Micklegate Ward Councillor
Lars Kramm is a trained lawyer, specialising in environmental and European law. He has been a member of his native German Green Party for 15 years, serving in different functions including as a Green Councillor for five years on his hometown’s city council. He has worked as a researcher and lecturer and was an NGO delegate at the Doha international climate change conference in 2012. He works currently as a manager for a York based retail company.
Lars says: “Micklegate has for years been a centre of Green activities and it is an area that means a great deal to me. I am very grateful for the trust that the residents of Micklegate placed in me and I am very happy, but the hard work to meet the expectations as a ward councillor has now started. In our political rainbow ward it is essential to work together and have all residents in mind, not just the ones that voted for us”.
I've asked my local candidates to stand up for cycling and walking ahead of the upcoming #GE2019. Will you join me in asking your candidates to do the same? 🚲via @WeAreCyclingUK https://action.cyclinguk.org/page/50940/action/1?en_chan=tw&locale=en-GB&ea.tracking.id=&en_ref=110210543
"the Greens, their manifesto sets the standard against which the others can be judged"
"only the Greens have really grasped what it means to democratise our relationship with the living world." A vote for the planet means a vote for Labour or the Greens https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/27/planet-vote-labour-greens-climate-crisis-election?CMP=share_btn_tw
Looks like some Italian, Spanish or Australian wines on our shelves could soon be replaced by Swedish or Canadian wines, Climate change is forcing winemakers to move further from the equator https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2019/11/22/climate-change-is-forcing-winemakers-to-move-further-from-the-equator?cid1=cust/dailypicks1/n/bl/n/20191125n/owned/n/n/dailypicks1/n/n/UK/348949/n via @TheEconomist
It might be a winter election, but it could become another May election for BoJo...
I've just asked @JulianSturdy @AnnaPerrett & Keith Aspden@yorklibdems for #York Outer to take the @friends_earth #ClimateActionPledge. You can ask your candidates too. #GeneralElection2019 https://act.friendsoftheearth.uk/target/ask-your-election-candidates-sign-our-climate-pledge
🇪🇺 A People’s Vote
🚨 Act on the Climate Emergency - Zero Carbon by 2030
😡 End the Hostile Environment
🏥 Reverse privatisation of the NHS
👶 Free childcare for 35 hours a week
☢️ Scrap nuclear weapons
💰 Scrap Universal Credit
💴 Introduce a Citizen’s income
#VoteGreen2019
Contact Lars at: cllr.lkramm@york.gov.uk.
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