Jim Berreen
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Jim Berreen was a prominent member of the Green Party
in the 1980s and 90s and an academic. He remains a member of the party. He became a special needs teacher in the mid 1990s and retired from full-time teaching in 2010. Berreen is a musician playing saxes, flute and percussion and runs a Latin Jazz band called Loco Mundo.
before joing the University of Malawi
as a junior research fellow working on red locust biology. Berreen was a lecturer in Animal Ecology at the University of Birmingham
. A number of Green Party activists cite him as an inspiration for their later involvement with the party.
Berreen was Environment Speaker for the Green Party at the height of its success in 1989 and in the early 90s.
He was a co-founder and scientific advisor within the Global Commons Institute
which pioneered the model of Contraction and Convergence
for the IPCC
.
Green Party of England and Wales
The Green Party of England and Wales is a political party in England and Wales which follows the traditions of Green politics and maintains a strong commitment to social progressivism. It is the largest Green party in the United Kingdom, containing within it various regional divisions including...
in the 1980s and 90s and an academic. He remains a member of the party. He became a special needs teacher in the mid 1990s and retired from full-time teaching in 2010. Berreen is a musician playing saxes, flute and percussion and runs a Latin Jazz band called Loco Mundo.
Career
Following voluntary service in the Pacific Berreen did post-graduate entomology at the University of GlasgowUniversity of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
before joing the University of Malawi
University of Malawi
The University of Malawi is an educational institution established in 1964 and composed of five constituent colleges located in Zomba, Blantyre, and Lilongwe. Of the five colleges, the largest is Chancellor College in Zomba. The name of the school is abbreviated to UNIMA. It is part of the...
as a junior research fellow working on red locust biology. Berreen was a lecturer in Animal Ecology at the University of Birmingham
University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Birmingham Medical School and Mason Science College . Birmingham was the first Redbrick university to gain a charter and thus...
. A number of Green Party activists cite him as an inspiration for their later involvement with the party.
Berreen was Environment Speaker for the Green Party at the height of its success in 1989 and in the early 90s.
He was a co-founder and scientific advisor within the Global Commons Institute
Global Commons Institute
The Global Commons Institute was founded in the United Kingdom in 1990 by Aubrey Meyer and others to campaign for a fair way to tackle climate change....
which pioneered the model of Contraction and Convergence
Contraction and Convergence
Contraction and Convergence is a proposed global framework for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change. Conceived by the Global Commons Institute [GCI] in the early 1990s, the Contraction and Convergence strategy consists of reducing overall emissions of greenhouse gases to a...
for the IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a scientific intergovernmental body which provides comprehensive assessments of current scientific, technical and socio-economic information worldwide about the risk of climate change caused by human activity, its potential environmental and...
.