Dariusz Szwed

Dariusz Szwed ( born April 25, 1967 in Kraków ) is a Polish politician, social activist, economist and one of the founders and from 2004 to 2011 one of the leaders of the political green party Zieloni 2004 ( together with the Co-Chairs Małgorzata Tkacz - Janik ). He candidate in the parliamentary elections as number 1 on the list of Democratic Left Alliance in Chrzanów ..

Szwed graduated from the Cracow University of Economics ( International Economics ) and the University of Warsaw ( postgraduate course - economic foundations of environmental policy) and employees in the Group of the Greens / European Free Alliance in the European Parliament. In 2004 he was a delegate of the Greens in the European Green Party. He is a member of the European Association of Economists for the environment and natural resources and co-founder and Chairman of the Council of the Green Institute Program Committee.

Public activities

Dariusz Szwed worked as a consultant in the field of sustainable development for many institutions and organizations such as the World Bank, the Center for Environmental Law, Greenpeace, the Institute for Sustainable Development, environment Contact Eastern Europe, the Northern Alliance "Environment and Development", the Organisation for Economic cooperation and Development, the Regional Environmental Center, which (for the Conservation of Nature and natural Resources International Union) and WWF. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

At the beginning of the 90s, he worked in the Green Federation in Krakow. He organized protests against nuclear testing, including at Mururoa in the Pacific. In the years 1996-1997 he coordinated the European campaign " menu for the next millennium ", in order to promote sustainable agricultural development, fair trade and organic farming. As a result of this campaign important regulations were introduced to protect consumers and the environment from genetically modified organisms into the Polish legal.

In 2000-2002, Szwed was an external expert of the Ministry of the Environment in access to information and public participation in decision-making. In the 1999-2004 term he was an advisor to the Green Group in the European Parliament for the accession countries. By November 2007, he hosted along with Cezary Łasiczka the program "Political Ecology" on the radio Tok FM.

Political Activities and Views

Since 2004, Dariusz Szwed was co-chairman of Zieloni 2004., He coordinated while the campaigns " Green Economy " and " Green Europe ". Szwed was an activist for the defense of the Rospuda Valley. He wrote an open letter to the then Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński, in which he listed the arguments for the construction of the Via Baltica outside the Rospuda swamps. In another open letter to Donald Tusk he presented ten claims on the Civic Platform Peasant Party coalition and supported Maciej Nowicki, who was appointed shortly afterwards as minister of the environment.

Electoral alliance Zieloni 2004 Polish Social Democracy - partia Demokratyczna he was in the parliamentary elections in Poland in 2005 a candidate for the first list position of the Polish Social Democracy of the 35th district. In February 2009, was co-founder of the Coalition of Szwed Polish Social Democracy, partia Demokratyczna and Zieloni 2004 - "The agreement for the future." On the list of "Agreement for the future - the center-left ", he ran in 2009 in the Pomeranian region for the European Parliament. He came in Newsweek Polska ranking among the 39 best candidate ( inn ) en for the European Parliament. As the only candidate among the 99 people in the Pomerania region, he received the support of partia Kobiet (German Women's Party). In the elections he won 1758 votes ( 39.37 % of the entire list in this constituency). The Committee of VfZ - center-left was in Poland 2.44 % of the vote and failed at the five-percent hurdle.

Szwed argues for the protection of consumers against monopolies, increasing energy efficiency and renewable energy development. It is against the construction of nuclear power plants - together with Prof. Krzysztof Zmijewski example, he introduced a proposal to replace 20 million incandescent bulbs with energy-saving lamps. This is a hundred times cheaper than building a nuclear power plant. Szwed is a supporter of egalitarianism, he fights for a policy of equality and the rights of national minorities. As a feminist, he assumes some feminist demonstrations and had 2010 participants in the Congress of Polish Women, where he ' co-organized a panel on women and sustainable development. With the center of women's rights, he is fighting against violence, especially against women. Szwed is an activist in the anti-war movement and anti-globalization. He advocates for the knowledge society, environment-friendly technologies, free culture and free software. He advocates the separation of church and state and promotes the ideological neutrality of the state.

Publications

Dariusz Szwed is author, co -author and editor of several books and publications on sustainable development, including:

• Zielony Nowy Lad w Polsce. (Editor, english Herausgebung: The Green New Deal in Poland), Green European Foundation / Zielony Instytut / Heinrich Böll Foundation, Brussels 2010
• Zrównoważony Rozwój Metropolii Silesia. ( Co-author ), fundacja Przestrzenie Dialogu, Gdansk 2010, ISBN 978-83-930412-0-6
• Polski odcień zieleni. Zielone idea i SILY polityczne w Polsce. Heinrich Boell Foundation, Warsaw in December 2008, ISBN 978-83-61340-00-3
• Green Identity in a Changing Europe. Heinrich Böll Foundation EU Regional Office Brussels, November 2008
• Agriculture at a Crossroads. Volume IV: North America and Europe. International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology. Iceland Press, Washington, D.C. 2008, ISBN 978-1-59726-548-5
• Zielone Miasto Nowej Generacji. (Co- author, English Herausgebung: The Green City of the New Generation), European Green Party, Brussels 2007, ISBN 978-83-87605-91-9.
• Energia jądrowa - rzeczywistość with i. ( Editor of the Polish Herausgebung ) / Heinrich Böll Foundation, Warsaw 2006, ISBN 83-85787-45-3
• Food safety in the European Union 's agricultural and consumer policies in the New Member States. IUCN - Office for Central Europe, Warsaw 2005
• Jak się o ubiegać udostępnienie informacji o środowisku: przewodnik dla organizacji pozarządowych. Polska Zielona Sieć, Warsaw 2002, ISBN 83-915390-1-6
• Udział społeczeństwa w postępowaniu w sprawie oceny oddziaływania na środowisko. Ministry of the Environment, Warsaw 2002, ISBN 83-85787-35-6
• Dostęp do informacji o środowisku. Ministry of the Environment, Warsaw 2002, ISBN 83-85787-34-8
• Zalecane kierunki zmian wzorców konsumpcji i modeli produkcji sprzyjające Strategii trwałego, zrównoważonego Rozwoju. Ministry of the Economy, Warsaw 2000
• Model współpracy pomiędzy Ministerstwem Ochrony Środowiska, Zasobów Naturalnych i Lesnictwa a pozarządowymi organizacjami ekologicznymi. ( Cooperation), Wroclaw 1997
• Trade Liberalization - on Environmental problem. referat zaprezentowany podczas publicznego sympozjum: Trade, Environment and Sustainable Development, GATT, Genef, 10-11 June 1994