FYEG
Summer is Here!
15/05/08 01:00 Filed in: Personal
Woohoo! My exams are over. I'm officially still in
term time, but in reality I'm on holiday until
September. Not that its all going to be resting. I
have quite a lot of projects on the go at the moment,
and I should probably make a start on my dissertation
over the summer.
I spent the weekend in Berlin, at the Federation of Young European Greens General Assembly. It was very interesting. At quite a few points, I was totally lost in the European variant of English that seems to have developed (manifestation is used to mean demo, odd), and a couple of times, I'm shamed to admit, I wasn't completely sure what I was voting for. I didn't get much chance to do touristy things, but I did see the Tiergarten and travel around Berlin on the U-Bahn and S-Bahn a little bit. I've also managed to become the subject of gossip among the DWARS delegation and one of the new executive committee members. Maybe I'll go into that in another post though.
I spent the weekend in Berlin, at the Federation of Young European Greens General Assembly. It was very interesting. At quite a few points, I was totally lost in the European variant of English that seems to have developed (manifestation is used to mean demo, odd), and a couple of times, I'm shamed to admit, I wasn't completely sure what I was voting for. I didn't get much chance to do touristy things, but I did see the Tiergarten and travel around Berlin on the U-Bahn and S-Bahn a little bit. I've also managed to become the subject of gossip among the DWARS delegation and one of the new executive committee members. Maybe I'll go into that in another post though.
Lets Not Get Side-tracked
30/01/08 22:56 Filed in: Personal
Every now and then, I lose faith in Green politics.
We have a tendency to sometimes get side tracked in
unimportant things and infighting. The GPEW
leadership farce has been a good example of this
recently. I really can't believe that some people
want to split the party over that! Of course, it is
important to have a leadership structure that works
well for the party and somehow reflects our ideology
but, honestly, the Green Party exists to tackle some
of the biggest problems that humanity faces: climate
change, social injustice, among others.
So it was very encouraging to go along to a FYEG seminar on migrant youth in Helsinki last week. Hearing from the speakers who were invited, and meeting other young greens from around Europe was inspiring. Us British can often be too inward looking. I think it is important that we face outwards and participate with our neighbours, learning from them along the way. Anyway, enough of the epic speech style of writing. Its time to be green!
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So it was very encouraging to go along to a FYEG seminar on migrant youth in Helsinki last week. Hearing from the speakers who were invited, and meeting other young greens from around Europe was inspiring. Us British can often be too inward looking. I think it is important that we face outwards and participate with our neighbours, learning from them along the way. Anyway, enough of the epic speech style of writing. Its time to be green!
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