Veganuary as a Family Happy New Year! Have you got any resolutions for 2022? For our co-chair, Anni, it’s the typical ‘do more sports’ and ‘take more breaks’. However, as a family they are trying something new this year, they are attempting Veganuary. Here she is sharing her thoughts: Vegan fasting Veganuary is an international […]
Stop the Government’s Plans to Throw out Legal Rulings
Stop the Government’s Plans to Let Ministers Throw out Legal Rulings The Government plans to restrict the use of judicial review and thus further curtail the power of the courts to overrule decisions by ministers. One of the options under consideration, and understood to have the support of No 10, is for MPs to pass […]
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Oppose Luton Airport Expansion: 2021 posts
London Luton Airport expansion Over the last few years London Luton Airport Limited (LLAL) have submitted a number of proposals to significantly and aggressively expand the airport. Aviation is the fastest growing producer of greenhouse gasses. North Hertfordshire District Council, the British Parliament, leading scientists and environmental organisations worldwide agree that we live in a […]
Local Recycling Opportunities
Local Recycling Opportunities after Festivities An article prepared by Deolinda Eltringham and Kruna Vukmirovic Once Christmas and New Year celebrations are behind us and clearing out and tidying-up comes to all homes, we have some suggestions to help you recycle unwanted items. Recycling real Christmas trees Sign up to the Letchworth Garden City Hospice Christmas […]
Ecotips from November and December 2021
26th December 2021: “Think about taking a year off flying to reduce carbon emissions and create a movement away from air travel. At a time when we need to slash our emissions, flying less is the quickest and easiest way to reduce our carbon footprint. For more information see Flight Free 2022.” 20th December 2021: […]
Free Trees still available from NHDC
NHDC still has 2,000 trees left Plant a tree before February 2022! March 2022 update: the NHDC trees have all been taken now. However, other organisations also offer free trees for schools and communities, including the Woodland Trust. […]
Condolences for Councillor Clark
The members of North Herts & Stevenage Green Party are saddened to learn of the passing of Cllr Paul Clark, North Herts Council member for Hitchin Highbury and Leader of the local Liberal Democrat Group, from Covid on Tuesday night (7 December) at the age of 65. Councillor Clark had been working for Hitchin and its people […]
Fight Climate Change by Planting Trees
Fight Climate Change by Planting Trees Article submitted by Kruna Vukmirovic There is always an opportunity to do more for the environment and planting trees is one such activity that will benefit the generations to come. Trees fight climate change by capturing carbon through photosynthesis and the entire woodland ecosystem including the living wood, roots, […]
Recycle Medicine Packets
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 […]
Tomorrow! Post COP Climate Cafe
Post-COP Climate Café – THIS FRIDAY! 19th Nov. 18.30-20.00: Edwinstree School, Buntingford: Now that the COP in Glasgow is all over, are you any clearer about what happened there? Do you know whether to feel positive or depressed? Come to Edwinstree on Friday at 18.30 and find out! Hear from the Buntingford Ambassadors to the […]
