Will you be in Stevenage Town Centre this coming Sat?
Could you spare 30min in support of Greenpeace’s:

**Mass Climate and Nature Bill Photoshoot**?  

Phil Skone of Greenpeace shared this appeal:  

“At our recent local Greenpeace meeting we discussed the idea of a photoshoot involving as many members of local groups as possible holding banners etc. asking our MP’s to support the Climate and Nature Bill. The photos would be sent to lots of local newspapers and hopefully get plenty of publicity. We decided that the best location would be in Stevenage as it was probably the most central and accessible for everyone.

We have our delayed National Day of Action meeting with Stevenage MP, Kevin Bonavia on the 20th of Dec. The Climate and Nature Bill will be one of the topics. Thus, having a big turnout for the photoshoot will send a very strong message. A local photographer has offered to help.”  
We are happy to share the details below with you:  

**Mass Climate and Nature Bill Photoshoot**

When 🕚 : Saturday 14th Dec 2024, 11am   It shouldn’t take too long ⏱

Where 📍➡ : Stevenage Town Centre on the stage (raised platform next to fountains ⛲).

It’s close to the station 🚃 and there’s free parking 🚘 in the nearby Asda car park.

EVERYONE is welcome – the more the merrier, we need as many as possible for this to be effective, so please bring friends and family and spread the word 🙂

We all want the same outcomes 🌎🌳🐳🐝.

This will be a great show of solidarity and unity ✊🏼💚

If you have any posters and banners with a message asking our MP’s to support Climate and Nature Bill, please bring them or print the one attached.  

We will be using our phones for the photos 📷 and then sending them to lots of local newspapers and hopefully get plenty of publicity (if you have any contacts, please share).

Looking forward to seeing lots of you there 🤞🙏🏼🙂

We need to be sure of a good attendance for this to be successful, so please confirm if you can attend by contacting phil.skone@ntlworld.com . Everyone is welcome to join this WhatsApp group for updates about the event and general chat about environmental issues; https://chat.whatsapp.com/Eqsjzvglz1P9t2CExFvmAc.

Over the 2019-24 Parliament, this bill was presented twice by the former Green MP for Brighton Pavilion Caroline Lucas, on the 2nd Sep 2020 and 21st Jun 2021.  Since the general election last July, this Private Member’s Bill sponsored by Dr Roz Savage MP (LibDem) had its first reading on 16th Oct and is due its second reading on 24th Jan 2025.  

Related news: Sadly Labour has shelved the planned GCSE in natural history because it is “seen as a Conservative party initiative”. The conservationist and campaigner Mary Colwell worked with former Green Party MP Caroline Lucas and Tim Oates from Cambridge University Press & Assessment to create the GCSE.  

Let’s support the Climate and Nature Bill !  

Would be great for many local Green Party members and supporters to be seen and counted in support of a Caroline Lucas dream for the UK! A chance to wear a GP t-shirt and badge💚

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Want to find out more? Try watching these Youtube talks on Electoral Reform: 

1) Dennis Pilon: Myths, damn myths and voting system change – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfsadJpb-Qw 

2) How other countries changed their electoral systems – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsQg1v7ahUo 

3) Dennis Pilon on electoral reform: lessons learned and reasons for hope – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnE8nZ2xC60 

Or you could watch the video of our 2023 ‘Truth for a Change’ event on Representative Democracy here: https://northherts.greenparty.org.uk/2023/07/09/rep-democracy-video/

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Or a green campaigning organisation, like Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, or the Green Party!

Or perhaps buy things from their catalogues to help fund eco projects and campaigns?

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Their objectives are:

01. Increase Energy Efficiency

Promote and achieve higher levels of energy efficiency in domestic homes in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire by showing individual homeowners how to best retrofit their home.

02. Increase Thermal Comfort

Provide homeowners with the knowledge on how to make their home more thermally comfortable. 

03. Reduce Energy Bills

Help residents reduce their energy consumption by implementing energy-efficient measures and, in turn, lower their energy bills.

04. Reduce Carbon Footprint

Contribute to the reduction of carbon emissions by encouraging and supporting residents in making their homes more energy-efficient.

You can find out more and request a plan at their website: https://superhomes.org.uk/beds-herts/

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Image courtesy of UNFCCC, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

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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 demanding climate action and social justice.

Isn’t it time you joined us?

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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 event on 7 November 2024 at 6pm when an expert panel will explore the extent of river pollution and ways of cleaning up the mess from greater protection for our rivers, higher penalties for polluters and nationalising water companies.

Panellists: Cllr Matthew Bird, Lewes District Council, Ellie Chowns MP, peer Jenny Jones, and James Wallace, CEO River Action UK.

Sign up here

Best wishes   

The Green Party

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Cover photo: “Pumpkins” by Snap Man is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.

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A message from Peter Wilkin, your Green Party candidate:

Thank you to everyone who voted in Thursday’s Royston Palace by-election, with only 27.3% turnout and Labour winning by only 4 votes, this election proves that every vote counts, and that in the local council the local minority views are being served over the silent 72.7% of voters, which is a huge democratic deficit.

I’m proud of the work everyone did on The Green Party campaign, and thank everyone that came out and voted for me and the Green Party(8%).  From the canvassing and survey we ran, we are very much encouraged by the affirmation on the door step from voters that liked Green Party policies and ideas both locally and nationally, though felt pressured to vote against a party they objected or not at all. There is a far more effective way to achieve significant change in our community, that is to vote for what people want and believe in.

I’d like to thank the whole North Herts Green Party team, in particular my election agent for her extensive work on the campaign and my wife Francesca for her continued love and support.

I hope you will join me in continuing to work in the community and with The Green Party to make the world a better place.

Yours thankfully

Peter Wilkin
The Green Party candidate for Royston Palace

And our campaigning continues:

Sat 2nd Dec – North Herts Greens café drop-in from 10am to 11:30am at the Moreno’s at 1 Angel Pavement, Royston, SG8 9AS – Peter Wilkin would like to thank voters and supporters and campaign helpers, so come and meet for a chat on community or green topics of concern. 

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The talk is organised by Make Votes Matter, a single-issue campaign for proportional representation in the House of Commons. Make Votes Matter encourages all parties, candidates and MPs to support PR. It does not endorse any party or candidates.

Details are below. To join the meeting, select the link and when prompted, select Continue on browser or Join on the Microsoft Teams app. You don’t need to install the Teams app to join the meeting. 

Thursday 24 October, 7.30pm

Click here to join the meeting

If the meeting asks for an ID or passcode, please see below:

Meeting ID: 357 791 894 981

Passcode: 7NSHTT

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