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27th May 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Greens stormed ahead of all the established political parties in Stroud area, beating Lib Dems, Labour and Conservative to finish 2nd, with 28% of the vote, just behind the Brexit Party. The Green vote in the Stroud area was one of the highest in the whole country. Green votes increased across Gloucestershire, the South-West and […]
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18th May 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Thanks to over 20 volunteers who gave up their Sunday!
17th May 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Meetings with XR, Stroud4Europe and Randwick Eco Group
15th May 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
County council recognises climate emergency - but now words need to translate into actions.
12th May 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Next week Gloucestershire County Council will debate a lib-dem motion, on a “Carbon action plan”. Greens will be amending the motion so that it includes a clear declaration of climate emergency, and solid targets to reduce carbon emissions across the whole of Gloucestershire.
6th May 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Largest gains in party history bring total number of councillors to 362. Voters sick of Brexit, and can see through Tory hypocrisy on climate change.
28th April 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Stroud District Green Party Elections Group Co-ordinator, Tim Davies, writes: This week’s Stroud District Green Party meeting provided a fantastic reminder that, as recognition grows of the climate emergency we face, and the urgent actions needed, that there are many different roles needed to take forward a response. We opened our meeting with a minutes […]
11th April 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Sian Berry visiting Crickley Hill this Friday
15th March 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
"Building new roads is like saying we’ll quit smoking after just one more cigarette.”
28th February 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
On Tuesday, the Stroud District Green Party AGM, held at Stroud Brewery, opened with a public meeting inviting a panel of Councillors, party members and experts from the community to share their big ideas to help achieve Stroud District Council’s vision to be carbon neutral in just 11 years time.
20th February 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Green MEP for the South West, Molly Scott Cato, is one of three MEPs arrested after breaking into a Belgian military airbase to protest against its stockpiling of American B61 nuclear bombs [1]. The MEPs scaled the perimeter fence and blocked the runway, unfurling a banner which read: “Europe Free of Nuclear weapons.” The MEPs are currently being held in a local police station and being questioned. They are likely to be released later today.
13th February 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Yesterday, Green Party Co-Leader Sian Berry, and Bristol City Councillor Carla Denyer were on Channel 4's 'The Political Slot', talking about Green Party-led calls to declare a Climate Emergency, and take the action needed to address the current climate crisis. A petition has now started to call for a national declaration.
Green Party Councillors Rachel Smith and Eva Ward presented budget amendments to address climate change and public participation.
8th February 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
At the budget meeting of Gloucestershire County Council next week, the Green Party will bring forward budget amendments to put Gloucestershire County Council on track to tackling the current climate emergency, improving air quality and public health, and supporting small businesses in Gloucestershire.
As every new scientific study is published it becomes clearer and clearer that we are facing a climate emergency greater than we ever imagined. It is already leading to mass extinctions, forced migration and threats to our ways of life. We believe that this difficult message must be told plainly and clearly alongside information and actions to both radically reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and help us adapt to our changing future. We believe it is essential that all organisations work together to achieve this.
29th January 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Stroud businesses plan to register in Estonia and The Netherlands in bid to mitigate Brexit hit
25th January 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Please sign petition to be presented to Gloucestershire County Council
23rd January 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Stroud’s Mayor, Kevin Cranston, has been selected as the Parliamentary Candidate for the Stroud Constituency by Stroud District Green Party.
20th January 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Stroud District Green Party have published a response to the Stroud District Local Plan Review – Emerging Strategy.
18th January 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Cross-party support for first steps towards Carbon Neutral 2030 commitment
9th January 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
The Coordinators of Stroud District Green Party write to highlight our support for People’s Vote on the final Brexit deal. It is good to see a Stroud constituent asking David Drew MP and the Labour party to clarify their position on whether Jeremy Corbyn will still lead us out of the EU, albeit possibly on […]
7th January 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Documents released by GCC just before Christmas reveal for the first time that the lifetime cost of the Javelin Park Incinerator is set to top £600m, after the Cabinet secretly agreed to a 30% increases in costs when renegotiating the contract in 2015/16.
14th December 2018 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
A motion setting out action to achieve the Stroud District Carbon Neutral 2030 Commitment was approved by the Council’s Environment Committee at its meeting Thursday, December 13 with unanimous support by Green, Lib Dem, Labour and Conservative Councillors.
2nd December 2018 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
"Much of the wealth of the District was built on the back of the industrial revolution - powered by coal. We have a duty to future generations to right the wrongs of the past and to steer towards a cleaner and more sustainable future."