Russell is 48 years old and has lived in the Wokingham constituency for 26 of the last 33 years and was in neighboring Reading for the rest of the time.

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He has joined the Green Party more than 15 years ago and been active in the Reading and Wokingham Party for much of that time. He has stood in local elections. A long-time academic, Russell has a first degree in Ecology, a Masters degree in Environmental Sciences and a PhD in Biodiversity Management, specialising in giraffe conservation. He is now a Sustainability Manager working to reduce the impacts of the sports industry.
Russell's approach recognises the need for economic progress while taking into account very real and often damaging environmental and social impacts. In reality our economic system is an element of and sits within our broader social system, while human society relies completely on the environment and the ecosystem services that support all life and natural processes. If elected Russell will brig this pragmatic approach to bear on local, national and international issues. Only the Green Party holds the environment as central to human happiness and prosperity, and only the Green Party can hope to address the impending environmental crises that we face today.