Documenting losses and damages caused by climate change: free online talk 5th February 2023 / 5th February 2023 by Susan Fenton 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 […] Read more » Cloud Cafe environment
Avoiding dirty money: ethical alternatives to traditional finance 2nd January 2023 / 3rd January 2023 by Susan Fenton 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 […] Read more » Cloud Cafe finance
Online debate: what difference has the 2010 Equality Act made? 3rd November 2022 / 3rd November 2022 by Susan Fenton 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 […] Read more » Cloud Cafe
Online debate: why Green politics is different 23rd August 2022 / 23rd August 2022 by Susan Fenton What sets the Green Party apart from other political parties and the environmental movement more broadly? Is the Green Party obsolete now that other parties all compete over their “green” credentials? This is the question that will be explored at the next of Stroud District Green Party’s Cloud Café online debates, on Wednesday 14th September from […] Read more » Cloud Cafe ellie chowns Pete Kennedy Simon Pickering
Poverty in Stroud and what needs to be done about it: our next Cloud Café 18th February 2022 / 18th February 2022 by Susan Fenton The reality of poverty in Stroud – and what is being done about it – is the topic of our next Cloud Café online discussion, on Wednesday March 2. A panel of speakers will discuss the rising number of children in Stroud living in low-income families. In the UK 13% of children live in food […] Read more » Cloud Cafe Poverty
The role of the arts in social action: join our next Cloud Café discussion to hear how creativity can bring about change 24th January 2022 / 3rd February 2022 by Susan Fenton Action in Art & Art in Action is the theme for next month’s Cloud Café on Wednesday February 9. This discussion will feature some fantastic speakers who use their experience of the creative world to motivate, inspire and raise awareness for change. The meeting is the latest in Stroud District Green Party’s regular Cloud Café […] Read more » Cloud Cafe
Public meeting about ‘heartless’ Nationality & Borders Bill: we must make room at the inn for refugees 26th November 2021 / 29th November 2021 by Susan Fenton The Nationality and Borders Bill, which makes arriving in the UK without permission a criminal offence, will be the topic of an online public meeting in Stroud on Wednesday December 8. The audience will hear how the heartless Bill overturns 70 years of UK adherence to the 1952 Refugee Convention and curtails the rights of […] Read more » Cloud Cafe Nationality & Borders Bill Refugees
More than 100 people attend our debate to discuss next steps after COP26 15th November 2021 / 15th November 2021 by Susan Fenton The decisions reached at COP26 – and how they can be moved forward by local individuals and communities – were discussed at a public meeting on Saturday (November 13) at Lansdown Hall, Stroud. More than 100 people, about half of them joining remotely via Zoom, attended the meeting organised by Stroud District Green Party. The […] Read more » Cloud Cafe COP26
What’s next after COP26? Public meeting in Stroud and online will discuss the way forward 1st November 2021 / 8th November 2021 by Susan Fenton The decisions reached at COP26 – and how they can be moved forward by local individuals and communities – will be discussed at a public meeting on Saturday November 13 at Lansdown Hall, Stroud. The meeting – from 7pm-9pm – will hear from a panel of expert local speakers and there will be opportunities to […] Read more » Cloud Cafe COP26
What is COP26 and why does it matter? Find out at our free online discussion 22nd September 2021 / 29th September 2021 by Susan Fenton Have you heard about the climate change conference, COP26, and would like to learn more about what it’s for and why it matters? Three expert speakers will explain at a free online public meeting on Wednesday October 13. The meeting – from 7.30pm-9pm – is open to everyone and there will be opportunities to ask […] Read more » Cloud Cafe COP26
