Bonfire Night is fast approaching and we in the Green Party hope you have a fun and safe evening! If you want to save money this year and help reduce the pollution caused by fireworks and bonfires, why not attend one of the many public displays happening across South Gloucestershire? You can find a list […]
Month: October 2018
South Gloucestershire Council Adopt Climate Change Strategy On Day Of Crucial IPCC Report
South Gloucestershire Green Party have slammed the Conservative Cabinet for missing an opportunity to take the reins on climate change, following their adoption of a revised Climate Change Strategy for the next 5 years. The Cabinet met and voted through the Climate Change Strategy 2018-2023 on the day the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) […]
Badger Culling: Inhumane and Unscientific – Joe Evans
There are 220,000 badgers (Meles meles) in the UK, each one a sentient, intelligent and curious individual with a personality and a consciousness flourishing over 6 – 8 years of life in the wild. As a species they play a crucial role in the functioning of our ecosystems and are unanimously adored, recognised as a […]
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Development would have been “final nail in the coffin” for local high streets
South Gloucestershire Green Party have welcomed the decision of government to bin the proposals for a huge expansion to the Mall at Cribbs Causeway after it was granted permission by South Gloucestershire Council in 2016. M&G Real Estate and Intu Properties, the real estate companies that own the site along with JT Baylis, had planned to […]
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Reflections on Autumn – Maggie Jeffery
Summer into Autumn and my adopted little tree is magnificent in bright colours. I am bored, so bored with the narrow futile ‘ down the rabbbit hole’ soundbites about Brexit. This isn’t a time for building walls but rather for building bridges. With accelerating climate change and the news about the Arctic meltdown, the process […]
