tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283886692024-03-07T08:17:10.883+00:00Ruscombe GreenStroud area - green views 2006-2016Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4246125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-90271791985930803752018-08-21T22:09:00.002+01:002018-08-21T22:11:07.209+01:00New blog launched
This blog is not currently in action.....but the latest news is that Philip has just launched a blog about his journey to wellness, entitled, 'My Unexpected Guide; learning from cancer': https://myunexpectedguide.blogspot.com/Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-50497938550841252132016-12-26T20:35:00.001+00:002017-02-21T12:39:33.817+00:00Keep in touch with Stroud District Green Party
While we are not currently writing this blog we would suggest to readers they stay in touch by viewing our local party website at: https://stroud.greenparty.org.uk/
Or get in touch with our new Cotswold party: https://cotswold.greenparty.org.uk. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-71419165952370570362016-10-13T00:20:00.000+01:002016-10-13T00:20:15.142+01:00Catch up on what our Green MEP has been doingHere's a link to Molly's regular films: http://stroudcommunity.tv/tag/green-party/
Find out more about Molly’s work and sign up to her excellent newsletter at: http://mollymep.org.uk/ Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-36124773053756833062016-10-04T16:39:00.000+01:002016-10-04T16:40:17.298+01:00
'Brexit means Brexit' means what?7th October 7.30pm, Stroud Subscription Rooms
Suzanne Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636666886090045960noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-66983576515949390212016-09-13T23:00:00.002+01:002016-09-13T23:00:31.135+01:00Jonathan Bartley & Caroline Lucas MP elected Co-Leaders of the Green Party
Very worth a watch if you missed conference and the reports....see written version here.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-81189411362229760032016-07-21T22:36:00.002+01:002016-07-21T22:36:37.261+01:00Planet 24 Seven this Sunday!
This Sunday is the first time that www.planet24seven.co.uk has undertaken a coming together fun day to celebrate the wonderful diversity of life on this planet of ours.....and how we should think 24 seven how to preserve it for the future.
A message from a local reader of this blog is: 'Please join in. Its very simple. Just have fun on Sunday visiting one of the highlighted sites or just thinkUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-48873118551557305412016-07-18T08:22:00.002+01:002016-07-18T08:24:16.716+01:00
Where is the Outcry from Brexiters?
'Take back Control' and 'We want our sovereignity' were rallying cries from those supporting exit from the EU.
Why are they not protecting Brtitish interests from those foreigners who are gobbling up all our industry, infrastructure and housing?
Today's news is that one of our largest technology businesses is being taken over by the Japanese. Suzanne Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636666886090045960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-47335068387670793742016-07-15T09:55:00.003+01:002016-07-15T09:55:47.922+01:00
This is an excellent time to hide bad news
As an unelected Prime Minister takes up residence in 10 Downing Street without any democratic direction on the nature of post-referendum negotiations and the country watches the dramatic Labour leadership battle, the government is relying on us being so distracted that we don’t notice anything else.The UN has found the Conservative government’s Suzanne Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636666886090045960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-7046094606282390442016-07-12T22:51:00.002+01:002016-07-12T22:51:29.311+01:00Help make 'Sharkwater: Extinction'
Just over a year ago I wrote a blog about the documentary film 'Revolution' (see here) - it is a film about our ecosystem and our future - and full of hope. Well the activist and biologist Rob Stewart, who made the films is now making another film - and he needs help. It is a follow up to his first critically acclaimed film, Sharkwater. The Sharkwater team write: When Sharkwater was Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-67900813870869301082016-07-06T19:55:00.000+01:002016-07-06T19:55:01.806+01:00New shoppers bus every FridaySee poster for details....
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-28569553605244078752016-07-05T12:05:00.001+01:002016-07-05T12:06:03.279+01:00
Letter to Cotswold MP following Cotswold Vote to Remain
Dear Geoffrey Clifton Brown MP,
Please note that, as your constituent, I request that, following the results of the EU Referendum, you should vote against Britain leaving the EU in any vote in the House of Commons.My reasons for this are as follows: Since the result was announced, some of the main reasons that were put Suzanne Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636666886090045960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-81598540677443271822016-07-04T22:59:00.000+01:002016-07-04T23:01:40.906+01:00Minister for Happiness welcomed!
Earlier this year the United Arab Emirates announced that it would be creating a "minister of state for happiness". Strangely as a former Green District councillor I got asked to comment....well how could I do anything other than welcome such news....
"I give a huge welcome to the appointment of a Happiness Minister. We have for too long let the pursuit of Gross Domestic Product rule policy, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-85434917234318061962016-07-03T13:03:00.000+01:002016-07-03T13:03:09.448+01:00Greens seek six-point emergency plan
Letter from Caroline Lucas...
A week ago we woke up in a different Britain. For those of us who believe Britain's future lies in our EU membership, it was a devastating shock, and for everyone who believes in a multicultural society the last week has been deeply alarming.I’m really worried about our country.Not only are we now on course for serious economic turmoil but our politics is broken Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-33734562449167478932016-06-29T22:22:00.002+01:002016-06-29T22:22:22.126+01:00Green Party calls for progressive electoral alliance talksGreat to see this Green Party news release today:
*Greens call for cross-party pact to challenge Tories at next election*Commitment to proportional representation would form a central plank of any negotiationsNatalie Bennett, Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, Steven Agnew, Leader of the Green Party in Northern Ireland, Alice Hooker-Stroud, Leader of the Wales Green Party and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-17389581476390680532016-06-23T08:40:00.003+01:002016-06-23T08:40:58.220+01:00Vote today!
Here's Caroline Lucas at the BBC Wembley Debate:
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-80706812999326895582016-06-08T13:54:00.001+01:002016-06-08T13:55:43.015+01:00
EU environmental benefits justify "Remain" vote says Green Party
The Green Party has called on voters who care about the environment and tackling climate change to vote for the UK to remain in the European Union.The party's leader, Natalie Bennett, is taking this message around the country as Greens for a Better Europe begins its final campaigning push [1].Bennett will say that Suzanne Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636666886090045960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-78286079676618202352016-05-24T08:30:00.000+01:002016-05-24T08:30:49.517+01:00Local EU referendum events
Local artist Russ
There are a plethora of EU referendum events coming up in our area:The Stroud News and Journal are organising a debate at the Subscription Rooms in Stroud on Thursday 2nd June from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. Our County Councillor Sarah Lunnon will be one of the panellists, debating Neil Carmichael, UKIP South West MEP Roger Helmer and Simon Richards of the Freedom Association. I Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-84145809056946515542016-05-23T17:37:00.003+01:002016-05-23T17:42:12.523+01:00New council chairman adopts climate change awareness project
Some of Transition Stroud with Transition founder Rob Hopkins
Councillor Norman Kay, who was elected as Stroud District Council’s chairman last week, has nominated a local environmental organisation as his official charity.
On taking office, at Stroud District Council’s annual general meeting, Councillor Kay, who was elected as a Green Party councillor for the Nailsworth and Horsley area, in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-11455628760511479212016-05-23T17:23:00.002+01:002016-05-23T17:23:27.218+01:00Randwick Village Trail and Open GardensHere's press release from the Randwick Gardens team - gardens include the Whiteshill and Ruscombe Allotments site.....
TEN GARDENS WILL BE OPEN IN RANDWICK NR. STROUD ON THE WEEKEND OF JUNE 11TH. & 12TH. FROM 11 A.M. UNTIL 5 P.M. ON EACH DAY. THE TRAIL, COMPRISES A CIRCULAR ROUTE WITH PARKING AT RANDWICK PLAYING FIELDS, NEXT TO THE VILLAGE HALL ( GL6 6HS ) & MOREHALL CONVENT. IT ALSO Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-68125088790415870212016-05-21T07:30:00.000+01:002016-05-21T07:30:24.527+01:00Javelin Park incinerator fails all 8 principles of good-policy making
This is my email to my local County Councillor....click here to write to your councillor:
Dear Jason,
As you will know the Tribunal to decide Gloucestershire County Council's appeal against the Information Commissioner's Office Decision Notice (which required disclosure of the full incinerator contract) has been postponed due to the sheer quantity of information submitted by GCC to the court Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-1216640524495777892016-05-20T18:01:00.000+01:002016-05-20T18:01:06.067+01:00Councillors from different parties elected to key positions on Stroud District Council
Cllr Martin Whiteside
Here's the press release about last night's meeting...
At the Council’s Annual General meeting held last night, Councillor Steve Lydon was voted in as leader of Stroud District Council. Following the May elections, an administration of Labour, Greens and Liberal Democrats will continue to run the council.Councillor Lydon, who is leader of the Labour group and a district Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-16376274179637365852016-05-19T07:00:00.000+01:002016-05-19T07:00:18.273+01:00Caroline Lucas on yesterdays' Queens Speech
Just seen this from Caroline Lucas MP (Green Party) commenting on yesterday's speech:
All of this talk of a ‘one nation’ Queen’s Speech is a meaningless
side show from a Government intent on dividing this country with its
relentless pursuit of austerity. Just a few months ago we had another eye watering budget – and further
cuts to local services are now hitting hard. The idea that the
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-51485229561477643762016-05-18T09:09:00.001+01:002016-05-23T20:50:24.751+01:00Cotwolds Remain Meeting 28th MaySuzanne Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636666886090045960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-37224779982161947292016-05-09T19:09:00.001+01:002016-05-09T19:10:32.751+01:00Transition Stroud: 10 years and beyondGreat to see Transition-founder Rob Hopkins blog on last Friday night when he was here in Stroud to help celebrate nearly 10 years of Transition Stroud: https://www.transitionnetwork.org/blogs/rob-hopkins/2016-05/evening-stroud-10-years-and-beyond-0
Caroline Aistrop, Erik Wilkinson, Sue Flook, Rob Hopkins and Philip Booth as MC
More about event at: https://www.facebook.com/events/Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-91308128610625291952016-05-07T08:16:00.001+01:002016-05-07T08:16:41.877+01:00Greens third in London Mayoral elections* Sian Berry comes third in London Mayoral campaign* London Greens record best ever Mayoral campaign* Scottish Greens surge from two MSPs to six* Local elections: Greens continue to grow from the grassroots upThe Green Party has recorded its best ever election results in London where Sian Berry, the Green Party’s London Mayoral candidate, came third and the Party retained its two London Assembly Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0