Ariane Burgess

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Ariane Burgess
MSP
Ariane Burgess MSP.jpg
Official portrait, 2021
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Highlands and Islands
(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 May 2021
Personal details
Born
Ariane Claire Burgess

(1965-11-20) 20 November 1965 (age 58) [1]
Edinburgh, Scotland
Political party Scottish Greens
RelationsSteve Burgess (brother)

Ariane Claire Burgess [2] (born 20 November 1965) is a Scottish politician who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Highlands and Islands since 2021. A member of the Scottish Greens, she has served as the Scottish Parliament's Convener of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee since 2021. [3] [4] [5]

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Early life and education

Arianne Claire Burgess was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. [5] She studied at Kingston University from 1983 to 1984, completing an Art & Design Foundation course. After university, she attended the Wimbledon School of Art until 1987, earning a BA (Hons). [6]

Burgess has a Master of Science degree in Integrative EcoSocial Design and Leadership through the Gaia University. [7] She was a facilitator for the Gaia Education's Ecovillage Design Education in Thailand and Findhorn Ecovillage from 2008 to 2019 and an adviser to Gaia University from 2012 to 2016. Burgess has a Certificate in Permaculture Design (New York Open Center 2007). [6]

Political career

At the 2019 United Kingdom general election, Burgess stood as the Green candidate in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey. [8] She finished in fifth place. [9]

Burgess was one of the twelve Scottish Greens running as a candidate for a constituency in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. She contested in the Inverness and Nairn constituency, but failed to win, coming fourth. Burgess was elected as an additional Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Highlands and Islands region. [10]

Burgess has campaigned against Highland Council’s decision to grant planning permission to a golf course development at an environmentally sensitive site at Coul Links near Embo, Sutherland. [11]

Personal life

Burgess lives in Forres, Moray, in the north of Scotland. [4] Her brother Steve Burgess is a Green councillor in the City of Edinburgh for the Southside / Newington ward.

Books

Burgess is author of Life Design for Women: Conscious Living as a Force for Positive Change, an imprint of Findhorn Press published on 11 February 2020. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ https://twitter.com/ArianeBurgessHI/status/1328970738234232834 [ bare URL ]
  2. ↑ Butlin, Heather. "Scottish Parliamentary Elections". www.highland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Session 6 Local Government Housing and Planning". www.parliament.scot. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Ariane Burgess". Shetland News. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  5. 1 2 theorkneynews (19 April 2021). "Candidate Focus: Ariane Burgess Scottish Green Party". The Orkney News. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Ariane Burgess". LinkedIn. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "About Ariane Burgess – Integrative EcoSocial Designer". Ariane Burgess. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  8. ↑ Kirkaldy, Liam (14 November 2019). "Scottish Greens release list of 2019 general election candidates". Holyrood. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  9. ↑ "Election result for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (Constituency) - MPs and Lords". parliament.uk.
  10. ↑ "Scotland Election 2021 > Highlands and Islands". BBC News . Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  11. ↑ "Ariane Burgess urges Ministers to review Coul Links decision". Scottish Greens. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  12. ↑ Burgess, Ariane (2020). Life design for women : conscious living as a force for positive change. Rochester, Vermont. ISBN   978-1-62055-916-1. OCLC   1139026748.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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