Charles Secrett is an environmental activist and was head of
Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 1993–2003. He is an author and broadcaster on environmental topics.
Secrett was a member of the Labour Government's Commission for
Sustainable Development, and sits on the Advisory Boards for ''
The Ecologist
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'' magazine, the
Environmental Law Foundation
The Environmental Law Foundation (ELF) is a UK registered charity, dedicated to environmental law and disseminating information on the subject.
Mission
One of the main purposes of the organisation is to bring individuals and community groups w ...
in Britain and the Environment Programme of the
University of North Carolina
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in the United States.
In 1999, ''
The Observer
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'' newspaper ranked him the 36th most influential person in Britain in its annual ''Power 300 List'' and in 2000, he was ranked 200th.
Secrett has also campaigned
against nuclear power and prior to the
2015 general election, he was one of several celebrities who endorsed the parliamentary candidacy of the
Green Party
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Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundati ...
's
Caroline Lucas
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.
Positions held
* Vice President –
London Wildlife Trust
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(2006 – current)
* Member –
London Development Agency
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Board; Chair – LDA Health and Sustainability Advisory Group (2004 – current)
* Chair –
Triodos Bank
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Renewable Energy Fund Board (2004 – current)
* Member – Environmental Law Foundation Advisory Board (2002 – current)
* Trustee – The Building Exploratory Board, Hackney (2004 – current)
* Ambassador –
Renewable World (2015 – current)
*
Executive Director
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The title is widely used in North American and European not-for-profit organizations, thoug ...
–
Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is an international network of environmental organizations in 73 countries. The organization was founded in 1969 in San Francisco by David Brower, Donald Aitken and Gary Soucie after Brower's split wi ...
England, Wales and
Northern Ireland
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(1993 – 2003)
* Member – UK Roundtable on Sustainable Development and UK
Sustainable Development Commission
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It was set ...
(1993 – 2003)
*
University of North Carolina
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,
John Motley Morehead
John Motley Morehead (July 4, 1796 – August 27, 1866) was an American lawyer and politician who became the 29th governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina (1841 to 1845). He became known as "the Father of Modern North Carolina."
Early an ...
Scholarship; B.A. English and
American Literature – Hons. (1972 – 77)
See also
*
Environmentalism
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*
Individual and political action on climate change
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References
External links
"Environmental activism needs its own revolution to regain its teeth"''The Guardian'' 13 June 2011
British environmentalists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
British anti–nuclear power activists
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