Globalisation:Green Alliance - Revision history

Marie-Louise Apostolescu at 11:07, 18 November 2010

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Marie-Louise Apostolescu: /* GA and Neo-liberalism */

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GA and Neo-liberalism

Marie-Louise Apostolescu at 20:28, 17 November 2010

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Rebecca Hogg: /* History "25 years of Green Alliance", Accessed 08.11.10 */

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History "25 years of Green Alliance", Accessed 08.11.10

Rebecca Hogg at 13:34, 17 November 2010

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Rebecca Hogg at 13:32, 17 November 2010

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Marie-Louise Apostolescu: /* History "25 years of Green Alliance", Accessed 08.11.10 */

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History "25 years of Green Alliance", Accessed 08.11.10

Marie-Louise Apostolescu: /* Videos */

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Videos

Marie-Louise Apostolescu: /* Contact Information */

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Contact Information

Marie-Louise Apostolescu at 15:45, 9 November 2010

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	== Notes ==		== Notes ==
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−	~~http://ashdenawards.blogspot.com/2010/10/nef-wwf-and-green-alliance-respond-to.html~~
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−	~~http://prohealthlife.com/the-importance-of-childrens-participation-in-environmental-issues.html~~
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−	~~http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2010/oct/20/spending-review-green-checklist~~
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−	~~http://world-news.tk/whats-on-the-green-agenda~~
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−	~~http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/earth/future-of-energy/7892103/Shell-Age-of-Energy-event-Matthew-Spencer.html~~
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−	~~http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/earth/future-of-energy/7889717/Shell-Age-of-Energy-event-Matthew-Spencer-video.html~~
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−	~~http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmenvaud/445/445we03.htm~~
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−	~~http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/news/green_all_spch/green_all_spch.aspx~~
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−	~~http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/pages/alice-owen-speech-to-green-alliances-local-government-and-climate-change-summit.html~~
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−	~~http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.dti.gov.uk/ministers/speeches/hewitt140703.html~~
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−	~~http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/feb/07/green-alliance-deficit-energy-carbon~~

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	== GA and Neo-liberalism ==		== GA and Neo-liberalism ==

		+	The creation of Green Alliance has a lot to do with neo-liberalism. Indeed, it was created in 1979 – the year when [[Margaret Thatcher]] came into power at the Whitehall. Her policy encouraged the emergence of quangos and GA is one of those numerous groups.
		+	It is difficult to say if GA is really impartial in its lobbying activities. Many of them were focusing on protecting the environment and have usually succeeded. Some of its partners started to go green (especially supermarkets) but the problem comes from funders, like [[BP]] for instance, who do not seem ready for a greener development.
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		+	Moreover, GA describes itself as independent but it is funded by a large range of corporations that actually should be advised by GA itself. The example of BP is again very interesting and it is developed in the “Funding and Connections” sub-page. Their definition of independence is thus questionable and occurs several times in GA's activities. In the report called “Firetail review of GA” <ref> “[http://www.green-alliance.org.uk/uploadedFiles/About_Us/Firetail%20review%20of%20Green%20Alliance%20Feb08.pdf Firetail on GA]”, Accessed 17.11.10 </ref> the think tank presents it as an independent review of its activity in the past two years. However, the report was commissioned by GA itself.
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		+	Another aspect of GA is its great influence at the Whitehall and in Westminster. The relationship that the think tank has created with the official institutions is a very close and a very influencing one. In this era of globalisation where governments are more and more advised by quangos, GA is not an exception. In their reports it can be read exactly what achievements they have succeeded.

	==Sub-pages==		==Sub-pages==

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 For more details, see following page: [[Globalisation:Green Alliance: Staff]]
-==Suggestions for sub-pages==
 [[Globalisation: Green Alliance: Ideology and aims]]

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−	In 1983 GA lobbied for the Environmental Impact Assessment which was adopted in the 1990s. In 1984, they made political parties to present their first environmental policy statements. Three years later, GA raised for the first time the issue of Genetically Modified organisms (GM). In the same period, they combined businesses’ with environmental groups’ agendas. In the 1990s they gathered Eastern and Western European NGOs and lobbied for the first White Paper on environment in UK. Then, in 1992 the government promised GA to ratify the Rio Convention on Biodiversity. Two years later they lobbied for a more powerful Environment Agency in the UK. Furthermore, they hosted Tony Blair’s first “green speech” in 1995 then in 2000 as PM. In 1997 GA launched Green Globe Task Force as an independent group focusing on international environment issues.	+	In 1983 Green Alliance lobbied for the Environmental Impact Assessment which was adopted in the 1990s. In 1984, they made political parties to present their first environmental policy statements. Three years later, GA raised for the first time the issue of Genetically Modified organisms (GM). In the same period, they combined businesses’ with environmental groups’ agendas. In the 1990s they gathered Eastern and Western European NGOs and lobbied for the first White Paper on environment in UK. Then, in 1992 the government promised GA to ratify the Rio Convention on Biodiversity. Two years later they lobbied for a more powerful Environment Agency in the UK. Furthermore, they hosted Tony Blair’s first “green speech” in 1995 then in 2000 as PM. In 1997 GA launched Green Globe Task Force as an independent group focusing on international environment issues.

	== People ==		== People ==

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	For more details, see following page: [[Globalisation:Green Alliance: Staff]]		For more details, see following page: [[Globalisation:Green Alliance: Staff]]
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−	~~== Funding ==~~

	==Suggestions for sub-pages==		==Suggestions for sub-pages==

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 ==Suggestions for sub-pages==
-Just suggestions - feel free to change/add to this - although it is recommended that you create several main pages linked to from this main project page so group members can edit simultaneously.
+[[Globalisation: Green Alliance: Ideology and aims]]
-[[Globalisation:Green Alliance: Ideology and aims]]
+[[Globalisation: Green Alliance: Views on climate change]]
-[[Globalisation:Green Alliance: Funding and connections]]
+== Contact Information ==
 http://www.green-alliance.org.uk/

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	== History <ref> "[http://www.green-alliance.org.uk/uploadedFiles/Our_Work/LookingBackThinkingForward.pdf 25 years of Green Alliance]", Accessed 08.11.10 </ref>==		== History <ref> "[http://www.green-alliance.org.uk/uploadedFiles/Our_Work/LookingBackThinkingForward.pdf 25 years of Green Alliance]", Accessed 08.11.10 </ref>==
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		+	Green Alliance was created in 1979 and Mr Maurice Ash, its then chairman, said: “We’re a bunch of optimists. We’re not the doomsters. We believe in the possibilities of the future...”. At the beginning it was a small group of people but very soon they started lobbying on new issues. In effect, GA has achieved many “firsts” as they say in their 25th anniversary report <ref> “[http://www.green-alliance.org.uk/uploadedFiles/Our_Work/LookingBackThinkingForward.pdf 25 years of GA]” , Accessed 16/11/10 </ref>
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		+	In 1983 GA lobbied for the Environmental Impact Assessment which was adopted in the 1990s. In 1984, they made political parties to present their first environmental policy statements. Three years later, GA raised for the first time the issue of Genetically Modified organisms (GM). In the same period, they combined businesses’ with environmental groups’ agendas. In the 1990s they gathered Eastern and Western European NGOs and lobbied for the first White Paper on environment in UK. Then, in 1992 the government promised GA to ratify the Rio Convention on Biodiversity. Two years later they lobbied for a more powerful Environment Agency in the UK. Furthermore, they hosted Tony Blair’s first “green speech” in 1995 then in 2000 as PM. In 1997 GA launched Green Globe Task Force as an independent group focusing on international environment issues.

	== People ==		== People ==

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	== History <ref> "[http://www.green-alliance.org.uk/uploadedFiles/Our_Work/LookingBackThinkingForward.pdf 25 years of Green Alliance]", Accessed 08.11.10 </ref>==		== History <ref> "[http://www.green-alliance.org.uk/uploadedFiles/Our_Work/LookingBackThinkingForward.pdf 25 years of Green Alliance]", Accessed 08.11.10 </ref>==

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 Green Alliance
 Buckingham Palace Road
 London SW1W 0RE
 Tel      (44) 0 20 7233 7433
 Fax      (44) 0 20 7233 9033
 == Notes ==

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 [[Globalisation:Green Alliance: Views on climate change]]
-== Web site ==
+== Contact Information ==
 http://www.green-alliance.org.uk/
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-hzj6E9wl4
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhcAde9IEGw
+Green Alliance
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