Jim Berreen

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 is also a musician.

Early life
Berreen went to University at Exeter. He was Hall President at Mardon

Career
Berreen was an Ecology lecturer 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 active within the Global Commons Institute which pioneered the model of Contraction and Convergence for the IPCC.