Zac Goldsmith

Biography

Zac Goldsmith is 32 and married with three children. He’s been a Trustee of the Royal Parks Foundation since 2004 and is an enthusiastic supporter of the Parks, particularly Richmond Park near his childhood home.

After leaving school, Zac worked in the US for two years with a number of environmental organisations. He joined the Ecologist magazine in 1997 and quickly became editor. He launched campaigns on, among other things, climate change, GM food and pesticides. He has helped establish a number of foundations that raise significant funds for cutting edge environmental organisations.

In 2003, Zac received the Beacon Prize for Philanthropy. In 2004 he received Mikhail Gorbachev’s Global Green Award for ‘International Environmental Leadership'.

In 2005, Zac was invited to oversee the Conservative Party’s Quality of Life Policy Group, which is rethinking the Party’s policies on issues ranging from transport and housing, to food and farming, biodiversity, the countryside, and their energy policy. He is currently running as Conservative Candidate for the Richmond Park constituency.

Zac says...

"The Royal Parks not only provide some of the most important ecological centres in our country, they dramatically enhance the quality of our lives. We must, however, be in a strong financial position to continue to protect these fragile inner-city environments. The Parks form the green heart of London – and, with your support, we can keep it that way."