Meet Natalie Bennett, former leader of the Green Party

Heffers is delighted to host Natalie as she discusses the premise of her new book. Namely that the decades-old political orthodoxy, that greed is good, inequality doesn’t matter and we can

keep treating the planet as a mine and a dumping ground, has been a recipe for disaster. Our

world needs a new vision, the Green vision. From Universal Basic Income to free education, from less stuff but more life, to genuine democratic opportunities for all, Natalie Bennett brings together a holistic, hopeful and practical vision for the future.

Natalie Bennett, or Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle for really formal

occasions, was leader of the Green Party of England and Wales 2012-

2016, and entered the House of Lords in 2019. That’s meant a decade

travelling the country speaking at public meetings, in schools, colleges

and universities, and hearing about the many great grassroots efforts

being made to tackle our polycrises. She has degrees in agricultural

science, humanities and social science, reflecting her passion for

joined-up, systems thinking, rather than reductionist, 20th-centurystyle

approaches. She was editor of the Guardian Weekly, chief subeditor

on the Bangkok Post, and a volunteer at the Thai National

Commission on Women’s Affairs. She grew up on the lands of the

Wallumedegal people in northern Sydney.