Paul George
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Environmentalist
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living in Gibsons
Gibsons, British Columbia
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, B.C.
British Columbia
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He is married to Adriane Carr
Adriane Carr
Adriane Carr is a Canadian academic, activist and politician with the Green Party in British Columbia and Canada. She is also a Councillor-elect on Vancouver City Council. She was a founding member and the Green Party of British Columbia's first leader from 1983 to 1985, whereafter the party...
, former leader of the Green Party of British Columbia
Green Party of British Columbia
The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...
, for which he ran in 1991, receiving 0.82% of the popular vote in the riding of Surrey-Newton.
He cofounded the Western Canada Wilderness Committee
Western Canada Wilderness Committee
The Western Canada Wilderness Committee is a non-profit environmental education organization that aims to protect Canada's wild spaces and species. Paul George, the founding director, formed the Wilderness Committee in the province of British Columbia in 1980...
, and founded ActionInTime, a society for public education about global climate change.
In 1999 he was the first recipient of the BC Spaces for Nature Wild Earth Award.
In 2006, he authored Big Trees, Not Big Stumps, a history of the Western Canada Wilderness Committee.