Judy Ling Wong moved to
Britain in 1974. She worked as a painter, dancer and poet. She wrote a series of books, on nursery rhymes and ballet. 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. 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". Ling Wong worked to emphasise the relationship between environmentalism and the countryside. She services on the advisory board of the
University of Gloucestershire Countryside and Community Research Institute. 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. She chairs the Green Apprenticeships Advisory Group, supporting the BEIS Green Recovery Taskforce. 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; • 2000
Order of the British Empire for services to the environment • 2005
University of Gloucestershire Honorary Doctorate • 2007
Commander of the British Empire for services to heritage • 2013 Honorary Fellowship
Institution of Environmental Sciences • 2014 Honorary Fellowship
Society for the Environment • 2017
Women's Environment Network Ambassador • 2020 Included in the
BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Power list 2020. Patron Population Matters • Patron CIEEM == References ==