Snow, Environment paper, Paganhill history wanted and more

Snow - astonished to find local schools shut - what is it with a little bit of this whitestuff?? At least it gave me a good time out with my partner's grandchild, but do find it strange that schools close....

Photos: view across to Selsey Common and below Whiteshill - photo already on the Parish website!

Just back from a Scrutiny meeting - looking at the Environment Strategy paper - all 5 Green party councillors there but sadly barely 10 others present - it was our last chance to make recommendations before paper goes to Full Council. Lots of talk and a few good points made - have to say Officers and the current administration are to be applauded about how this policy has been put in place - good consultation and real discussion - and best of all they have been prepared to take on board a huge number of suggestions by Greens and others. To see the issues we raised at this stage see report here.

Indeed the Environment paper is looking good - it is hard at times to know how to make the paper realistic but also challenging - alot of this stuff is new to everyone. Clearly delivery is going to be the key - making it happen. Once we get started we will have a better idea about how we can push it forward....

Also today a Safe Water Campaign meeting - public meeting planned, beer mats, new website, newsletter and even a protest song all out soon! No details for this blog as more work to be done and don't want press picking up on stuff before we launch properly! Having said that - press can contact me if they want an exclusive! Infact today Western Daily Press picked up the Painswick library blog item below - I chatted with one of the journalists and gave them more contacts - so I'm hoping there'll be more on that soon in press.

Anyhow Valerie Regal is putting together an exhibition on Paganhill - she is after memorabilia, stories, photos and more - give her a call on 758835 if you can help. Last year she had an exhibition on the Environment and it was one of the first chances we had to let people locally know about the brook group - it is great that our local community has so many people prepared to give there time.

So what else? Well I've just done a submission re Lydd airport - there is a campaign there to stop the airport near Dungeness expanding from 5000 passengers per annum now to 2 million by 2011 and 6 million by 2021. This is just as crazy as Bristol airports expansion. It cannot be allowed to go-ahead - everyone else has to cut emissions yet here is a project to massively increase them.