Judy Ling Wong

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Judy Ling Wong

CBE
Born
1949
Alma mater Clyde School
University of Melbourne
EmployerBlack Environment Network

Judy Ling Wong CBE (born 1949) is an environmental activist. For 27 years she was the UK Director of BEN. She is now its Honorary President. She received a CBE in the 2007 Birthday Honours.Judy is a major voice on policy and practice towards social inclusion.

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Early life and education

Judy Ling Wong was born and raised in Hong Kong. [1] She moved to Australia, where she attended Clyde School. She studied architecture at the University of Melbourne. In 1972 Ling Wong moved to Europe, and lived in West Berlin where she worked as a painter.

Career

Judy Ling Wong moved to Britain in 1974. She worked as a painter, dancer and poet. [2] She wrote a series of books, on nursery rhymes and ballet. [3] She is based in London.

In 1987 she established the Black Environment Network (BEN), building relationships between people from ethnic minorities and the built environment. In 1990 the BEN merged with the Ethnic Minority Award Scheme (EMAS), with BEN becoming more of a political project. [4] Ling Wong has encouraged more people from minority ethnic backgrounds to visit the countryside. [5] [6] BEN championed the message that countryside access is not an access issue but a rights issue, challenging the notion that the English countryside is a "white space". [4] Ling Wong worked to emphasise the relationship between environmentalism and the countryside. [4] The National Alliance of Women's Organisations investigated rural racism and its intersection with gender. [4] She advocates for access to nature and equality of opportunity to environmental participation within the urban environment where most ethnic minorities live. [7] [8]

She services on the advisory board of the University of Gloucestershire Countryside and Community Research Institute. [9] She is a co-founder of the National Park City Foundation and was a member of the steering group for the movement to make London a national park city. [10] [11] She chairs the Green Apprenticeships Advisory Group, supporting the BEIS Green Recovery Taskforce. [12] Judy delivered the 2019 Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment Lecture at Imperial College London.

Awards and honours

Her awards and honours include;

• Patron CIEEM [20]

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References

  1. ↑ "Judy Ling Wong Artist and Environmental Activist". www.judylingwong.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  2. ↑ "Foundation for International Education - Foundation for International Education". www.fie.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  3. ↑ "Judy Ling Wong - AbeBooks". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Neal, Sarah; Agyeman, Julian (2006). The New Countryside?: Ethnicity, Nation and Exclusion in Contemporary Rural Britain. Policy Press. ISBN   9781861347954.
  5. ↑ Birch, Simon (2002-10-08). "Access all areas: ethnic families and national parks". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  6. ↑ Wong, Judy Ling (2009). "The Environment Belongs to All of Us". In Steady, Filomina Chioma (ed.). Environmental Justice in the New Millennium. Environmental Justice in the New Millennium: Global Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity, and Human Rights. Palgrave Macmillan US. pp. 213–229. doi:10.1057/9780230622531_11. ISBN   9780230622531.
  7. ↑ "Regional ethnic diversity".
  8. ↑ "Multicultural voices for sustainable food | Wicked Leeks".
  9. ↑ "Judy Ling Wong". Countryside and Community Research Institute. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  10. ↑ "Could London be the world's first National Park City?". Adventure.com. 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  11. ↑ Chaudoir, Mark. "Use your imagination for Our City London". www.nationalparkcity.london. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  12. ↑ "Green apprenticeships advisory panel".
  13. ↑ "BBC NEWS | In Depth | Birthday Honours 2000 | OBEs: L - Z". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  14. ↑ "Honorary degree recipients | University of Gloucestershire". www.glos.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  15. ↑ "IES Structure & Personnel | The Institution Of Environmental Sciences". www.the-ies.org. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  16. ↑ "Honorary Fellows - Society for the Environment". socenv.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  17. ↑ "Judy Ling Wong CBE, joins WEN as our newest Ambassador". Women's Environmental Network. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  18. ↑ "Woman's Hour Power List 2020: The List". BBC Radio4. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  19. ↑ "Our patrons". 19 September 2018.
  20. ↑ "CIEEM welcomes new Patron: Judy Ling Wong | CIEEM".
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