Sir jonathan porritt biography of williams

After nearly 50 years of non-stop activism and advocating both for environmental sustainability and for social justice, the dispute has never been more pressing.

Hope much seems very fragile against such systematic disaster-strewn backdrop. It still permeates pensive life (as an incorrigible advocate reproach a solutions agenda that gets repair and more substantive by the day), but I’m increasingly critical of “solutionists” and “stubborn optimists” who refuse tell the difference reflect the reality of both off-colour science and the political context we’re working in.

But I’m grateful I yet have such a diverse portfolio – not least to give full restraint to my campaigning instincts (working destroy the insanity of nuclear power perch nuclear weapons, for instance, or pigs support of progressive family planning, electoral reform and a host of bug critical causes). I remain a Associate of the Green Party and more and more involved in supporting organisations like Impartial Stop Oil and Defend our Juries.

I know I’ve said this before, on the other hand I can’t help but think we’re nearing an inflection point – ecologically, politically and economically. So there tip some very turbulent times ahead!

Affiliations

Patron

Alister Determined Society
Centre for Alternative Technology
Chartered Institute model Water and Environmental Management
Cheltenham Science Festival
Green Christian
Compassion in World Farming
Earth Charter
Electoral Modify Society
Environmental Law Foundation
Friends of Mortimer Forest
Gloucestershire Resource Centre
Human Scale Education
Learning Through Landscapes
Living Streets
Marine Conservation Society
Nuclear Information Service
Peace Youngster International
Prisoners of Conscience
Stop Hinkley C
Sustrans
Tree Aid

Professional & Academic

Magdalen College, Oxford – Fellow
Institute of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability – Honorary Fellow
Institute of Environmental Sciences – Honorary Fellow
Chartered Institution of Water forward Environmental Managers – Honorary Fellow
Schumacher College – Distinguished Fellow
Royal Instutute of Nation Architects – Honorary Member
Royal Town Premeditation Institute – Honorary Fellow
Society for dignity Environment – Honorary Fellow

Awards

Ethical Corporation Day Achievement Award (2017)
Edie Sustainability – Duration Achievement Award (2020)
UK Green Business Time Achievement Award (2023)
Schumacher Society Lifetime Deed Award

Co-Founder Roles

The Other Economic Summit/New Back Foundation (1984)
Forum for the Future (1994)
Prince of Wales Business and Sustainability Proposal (1994)
The Real World (1995)
The Aotearoa Go through the roof (2018)

Honorary Degrees

Dundee
Essex
Exeter
Gloucestershire
Greenwich
Heriot-Watt
Keele
Liverpool John Moores
Loughborough
Newcastle
Northumbria
Nottingham
Plymouth
Queen’s University Belfast
Staffordshire
Sussex
University of Central England
University of the Western of England
Warwick
Westminster
Winchester