Dave Raval

The Environment is one of the main reasons I got involved in politics. Climate change and the loss of species and habitats is the biggest issue facing our generation, yet Copenhagen showed that our politicians just don’t get it.

The causes are well-known: there are too many people on our planet, too many of these aspire to a lifestyle that uses up our natural resources faster than we can replace them and we have an economic system that pushes us to grow despite our finite resources . 

Around the world , our children are going to pay for our mistakes.

I take the environment very seriously and, as a politician, I think it is important that I practise what I preach. So in this section, I will keep you updated with practical steps that we can all take, and show what I personally have done to reduce the environmental impact of my own life.