Jonathan Porritt
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Porritt receiving honorary degree from University of Exeter in 2008
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6 July 1950 (age 67) London, UK |
| Fields | Environmentalism |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Notable awards | CBE (2000) |
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Website http://www.jonathonporritt.com/ |
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 Jonathon Porritt: video interview, The Guardian, 2012 |
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“Sustainability for All”, Jonathon Porritt at TEDxExeter, 2013 |
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Jonathon Porritt on population, Population Matters, 2013 |
Sir Jonathon Espie Porritt, CBE (born 6 July 1950) is a leading British environmentalist and writer, who has been described as "Britain’s most influential green thinker". He is known for his advocacy of the Green Party of England and Wales. Porritt frequently contributes to magazines, newspapers and books, and appears on radio and television.
Jonathon Porritt was born in London, the son of The Lord Porritt, 11th Governor-General of New Zealand and his second wife, Kathleen Peck. Lord Porritt, who served as a senior officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II, was also the bronze medalist in the 1924 Summer Olympics "Chariots of Fire" 100 metres race. As well as receiving a life peerage, Lord Porritt had previously been awarded a baronetcy in 1963. Jonathon Porritt succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet Porritt on 1 January 1994.
Porritt was educated at Wellesley House School, Broadstairs, Kent;Eton College; and Magdalen College, University of Oxford, where he did a first class degree in modern languages.
Despite training as a barrister, Porritt decided to become an English teacher at St Clement Danes Grammar School (later Burlington Danes School) in Shepherd's Bush, West London, in 1974. He taught there from 1974 to 1984, serving as Head of English from 1980 to 1984.
In the 1970s and early 1980s, Porritt was a prominent member of the Ecology Party (now the Green Party of England and Wales). Porritt served as chair of The Ecology Party from 1979 to 1980, and from 1982 to 1984. He presided over changes that made the party much more prominent in elections, himself standing as a parliamentary candidate in general elections in 1979 and 1983. In 1979 he received 4.1% of the vote in London Central, receiving attention from national media. Under his stewardship, membership grew from a few hundred to around 3,000.
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