Jane Davidson
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Jane Davidson is the author of '#futuregen: Lessons from a Small Country', the story of why Wales was the first country in the world to introduce legislation to protect future generations. You can follow her work on http://www.janedavidson.wales Jane is Pro Vice-Chancellor Emeritus at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David From 2000 - 2011, Jane was Minister for Education, then Minister for Environment, Sustainability in the Welsh Government, where she proposed legislation to make sustainability the central organising principle; the Wellbeing of Future Generations (Wales) Act came into law in 2015. She introduced the first plastic bag charge in the UK, and her recycling regulations took Wales to third best in the world. She created a Climate Change Commission for Wales, the post of Sustainable Futures Commissioner, and the Wales Coast Path. In education, she piloted major curriculum changes, the Foundation Phase for early years, the Welsh Baccalaureate and integrated Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship into the Welsh Curriculum. Jane is a patron of the Chartered Institute for Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM) and Tools for Self Reliance Wales (TFSR Cymru). She holds honorary fellowships from IEMA (Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment), WWF, CIWM (Chartered Institution of Wastes Management), CIWEM (Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management) and an honorary doctorate from the University of Glamorgan. She contributes regularly to international expert events. She is a RSA Fellow in 2017 was invited to become guest faculty on the Executive Education for Sustainability Leadership programme in Harvard University. She lives on a smallholding in west Wales where she aims to live lightly on the land.
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