Free Trees still available from NHDC 22 December 2021 / 1 December 2024 by nhandsgp 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. Read more »
Condolences for Councillor Clark 11 December 2021 / 1 December 2024 by 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 […] Read more »
Fight Climate Change by Planting Trees 27 November 2021 / 1 December 2024 by 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, […] Read more »
Recycle Medicine Packets 18 November 2021 / 1 December 2024 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 […] Read more »
Tomorrow! Post COP Climate Cafe 18 November 2021 / 1 December 2024 by 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 […] Read more »
Greens call for a Carbon Tax at COP26 27 October 2021 / 1 December 2024 by Greens call on government to bring in carbon tax at COP26 Article submitted by Kruna Vukmirovic The Green Party is calling on the government to make ambitious plans to tackle the climate emergency by announcing a carbon tax at COP26. Under the Green Party’s proposal, the tax should start at £100 per tonne of carbon […] Read more »
Local Events during COP26 26 October 2021 / 1 December 2024 by North Herts and Stevenage Green Party encourage our Members to participate in the local events taking place during COP26. Date: Saturday 30th October from 10:00 to 15:00 Organiser: Baldock Beats Waste Title of event: Baldock EcoFest Description of event: Stalls from a range of local environmental groups and businesses, including North Herts Friends of Earth. […] Read more »
Ecotips from Autumn 2021 25 October 2021 / 31 March 2024 by daveeldervass 25th October 2021:- 18th October 2021:- “We are in a real Climate Emergency. Could you raise awareness and take part at 6pm on Saturday 30 October on the eve of COP26 in Clang for the Climate? Please tell your neighbours why you are making this noise!! Churches have also been asked to ring their bells! https://clangforclimate.org/” […] Read more »
Protect our GReen Belt 21 October 2021 / 1 December 2024 by Protect our Green Belt Article submitted by Kruna Vukmirovic North Herts District District Council (NHDC) wants to permit building on selected sites within the Green Belt because of the ever increasing need for new housing. As outlined in its Local Plan 2011 -2031, NHDC enables the delivery of 14,560 new homes from 2011 to 2031. […] Read more »
NHDC to give away 10,000 trees this Autumn 1 October 2021 / 1 December 2024 by NHDC has 10,000 trees to be given away for residents to plant in their own gardens rather than in organised tree planting events. If anyone wants to plant a tree in their garden they should contact NHDC at the email address green.space@north-herts.gov.uk . This offer is open to anyone who is a resident of North Herts. Read more »