Caroline Lucas: "it's about a more equal society"

Submitted by Kathryn Busby on 4 September 2009

In her address today to the Green Party's annual conference, party leader Caroline Lucas named the need for a more equal society as integral to addressing climate change.

"A transition to a post-carbon world doesn't have to be about sacrifice... It's about jobs, it's about a more equal society, and it's about a way of life with the potential to be far more fulfilling than the turbo-charged consumerism which is peddled by politicians today."

Read the Guardian report

The Equality Trust is running an information stall throughout the Green Party conference and on Sunday at noon Kate Pickett will be leading the discussion at our fringe meeting Unsustainable consumerism? Why equality matters.