Demand mass home insulation now! 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 […] Read more »
Recycle your old mobile phone 26 February 2023 / 12 October 2024 by daveeldervass Here is an eco-tip courtesy of Which? magazine. Their very useful article gives detailed information on how to recycle your mobile phone: https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/how-to-recycle-your-mobile-phone-a4RH90q3yNtT For more recent phones, you may be able to sell them so that someone else can use them again. For older phones, there are charities that will pass them on to people […] Read more »
Tory bee killers strike again 26 February 2023 / 12 October 2024 by daveeldervass They have done it again! For the third year in a row DEFRA has given emergency authorisation for sugar beet farmers or rather seed merchants to treat seed with Neonicotinoids[1]. The Secretary of state for environment, formerly briefly in charge of the nation’s health, is now set to wreak havoc on the natural environment too. […] Read more »
Go Green with your microwave! 30 January 2023 / 12 October 2024 by daveeldervass Microwaves aren’t just for ready meals. Save time and energy costs (especially if you cook with gas) by using them for jacket potatoes, soup, veg, porridge or hot chocolate! Read more »
Green Party Campaign Leaflet for Hitchin North by-election, February 2023 29 January 2023 / 12 October 2024 by daveeldervass Read more »
Vote a Green Voice for Hitchin onto the Hertfordshire County Council 26 January 2023 / 12 October 2024 by daveeldervass North Herts and Stevenage Green Party is pleased to announce that Deolinda Eltringham will stand as a Green Party candidate for Hitchin North at the forthcoming Herts County Council by-election on Thursday 9th February. Deolinda actively campaigns for clean air and is particularly concerned about the number of HGVs going through Hitchin. As a Green […] Read more »
If you eat fish, eat sustainable fish! 23 January 2023 / 12 October 2024 by daveeldervass If you eat fish, try and buy from a sustainably fished source so that stocks don’t run out. Take a look at the Marine Stewardship Council’s website https://www.msc.org/uk and look out for their blue fish logo on tins. The Marine Stewardship Council is an international non-profit sustainable fishing charity. Their vision is oceans teeming with life and […] Read more »
Last chance to object to application to build on green belt at edge of Hitchin 22 January 2023 / 12 October 2024 by daveeldervass The Consultation Expiry Date for an application to build 47 houses on the meadow at the top of Grays Lane, Hitchin, has been extended to January 26th. This relates to Planning Application (Ref: 22/03092/FP) The Application is to build a new road and junction on the existing bridle way and enable another development in the […] Read more »
Green ways to use your unwanted gifts 10 January 2023 / 12 October 2024 by daveeldervass Please don’t add any unwanted gifts to landfill! Instead donate to charity shops or Food Banks. Reuse is even better for the environment than recycling! Did you know that Food Banks distribute toiletries as well as food to people who are struggling? Local foodbanks: Letchworth, Hitchin and Baldock Stevenage Read more »
Oppose Luton Airport Expansion: 2022 posts 31 December 2022 / 12 October 2024 by daveeldervass Luton Airport update The statutory consultation on the “Future Luton” proposals (to grow capacity from 18 million up to 32 million passengers per year) closed on 4th April (we submitted a response on behalf of the group), but you can still sign the petition to Parliament against airport expansion at https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/610459Shortly after the consultation closed, […] Read more »
