NH&S GP statement on PACE Tophams Solar Planning Application for land off Ashwell Road, North of Bygrave, 22/00741/FP 23 May 2022 / 12 November 2024 by daveeldervass The North Herts and Stevenage Green Party supports this proposal in principle but believes the application requires binding conditions if the application is to be approved. We support this proposal as one of the measures needed to combat the climate emergency and the UK’s aim to reach net zero by 2050. Without such developments this […] Read more »
Light pollution still too high in North Herts and Stevenage 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 […] Read more »
Take part in the Big Plastic Count! 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, […] Read more »
Ask your organisation to install solar panels! 18 May 2022 / 12 November 2024 by daveeldervass Being Eco in a Climate Crisis means taking all kinds of action. Please think about asking your council/ MP/church/ diocese/ workplace to look at more ways of installing solar panels on many more buildings. Huge numbers have a south facing roof: great potential for local electricity generation! Read more »
5th May 2022 local election results 10 May 2022 / 12 November 2024 by daveeldervass We stood 10 candidates in North Hertfordshire and 5 candidates in Stevenage. In Hitchin Walsworth and Hitchin Bearton we achieved our best results at 14%. Complete results can be found online for North Herts and for Stevenage. We would like to say THANK YOU to everyone who stood as a candidate this year, who helped […] Read more »
Climate Crisis needs your vote on May 5th 1 May 2022 / 12 November 2024 by northhertsgreenparty Look out for eco initiatives in the local elections which grapple with the increasingly serious climate crisis – and remember to go and vote if it’s your ward this year Read more »
Petition to restore a chalk stream meadow 29 April 2022 / 12 November 2024 by northhertsgreenparty Restore the chalk stream meadow at Wrights Farm, Pirton Wrights Farm Working Group and Wild About Pirton have started an online petition to Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) to work with them in order to restore the chalk and spring meadows at the former farm. In 2019, HCC submitted plans for four dwellings on the land […] Read more »
Vote Green for new ways of thinking about transport, energy use and access to nature 24 April 2022 / 27 November 2024 by daveeldervass Letter to the editor of The Comet – Improve access to nature and more for everyone We, the Green Party candidates standing for election in May, would like to affirm our support for the Ramblers Manifesto as set out in the letter from Andrew Payne in last week’s Comet. We would also like to confirm […] Read more »
New blog post and webinar on the climate and ecological challenge 23 April 2022 / 27 November 2024 by daveeldervass Maryla Hart, a North Herts and Stevenage Green Party member and also a Masters student studying sustainability, has been representing Anglia Ruskin University on the Oxford-Cambridge ARC student panel. She has been taking part in webinars, and written a blog about the urgent need for adaptation to climate and ecological challenges which has just been […] Read more »
Green Party objects to another development on Hitchin’s Green Belt 14 April 2022 / 27 November 2024 by daveeldervass Deolinda Eltringham on behalf of the Green Party – Planning Ref: 22/00516/FP – Objection 22/00516/FP | Erection of nine detached dwellings (2 x 3-bed, 1 x 4-bed and 6 x 5-bed) including garaging, parking, landscaping and creation of vehicular access off Gray’s Lane. | Land To The West Of Lucas Lane And East Of Headlands […] Read more »