylor, a former Green Party Principal Speaker, won 22% of the vote in the 2005 General Election. Brighton Pavilion is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Keith Taylor is the name of Keith Taylor (British politician (b Principal Speakers were the public spokespersons of the Green Party of England and Wales but have since been replaced in the party by a national Leader and Deputy Leader Results Overview For events leading up to the date of the election see article Pre-election day events of the United Kingdom general In a letter to party members, Lucas made it clear that she would only stand if she won the internal party selection election by more than 10%, to avoid internal division. She described the move as "the most difficult decision of my life", due to "personal and family commitments" but also her "loyalty and commitment to Keith Taylor, who is a person and a politician for whom I have great admiration and respect"^[6]. Keith Taylor is the name of Keith Taylor (British politician (b On 18 July 2007, it was announced that Lucas had been selected by the Brighton Green Party. Lucas won with 55% of the party ballot against Keith Taylor's 45%^[2].

Non-party activism and advisory roles

As well as her party political activities, Lucas has worked extensively with developmental NGO Oxfam as Press Officer (1989-1991), Asia Desk Communications Officer (1991-4), Policy Adviser on Trade and the Environment (1994-7) and Team Leader for Trade and Investment (1998-1999). Oxfam International is a confederation of 13 organizations working with over 3000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice Currently, she is Vice-president of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) and the Stop the War Coalition. This article is about the original RSPCA in England and Wales The Stop the War Coalition (StWC (informally just Stop the War) is a United Kingdom Anti-war group set up on 21 September 2001 She has been an Advisory Board Member to the International Forum on Globalisation, the Centre for a Social Europe^[4] and the Protect the Local, Globally think-tank^[1]. She has been a Trustee of the Radiation Research Trust and Patron of the Joliba Trust (Africa). She is Matron of the Women's Environmental Network. Furthermore, between 1997 and 1998, she was called upon as a Policy Adviser on Trade and Investment for the UK government's Department for International Development^[4]. The Department For International Development (DFID is a United Kingdom Government department, the function of which is " to promote sustainable development

Awards

In her time as a politician and activist, Lucas has won the Michael Kay Award "for her outstanding contribution to European animal welfare" from the RSPCA^[7]. This article is about the original RSPCA in England and Wales She was named in the Top 10 of the New Statesman Magazine Person of the Year Award 2006, which was voted for by New Statesman readers, alongside varied personalities including Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Shami Chakrabarti, Director of the civil liberties NGO Liberty. The New Statesman is a British Left-wing political Magazine published weekly in London. The New Statesman is a British Left-wing political Magazine published weekly in London. Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (ˈuɰo rafaˈel ˈtʃaβ̞es ˈfɾias (born July 28 1954 is the current President of Venezuela. Shami Chakrabarti CBE (born in London, June 16 1969) has been the director of Liberty, a British Pressure group Liberty is a Pressure group based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1934 by Ronald Kidd and Sylvia Crowther-Smith (later Scaffardi This was considered surprising because many of the other members of the Top 10, including 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, had been nominated and profiled by famous writers in the magazine in the weeks before the vote^[8]. The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Muhammad Yunus (মুহাম্মদ ইউনুস pronounced bn-Latn ''Muhammôd Iunus'' (born 28 June 1940 is a Bangladeshi Banker and Economist

Lucas won the award for Politician of the Year 2007 in The Observer Newspaper Ethical Awards, having been shortlisted alongside Gordon Brown and David Cameron. The Observer is a British Newspaper published on Sundays In about the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The WikipediaManual of Style (biographies#Academic titles --> James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951 is David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966 is a British Politician and the current leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of Her Majesty's The award was voted for by Observer readers^[9]. The Observer is a British Newspaper published on Sundays In about the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The

In July 2007, Lucas came in 8th place in the New Consumer Magazine Top 100 Ethical Heroes list, behind a number of celebrities including fashion designer Katharine Hamnett (who came 1st), Anita Roddick (Body Shop founder), Al Gore (former US Vice-President who is now a campaigner for action on climate change) and Jonathon Porritt, a former Green Party politician. Katharine E Hamnett (born August 16 1947, in Gravesend, Kent) is an English Fashion designer best known for her Dame Anita Roddick, DBE (23 October 1942 &ndash 10 September 2007 was the founder of The Body Shop, a British Cosmetics company producing and Albert Arnold Gore Jr (born March 31 1948 is an American environmental Activist, author Businessperson, former Politician, and former The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death Climate change is any long-term significant change in the “average weather” that a given region experiences Jonathon Espie Porritt, CBE (born 6 July 1950) is an English Environmentalist and Writer. The list was designed to recognise people who "made the biggest contribution to ethical consumption over the last five years". Ethical consumerism is buying products and services that are made ethically. According to New Consumer, "if you had to trust one person with changing the world you could do worse than rely on Lucas"^[10]. During the same month, BBC Wildlife Magazine named her in their Top 50 Conservationists, which was topped by Prince Charles^[11].

Academic career

Education

Lucas holds a BA (First Class Hons. ) in English Literature from the University of Exeter, which she completed in 1983. The University of Exeter (usually abbreviated as Exon for post-nominals) is a University in the South West of She took a scholarship at the University of Kansas between 1983 and 1984 before doing a diploma in Journalism in 1987. The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU or just Kansas) is a public research university with campuses located in Lawrence, Kansas City She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Exeter in 1989 with a thesis entitled Writing for women: a study of woman as reader in Elizabethan romance^[4]. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. The University of Exeter (usually abbreviated as Exon for post-nominals) is a University in the South West of

Author

Lucas has become a prolific writer of reports, articles and books on the subjects of trade justice, localisation, globalisation, animal welfare and food, in which she is critical of free trade, a Single European Currency, trade-led developmental policies, genetically-modified (GM) food and a lack of attention to environmental and social issues^[1]. Trade justice is a campaign by non-governmental organisations such as consumer groups trade unions faith groups aid agencies and environmental groups Localism describes a range of political philosophies which prioritise the Local. Globalization (or globalisation) in its literal sense is the process of transformation of local or regional phenomena into global ones Animal welfare refers to the viewpoint that it is morally acceptable for humans to use nonhuman animals for food in animal research, as clothing and in entertainment Free trade is a system in which the trade of goods and services between or within countries flows unhindered by government-imposed restrictions Please update other articles as well to avoid contradiction within Wikipedia e Genetically modified (GM foods are food items that have had their DNA changed through Genetic engineering. Her most notable work is Green Alternatives to Globalisation: A Manifesto (co-authored with Mike Woodin), which advocates localisation of economies based on minimal trade and greater social and environmental concern, in opposition to neo-liberal, market-led forces of globalisation^[12]. Cllr Dr Michael Edward Woodin ( 6 November[[ 965]] - 8 July[[ 004]] was the Principal Speaker of the Green Party of England and Localism describes a range of political philosophies which prioritise the Local. Originally coined by its critics and opponents " neoliberalism " is a label referring to the recent reemergence of Economic liberalism or Classical liberalism Globalization (or globalisation) in its literal sense is the process of transformation of local or regional phenomena into global ones

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Dr. Caroline Lucas MEP's Website Biography Page
2. ^ ^{a b} Brighton Argus Article July 18th 2007 - Greens Pick MEP Lucas to Run for MP
3. ^ ^{a b c d e} Dr. Caroline Lucas MEP's Green Party Page
4. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Dr. Caroline Lucas MEP's European Parliament Page
5. ^ Wikipedia Article on the South East England European Parliament Region
6. ^ Brighton Argus Article June 14th 2007 - Greens Battle to Be the First MP
7. ^ Caroline Lucas MEP's Website News Release, 27 June, 2006
8. ^ New Statesman - Person of the Year: NS Readers' Choice
9. ^ The Observer Ethical Awards 2007
10. ^ New Consumer Magazine Website - Top 100 Ethical Heroes
11. ^ Green Party Website News Section - Caroline Lucas named in top 50 conservationists and top 100 people to have contributed to ethical consumption
12. ^ Lucas, C. South East England is a Constituency of the European Parliament. P. , Woodin, M. , Green Alternatives to Localisation, 2004

Bibliography

• Lucas, C. P. , Woodin, M. , Green Alternatives to Globalisation: A Manifesto, 2004
• Lucas, C. P. , Global Warming, Local Warning: A study of the likely impacts of climate change upon South East England, 2004
• Lucas, C. P. , Towards a GM free Europe: Halting the spread of GMOs in Europe, 2003
• Jones, A. , Lucas, C. P. , Local Food: Benefits and Opportunities, 2003
• Lucas, C. P. , Time to Replace Globalisation, 2001
• Lucas, C. P. , Which way for the European Union: Radical Reform or Business as Usual?, 2001
• Lucas, C. P. , From Seattle to Nice: Challenging the Free Trade Agenda at the Heart of Enlargement, 2000
• Hines, C. , Lucas, C. P. , Stopping the Great Food Swap: Relocalising Europe's Food Supply, 2001
• Lucas, C. P. , Woodin, M. , The Euro or a Sustainable Future for Britain? A Green Critique of the Single Currency, 2000
• Lucas, C. P. , Watchful in Seattle: World Trade Organisation threats to Public Services, Food and the Environment, 1999
• Lucas, C. P. , Reforming World Trade: The Social and Environmental Priorities, 1996
• Coote, B. , Lucas, C. P. , The Trade Trap, 1994

See also

• Green Party of England and Wales
• Member of the European Parliament
• South East England

External links

• Official website
• European Parliament biography
• Lucas's page on Green Party site