Introducing David Orton, Green Party
Candidate for
Central Nova
Make Peace With Nature, Vote Green
Press Release
December 04, 2005
David Orton has been nominated the Green Party of
Canada candidate
for Central Nova. He is also the
national
spokesperson for deep ecology
for the Green Party.
David Orton says, "The Green Party is part of an
international
movement calling for a fundamental shift
in
consciousness in how we humans relate
to the Earth. I am running in this election to contribute
to this
shift in
consciousness, and to promote a culture that is ecologically
attuned. The existing industrial capitalist
society is
destroying the very conditions of life, not only for humans but for
other species and
the Earth
itself. I see
myself also as a voice for
other species who have no representation."
Biography
My name is David Orton. I am 71 years old and a
Canadian citizen.
I was born in Portsmouth,
England, as
one of four children from a
working class family. I left school at 15 and took a five-year
shipwright
apprenticeship in Portsmouth Dockyard. I came to Canada in
1957. I have lived in
Saltsprings,
Pictou County for over 20 years. We
live simply on an old hill farm which has returned
to forest. My
wife
Helga is a nurse, and we have one daughter, Karen, who is a student. I
have
two grown
children from a first marriage, Karl
and Johanna.
I see myself not only as a Green, but also as a
person of the
Left, concerned about social justice.
I have opposed
racism, the lack of democracy
in the universities, the complicity of the Canadian
government and
various corporations with the US war machine, etc. In
the late 70s the ecological
movement
became the focus for my life.
Major concerns have been the ongoing destruction of
forests by
industrial forestry including spraying, the human impact on wildlife
populations, the
Sable gas
pipeline project and energy issues, marine
life and the killing of seals, etc. We humans
have to extend
the sense
of personal self-identity to include the well being of the Earth, which
is
the philosophy
of deep ecology.
The ecological movement draws from every sector of
society,
including true conservatives
who want to
"conserve", not destroy, our
ecological and social heritage. I have written many
articles on
green
philosophy and theory, and book reviews. A favourite saying is:
"Each
of us must be the change we wish to see in this world."
(Education: BA
from Sir George Williams University [now Concordia] in Montreal, MA
from
the New School
for Social Research in New York
City.)
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Campaign
Manager: Mark Brennan, telephone 396 4397, email:
mbrennan@ns.sympatico.ca
Mark is
responsible for coordinating all
speaking events for David Orton in the riding and
working with
volunteers.
The Official
Agent is Helga Hoffmann-Orton who can be
reached at 925 2514 or
email:
ipanema@ca.inter.net
To reach
David Orton, phone 925 2514 or email: dorton@greenparty.ca
http://home.ca.inter.net/~greenweb/Introducing_David_Orton.html
Last updated: January 29, 2006