National Campaigns
16 November 2024 by daveeldervass
Carla Denyer, co-leader of the Green Party and MP for Bristol Central, will be appearing on Laura Kuenssberg’s BBC morning show on Sunday 17 November (from 9am). Tune in to hear about our positive vision and practical solutions for building a fairer greener country. Only the Green Party is holding our government to account and […]
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Biodiversity National Campaigns
29 October 2024 / 29 October 2024 by daveeldervass
Our rivers are contaminated by a filthy cocktail of sewage, agricultural runoff and road pollution. How do we clean them up? The Government has just set up an independent review of the water industry “to clean up our water once and for all”. But will it be enough? Join us for this timely Nature Action Now […]
Ecotips National Campaigns
14 October 2024 / 14 October 2024 by daveeldervass
Unblocktober is a campaign to improve the health of our drains, sewers, watercourses and seas. Millions of us have been putting dangerous liquids and items into our drainage systems and sewers leading to harmful damage to the environment, including the emergence of a giant wet wipe island that’s changing the course of the River Thames. […]
10 July 2024 by daveeldervass
The Green Party has laid down the first 10 steps the new Labour government’s must take in their first 100 days to show they’re serious about changing Britain. These steps Greens say will act as a “litmus test for the direction this government plans to travel”. The ten steps that Greens have laid out are […]
Fairer Communities National Campaigns
6 March 2024 / 27 March 2024 by daveeldervass
Jeremy Hunt delivered yet another budget today that proved that social justice and our environment mean nothing to the Conservative Party. What would the Green Party do instead? Here’s the Green Party’s five-point plan to counter the cost-of-living crisis and deliver a fairer and more caring country, starting with a £50 billion tax on the […]
25 February 2024 / 27 March 2024 by daveeldervass
It’s everywhere. From the candy-coloured vapes that litter our streets to the pots and packets our food and drink often comes in. Plastic is harming our health and our environment. Want to do something about it? This year we have a huge opportunity. The UK government could play a leading role at global negotiations about […]
17 December 2023 / 27 March 2024 by jennarndt
Have your say on improving rural road safety! In 2020, NFUMutual launched a Rural Road Safety campaign in response to the disproportionate risk and tragic, avoidable loss of life on rural roads. The campaign was supported by The British Horse Society, British Cycling, and THINK! – the UK Government’s road safety campaign. It aimed to […]
2 December 2023 / 27 March 2024 by daveeldervass
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 […]
26 November 2023 / 27 March 2024 by daveeldervass
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 […]
Climate Emergency National Campaigns
13 August 2023 / 27 March 2024 by daveeldervass
Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer has launched the Green Party’s Earth Overshoot action plan. Earth Overshoot Day, the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year, fell on 2nd August this year. However, the UK’s overshoot day has already passed – it […]
16 July 2023 / 27 March 2024 by daveeldervass
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 The Prime Minister and Chancellor are giving public sector workers a pay rise, but are insisting it comes from “existing budgets”, which could mean CUTS. [1] The pay rises will cost £3 billion, which is exactly how much the Treasury loses every year because of non-dom tax perks. [2] The solution is […]
6 March 2023 / 27 March 2024 by daveeldervass
Friends of the Earth are campaigning for the government to provide better home insulation. Their campaign page explains why there is an energy crisis, and explains the solution: Insulating our energy-inefficient homes, supporting those most at risk and moving to cleaner, cheaper renewable energy. They have also put together energy-saving tips that you can act […]
29 December 2022 / 11 November 2024 by daveeldervass
We need MPs to urge the Government to take action North Herts and Stevenage Green Pary supports Client Earth’s campaign to prompt action on air pollution by the government. As you know, illegal and harmful levels of air pollution across the UK are damaging people’s health, reducing their quality of life and cutting lives short. Earlier this […]
National Campaigns Speakers Corner
13 December 2022 / 27 October 2024 by daveeldervass
The BREXIT debate briefly re-ignited a couple of weeks ago and was quickly extinguished by team Rishi. But it wasn’t put out, it is smouldering away like a not so dormant volcano. Brexit’s done! It may be but the elusive BREXIT opportunities should be hailed as intangible cultural heritage along with the French baguette – […]
19 November 2022 / 27 October 2024 by daveeldervass
As Greens we know there are solutions to the energy crisis, yet the government is shamelessly continuing to accelerate the climate emergency and inequality and is letting this country down. They have promised to limit the price of home energy for six months. But, will it be enough and what happens next? How do we […]
13 November 2022 / 27 October 2024 by daveeldervass
On Monday the UN chief issued a stark warning – the world is on a “highway to climate hell”. His message was clear. We need urgent action from world leaders at COP27. Or we face global disaster. But standing in the way of progress is a dangerous treaty. One that allows fossil fuel companies […]
Climate Emergency Fairer Communities National Campaigns
23 October 2022 by daveeldervass
The UK’s biggest ‘green’ energy company Drax is hiding a dirty secret. In order to create ‘clean’ energy for the UK, they have endangered the health of poor and majority black communities in the US, and cut down vast swathes of ancient forest in Canada. [1] [2] This is a scandal. Will you tell the […]
Biodiversity Climate Emergency National Campaigns
31 August 2022 / 11 November 2024 by daveeldervass
The humble hedgerow is the unsung hero of our countryside. Hedges connect habitats and provide homes for wildlife. They protect the soil, clean the air and absorb carbon emissions. But around half our hedgerows have been lost since the end of the Second World War – leaving us vulnerable to the threats of climate change and air pollution, while intensifying nature’s decline. The […]
21 August 2022 / 11 November 2024 by daveeldervass
I just called on the government to tweak fishing licenses to ban all types of destructive fishing from Marine Protected Areas. You can too, it only take a few clicks: https://act.gp/34tZJRoThe government has long called itself a world leader in ocean protection but it’s clear that they are leaving the UK high and dry. Delicately […]
11 June 2022 / 11 November 2024 by daveeldervass
Air pollution – a public health crisis The Clean Air Bill proposed by Green Party Baroness Jenny Jones came top of the Lord’s ballot for private members bills and therefore, it stands a good chance of getting through all three stages in the Lords, before moving into the Commons. Baroness Jones has named her Clean […]
23 May 2022 / 12 November 2024 by daveeldervass
Back in February we advertised CPRE’s Star Count week to estimate the level of light pollution across the UK. The results are now in! Across the country as a whole, severe light pollution – when participants could only see 10 stars or fewer – fell for the second year in a row. After peaking in […]
18 May 2022 / 12 November 2024 by daveeldervass
The big plastic count has started! This week, thousands of people across the UK are taking part in the biggest ever investigation into household plastic. Together we’re collecting the evidence needed to push the government, supermarkets and companies to tackle the plastic crisis. It’s surely going to turn a few heads at your work, college, […]
27 February 2022 / 1 June 2022 by northhertsgreenparty
Star Count with CPRE Article submitted by Deolinda Eltringham, Candidate for Hitchin Highbury and Hitchin South on March 10th We are excited to share with you the details of the CPRE’s annual Star Count event that is taking place between 26 February and 6 March. CPRE (The Countryside Charity) are asking for your help by […]
18 November 2021 / 1 June 2022 by
Support a petition to fund recycling programmes for medicine packets We invite you to sign a petition to fund a recycling scheme for medicine packets at https://bit.ly/30sojzw. TerraCycle have announced the closure of their medicine packet recycling scheme because they were overwhelmed with billions of medicine packets that people wanted to recycle. The scheme, that […]
