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May 11 2007

Invitation: Tom Burke lecture on Nuclear Power

By Victor Aguilera

The Environmental Law Foundation annual lecture for 2007 will be given by E3G Founding Director Tom Burke on Thursday 17 May at 6.00 pm.

The lecture will be entitled is ‘Nuclear inevitable? Policy and politics for a carbon constrained world’, and will take place at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL.

The evening will be an important opportunity to examine the issues

Jan 08 2007

The perils of a short distance cyclist

By Chris Littlecott

The scene:
Milton Keynes, the most cycle-friendly city in the UK. A quiet road, no traffic.

Characters:
Chas Middlecroft, a young website editor on his first day in a new city;
his new green bicycle;
er, that’s it.

ACT I

(Enter Chas on bicycle)

(Chas pulls the front brake before the back one and flies over handlebars)

Chas: “Ow!”

THE END

Apologies for the slow start to the year on

Dec 20 2006

A year in review: E3G in 2006

By Martin Rands

And so, as another generation of over-fed turkeys while away their time, wondering what all the excitement is about and hoping they don’t miss out on the fun, it’s time to look back on another eventful E3G year.

Spring – arrivals and departures

Kicking off the year in the appropriate manner, three of our first batch of interns, Marina Brutinel, Diana Parusheva and Simon McSweeney,

Sep 07 2006

Jennifer Morgan joins E3G

By Chris Littlecott

Jennifer Morgan, Director of WWF’s Global Climate Change Program, will join E3G (Third Generation Environmentalism) on October 1st as Climate Change Programme Director. In her new post, she will focus her work on efforts to deliver a step-change in the international response to climate change – with a clear link to energy security and foreign policy.

Ms Morgan joins E3G in this new

Sep 06 2006

New E3G website launched

By Chris Littlecott

Welcome to E3G’s new website.

E3G may not be a thinktank, but we do invest heavily in shared thinking. We want our website to be a hub for information exchange, discussion and collaboration for the wider community of third generation environmentalists.

Articles, reports and comment

We’ve begun the process of posting articles and event reports from the back catalogue we’ve built up over the

Jun 28 2006

John Ashton’s new appointment: Global Media Response

By Chris Littlecott

The announcement earlier this month that E3G Chief Executive John Ashton is to join the UK Foreign and Commonwealth office as Special Representative for Climate Change has been picked up around the world.

The story was first reported by BBC news online, and made the webpages of The Mirror as ‘DIPLOMAT ON GLOBAL WARMING’.

The Reuters report has been published by both Gulfnews.com and The

Jun 08 2006

John Ashton appointed UK Special Representative for Climate Change

By Chris Littlecott

John Ashton, Chief Executive of E3G (Third Generation Environmentalism), has been appointed as the UK Foreign Secretary’s Special Representative for Climate Change, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office announced today.

John Ashton will support Mrs Beckett and UK Ministers in helping to build a stronger political foundation for international action on climate change. He will work closely

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