“sparrow” by Hitched Hiker is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. Big Garden Birdwatch is the world’s largest garden wildlife survey. Every year, hundreds of thousands of nature lovers like you take part, helping to build a picture of how garden birds are faring. Across the UK, over half a million people took part in Big […]
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Have your say on Hertfordshire County Council’s budget spending (2024-25) The council has published it’s proposed budget for 2024-25 – what it calls its draft Integrated Plan. It plans to spend over £1billion on services touching the lives of everyone in Hertfordshire and is seeking the views of residents on its plans. You can express […]
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Do take any unwanted gifts to charity shops! That will help with the much needed circular economy and it will help everyone trying to follow “buy nothing new” for January (and longer….). Buy Nothing New Month is all about moving beyond simply recycling, to reducing the amount of new stuff that we buy, and by […]
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We hope you had a wonderful Festive Season! We need your help and support to elect our first Green Councillor in Stevenage! We need help with leafleting and door-knocking in the target-to-win ward of Longmeadow, Stevenage, in January. Will you help us to get effective messages across to voters and find out voters’ concerns in […]
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This Saturday (2nd December) is Small Business Saturday! Small Business Saturday UK is a grassroots, non-commercial campaign, which highlights small business success and encourages consumers to ‘shop local’ and support small businesses in their communities. This year the Green Party of England and Wales is calling for: Small businesses make a vital contribution to the […]
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Co-leader Carla Denyer was on the ground in Westminster on Thursday to react to chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn statement. Our full reaction to the statement can be found here (with a link through to our 10-point alternative). Carla also made this short film for our social media channels (Twitter). The Independent picked up on Carla’s […]
Help our eco systems and wildlife thrive over winter by leaving at least part of your garden “untidy”- with some long grass, piles of leaves for hibernating hedgehogs and hollow stems for overwintering insects, and encourage your council to do the same! Thank you to Katrina Nice for most of our ecotips! […]
Hertfordshire County Council has published its strategy for Electric Vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, including the provision of more charging points. They say “The strategy sets out a plan to provide more chargepoints so residents and businesses will be able to recharge their electric vehicles conveniently and appropriately in the future. It’s forecast that by 2030, […]
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Letchworth Garden Shed has opened its doors to the community. Residents can borrow equipment from its ‘library of things’ to help them complete a project without spending money on things that they would only need once. More than 250 items are available to borrow, including ladders, planers, angle grinders, cake tins, bread makers, baby care […]
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It’s Zero Waste Week 2023 – 4th to 8th September (https://www.zerowasteweek.co.uk/). This year’s theme is “Nobody can do everything. Everybody can do something. Together we can do anything!” We would like to send a BIG THANK YOU to all the schools and supporters in Hitchin, Letchworth, and surrounding areas that have rounded up their spent […]
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