‘Sustainability’ Archive

Greens target victory in Highgate ward by-election

If can help in the campaign contact Alexis at alexis.rowell@greenparty.org.uk The Green Party has chosen former Liberal Democrat councillor and Camden Eco Champion, Alexis Rowell, as their candidate for the Highgate by-election on Thursday 15th September. The Green Party’s Maya de Souza topped the poll in Highgate ward in last year’s council elections and the [...]

Greens back Barnet renewable energy project

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Bring in congestion charge at Brent Cross and Tally Ho

Barnet Green Party are calling for the introduction of congestion charges in busy and polluted areas such as Brent Cross and Tally Ho Corner. This is just one of the many ideas the party is putting forward to show how Barnet Council could balance its budget without resorting to welfare cuts or closing libraries. Here [...]

Barnet’s ‘Future Shape’ must be sustainable

Expert auditors Grant Thornton have exposed Barnet Council’s Future Shape document as an empty shell, so the borough’s Conservative leaders have given themselves until December to come up with ideas to turn the strategy, better known as ‘EasyCouncil’, into a serious policy rather than a collection of political soundbites. Here’s Barnet GreenParty’s proposal: Abandon the [...]

Greens call on voters to reject C-charge abolition

Barnet Green Party is calling on voters to object to Boris Johnson’s plans to remove part of the London congestion charge zone. Transport for London (TfL) has opened up a consultation asking Londoners for their views on the proposed removal of the western congestion charging zone in central London. Barnet Green Party is urging people [...]

Vote Green in Barnet on May 6

Barnet Green Party urges local people to follow your conscience and vote Green both in Thursday’s general election and in the Barnet Council election on the same day, May 6th. “We know Green policies are popular. Our national policies are in first place in the giant survey of more than 250,000 people on vote for [...]

Greens to fly kite to 140m height of BXC incinerator chimney

If you are ready for some light relief amid the election campaigning why not join us for kite flying on Sunday at Clitterhouse playing fields near Brent Cross? Anyone who would like to bring their own kites to fly alongside ours will be especially welcome. Next Sunday, April 18th, Donald Lyven, Green Party parliamentary candidate [...]

Green Party Election Broadcast 2010

Today the Green Party’s Election Broadcast was launched via their Only Green website. By visiting the site voters can not only look at our key policies but take a Policy Matchmaker test to see how close their views match ours. Why not visit the Policy Matchmaker page here. You could have more in common with the [...]

Greens say: “Max 20 – that’s plenty”

Barnet Greens are calling for a 20 mph default speed limit on residential and shopping streets across the borough, using as a “case study” the problems in East Finchley’s Church Lane. As well as cutting the number of accidents, a 20 mph limit would be “good for children, cyclists and the planet,” said Andrew Newby, [...]

Don’t miss BXC deadline, warn Greens

Barnet Green Party is urging local people to write in the next seven days to Communities Secretary John Denham to demand a public inquiry into the the 4.5 billion pounds Brent Cross Cricklewood redevelopment. Objectors have only until March 12th to make their views known to Denham, who will then decide whether to over-rule Barnet [...]