Join us this coming Saturday (September 11th) at the Green Festival in Letchworth. Set across The Arcade and The Wynd, the festival brings together local environmental groups and offers activities like craft, children’s theatre and lots more. Visit us at our stall in The Arcade to find out how to get more involved with local […]
Category: Local Campaigns
Fly tipping
Let’s S. C. R. A. P. Fly Tipping Article submitted by new member, Kruna Vukmirovic Around two-thirds of fly tips are household waste. Items and bags left beside street bins, recycling banks, on the floor of communal bin areas, or outside closed Household Waste Recycling Centres and charity shops constitute fly tipping. All households and […]
Support for Astonbury Woods Campaign
The Hertfordshire Wildlife Trust are campaigning to buy a lease on Astonbury Woods on the outskirts of Stevenage to save it from future development and safeguard its wildlife. The North Herts and Stevenage Green Party are supporting their campaign and have made a donation towards it. The link to the Hertfordshire Wildlife Trust campaign can be […]
Letter to NHDC for Clean Air Day
Recommendations for improving North Herts Air Quality To mark Clean Air Day, 17th June 2021, Deolinda Eltringham wrote to NHDC to propose a number of recommendations for improving air quality in North Herts. Her letter includes eight years of air monitoring data from Stevenage Road in Hitchin. You can read her letter in full here […]
Litter picking
Litter, such as discarded Plastics, don’t just look terrible, they also endanger wildlife habitats and harm the environment. Dropped PPE (particularly disposable face masks and plastic gloves) in public places are a consequence of Covid. If you choose to litter pick at the moment, you must observe social distancing and be extra careful around hand […]
Object to Luton Airport Expansion
London Luton Airport Limited (LLAL) is proposing to significantly expand. Nearly doubling in size, the plans would cater for an additional 14 million passengers per year, almost doubling the airport’s current capacity. Apart from the already suggested DART line – a light railway line, which would link Luton Station with the airport – the plans […]
No to doubling capacity at Luton Airport
Luton Borough Council owns the airport through its company Luton London Airport Limited, receives the income from it (£47 million profit last year), and also acts as the planning authority – a significant conflict of interest. LLAL want to double capacity at Luton Airport, which is already the UK’s fifth largest airport. The owners set […]
Green Initiative Gaining Traction in Hitchin
Local MP endorses Green Idea Local MP Bim Afolami has picked up and run with a Green Party idea, much to the delight of members of the North Hertfordshire and Stevenage Green Party. We have long-campaigned for new walking access to Hitchin station from the east, building a strong case for change and initiating disccussion […]
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