Paul George, is a Canadian
environmentalist
An environmentalist is a person who is concerned with and/or advocates for the protection of the environment. An environmentalist can be considered a supporter of the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that se ...
living in
Gibsons, British Columbia. He is married to
Adriane Carr, former leader of the
Green Party of British Columbia, for which he ran in 1991, receiving 0.82% of the popular vote in the riding of Surrey-Newton.
In the late 1960s, after leaving the United States, Paul George lived and worked on Vancouver Island as a teacher, builder, and lead science teacher for the British Columbia provincial correspondence school program.
He cofounded the
Western Canada Wilderness Committee
The Western Canada Wilderness Committee (often shortened to Wilderness Committee) is a non-profit environmental education organization that aims to protect Canada's wild spaces and species. Paul George, along with Richard Krieger, were the founding ...
, and founded ActionInTime, a society for public education about global climate change.
In 1999 he was the first recipient of the BC Spaces for Nature Wild Earth Award.
In 2006, he authored ''Big Trees, Not Big Stumps'', a history of the Western Canada Wilderness Committee.
In 2020, he was awarded the Order of British Columbia.
References
External links
BC Spaces for Nature Wild Earth Award: Paul GeorgeABCBookWorld: George, PaulWestern Canada Wilderness Committee
Canadian environmentalists
Members of the Order of British Columbia
Living people
People from Gibsons, British Columbia
Year of birth missing (living people)
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