Green MEP Receives Double Media Accolade
12 July 2007 - Two Influential polls have named Green Party MEP Caroline Lucas as a leading opinion former and influential politician.
The accolades were made by BBC Wildlife magazine, which named her in their list of the top 50 Conservationists, and New Consumer magazine, which placed her eighth in a list of 100 people who we think have made the biggest contribution to ethical consumption over the last five years - the ‘Ethical Heroes’.
Wendy Martin, editor of New Consumer said: "Dynamic and utterly committed: if you had to trust one person with changing the world you could do worse than rely on Lucas.
"Alright, so she never seems to actually stand still for more than ten minutes, and she’s currently attempting to change the entire aviation policy of the EU.
"She also finds time to be vice president of the RSPCA and campaign against the war in Iraq. Lucas for Prime Minister? We wouldn’t want to bet against it."
The BBC magazine poll was topped by Prince Charles, the New Consumer survey by fashion designer Katherine Hammet. Others singled out for praise in the magazines are Anita Roddick, Al Gore, Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Fairtrade Foundation’s Harriet Lamb.
These are just the latest accolades to be received by Dr Lucas by the news media: she was named Politician of the Year in last month’s Observer Ethical awards and a made the top ten in the New Statesman’s ‘Person of the Year 2006′ poll.
Dr Lucas said: "Naturally I am delighted to have received this recognition - but of course this award isn’t really about me.
"It’s about the Green Party, its policies and its fresh approach to politics.
"People are increasingly disillusioned with the three main parties and are looking for a progressive alternative which genuinely has social and environmental justice at its heart.
"While the other parties might be beginning to wake up, to the issue of climate change, for example, only the Greens have both the radical policies needed and the political commitment to deliver them."
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