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30th May 2023 / 30th May 2023 by susanfenton
The future with Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be the subject of Stroud District Green Party’s next online Cloud Café debate, on Wednesday June 14 from 7.30-9.30pm. The event will discuss whether there are curbs on the advance of AI and whether we can trust the tech companies and government. Questions that will be addressed include: […]
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22nd May 2023 / 22nd May 2023 by susanfenton
The neighbouring Gloucestershire towns of Stroud and Stonehouse both have Green Party mayors for the first time ever, following the unanimous election of Cllr Stella Parkes by Stroud Town Council and Cllr Carol Kambites by Stonehouse Town Council. Both were elected on May 15 at the annual meetings of their respective councils. It is the […]
18th May 2023 / 18th May 2023 by susanfenton
The Green Party co-leader, Carla Denyer, came to Stroud today (May 18) to celebrate the party winning yesterday’s by-election in the Painswick & Upton ward. Green candidate Gary Luff received 1,168 votes (45% of the total), beating the Conservative candidate (who got 817 votes) and becoming the first non-Tory to represent Painswick & Upton since the ward […]
25th April 2023 / 2nd May 2023 by susanfenton
Developing opportunities to solve the housing crisis is the topic of Stroud District Green Party’s next Cloud Café online debate, on Wednesday May 10, from 7.30pm to 9pm. The event, which is free and open to anyone, will hear from speakers from Britain and the USA about their experiences of alternative forms of housing and […]
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19th April 2023 / 24th May 2023 by susanfenton
Interview by Pippa Audritt, photo by Martin Phelps In the latest in our occasional series about our Green Councillors from around Stroud District, we interviewed Beki Aldam, district councillor for Brimscombe & Thrupp and Chair of the Community Services and Licensing Committee on Stroud District Council. Beki is one of the 14 Greens on the […]
30th March 2023 / 30th March 2023 by susanfenton
Is the government’s new farming policy fit for purpose? That’s the question that will be explored at Stroud District Green Party’s next monthly online Cloud Café discussion. The event, from 7pm to 8.30pm on Wednesday April 12, will hear from four speakers about the Environmental Land Management Schemes (ELMS), which will pay farmers to provide […]
The £2 cap on single bus fares in Gloucestershire could be extended indefinitely, thanks to a motion put to the County Council by Green Party councillors. The cap, introduced on January 1 to help residents with the cost of living, was originally meant to end on March 31 but was recently extended to the end […]
14th March 2023 / 14th March 2023 by susanfenton
Stroud District Green Party has urged other local political parties to offer work experience placements for school pupils, to give young people an early interest in how politics works. This follows the success of the Greens’ latest work experience placement, when an A level student at Pates Grammar School spent half-term week shadowing councillors and […]
2nd March 2023 / 2nd March 2023 by susanfenton
Local Green councillors Lucas Schoemaker and Sue Fenton this week went out litter picking in between meetings and collected a big haul of rubbish from roads, pavements, verges and hedges. They were joined by Stroud Greens co-coordinator Lynn Haanen and work experience student Pippa, who is spending a week shadowing Green councillors and activists at […]
16th February 2023 / 17th February 2023 by susanfenton
Stroud Young Greens are hosting next month’s online Cloud Café debate – this time about the sustainable use of land. The event, which reprises the same theme as an earlier talk in January, takes place on Wednesday March 8 from 7pm to 8.30pm. It will be the latest in a series of events in the […]
16th February 2023 / 16th February 2023 by susanfenton
The four-strong Green Group at Gloucestershire County Council has secured amendments to the County Council’s budget for 2023/24 worth £400,000 this week. These amendments build on the Group’s success last year, and include a range of projects that will help the council meet its environmental commitments, support our communities and protect our natural landscape. Thanks […]
5th February 2023 / 5th February 2023 by susanfenton
How can creativity and artistic practice be used to document the losses and damages caused by climate change? That’s the question that will be explored at the next of Stroud District Green Party’s Cloud Café online debates, on Wednesday February 8 from 7.30pm to 9pm. Elizabeth Lee, organiser of the event, held in conjunction with […]
25th January 2023 / 25th January 2023 by susanfenton
Residents of Minchinhampton gathered on Monday to protest about the loss of a key local post box. The Dr Brown’s Road post box is believed to have been knocked over by a horse in late 2021. Royal Mail removed it shortly afterwards and have not reinstated it, carrying out none of the required consultation with […]
23rd January 2023 / 23rd January 2023 by susanfenton
The Green Party parliamentary candidate for Stroud says the government’s decision not to award Stroud a share of the Levelling Up Fund spells bad news for MP Siobhan Baillie’s re-election hopes. Pete Kennedy said: “The whole Levelling Up agenda is politically motivated, focused on sending money to areas where the Conservatives are hoping to win […]
13th January 2023 / 13th January 2023 by susanfenton
Green Party District Councillor Steve Hynd has today written an open letter to Gareth Williams, the CEO of Gigaclear, to express his “utter dismay” that the rural communities he represents are still not connected to a superfast broadband service that was promised to them over a year ago. Cllr Hynd represents the ward of The […]
4th January 2023 / 4th January 2023 by susanfenton
Soil health expert Mica Francis will be giving an online presentation on Wednesday January 18 at 6.30pm about how land can be used sustainably. Mica, an agriculture consultant with an MSc in Soil and Water Sciences, specialises in analysing soil and crop production data to better understand the interactions between human-made systems and the natural […]
2nd January 2023 / 3rd January 2023 by susanfenton
Are the banks and institutions that look after our money behaving in an ethical and responsible way, helping local businesses and investing in communities? Or are they shoring up dirty industries who have responsibilities only to themselves and their shareholders? What can ordinary people do to avoid supporting unethical banks? These are among the questions […]
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11th December 2022 / 11th December 2022 by susanfenton
What motivated you to stand as a candidate? I’d been working as a caseworker for my county councillor predecessor, Rachel Smith, for six months while she took some time out for family reasons. I was inspired by what she’d already been able to achieve locally and in the council chamber, and I just really enjoyed […]
8th December 2022 / 8th December 2022 by susanfenton
Why are Greens standing in the General Election in Stroud? The short answer is that, despite our asking Labour at both local and national level, they have refused to make an agreement that would benefit them in Stroud in exchange for an agreement in a seat where Greens are the strongest placed party to defeat […]
3rd November 2022 / 3rd November 2022 by susanfenton
To what extent has the 2010 Equality Act improved people’s lives and advanced a positive, inclusive climate? What more needs to be done to ensure that people with disabilities and differences can play a full part in society? These are the questions that will be explored at the next of Stroud District Green Party’s Cloud […]
21st October 2022 / 21st October 2022 by susanfenton
Green councillors have welcomed the unanimous decision of Stroud District Council last night (October 20) to declare a cost-of-living emergency. The Council meeting agreed a motion by Cllr Beki Aldam (Green, Brimscombe & Thrupp) and Cllr Natalie Bennett (Independent Left, Nailsworth), which recognised the serious cost of living concerns facing people and businesses in Stroud […]
18th October 2022 / 18th October 2022 by susanfenton
The Alliance of Green, Independent and Liberal Democrat groups leading Stroud District Council have successfully blocked a damaging Investment Zone proposal for the district – despite the Conservative-led Gloucestershire County Council trying to force it through. The Alliance leaders felt they couldn’t support an Investment Zone bid for the Gloucestershire Science & Technology Park in […]
10th October 2022 / 13th October 2022 by susanfenton
People Vs Pipeline: the cost of crude oil describes the historic lobbying by Canadian and US land defenders to stop an oil pipeline and how marginalised communities had their legal rights ignored by the government. The film will be followed by talks from three expert speakers. It is part of the Missing Ed project, a series of […]
2nd October 2022 / 2nd October 2022 by susanfenton
Our next Cloud Cafe, on Wednesday October 12 from 7.30 to 9pm, is about the burning issue of the energy crisis. While Greens have long focused on the need to insulate homes and install renewables, the Prime Minister is using the crisis as a cover for the expansion of oil and gas resources and the […]