Stand up for what matters’ is the Green Party’s campaigning slogan in the coming General Election and to launch the campaign, candidates and supporters will attend a PRESS EVENT at 8.30 a.m. on Tuesday 9th May under the title: STAND UP FOR CLEAN AIR The event will be held on the footbridge between Ellison Place […]
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The conference “A Sustainable Newcastle – what does this really mean?” took place on Saturday May 6th. We had a great turn out and a day of informative presentations, thoughtful ideas, a lively debate and a film about “Growth- busting”. Thank you very much to everyone who attended and helped make the day a great […]
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Newcastle Young Greens and Newcastle Green Party held a one-day conference on Green Economics. The conference what steady-state economics would mean for our city. How do we achieve prosperity without growth? To be sustainable, we have to live within the resources of our planet: what does this really mean? The conference included presentations from Mark […]
Read More… from Sustainable Newcastle Conference Report, May 2017
A Newcastle Green Party candidate wholeheartedly supports three pledges for young people launched by the Green Party today at an event in Sheffield. Alistair Ford, who has been selected as the Green Party candidate for Newcastle East, is a member of staff at Newcastle University and has seen many changes in higher education in recent […]
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The Newcastle upon Tyne Green Party has selected its parliamentary candidates for the 2017 general election. Once again the party will stand in all three of Newcastle’s constituencies, with Alison Whalley the candidate for Newcastle upon Tyne North, Peter Thomson standing for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and Alistair Ford, standing as a parliamentary candidate for […]
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On Monday 24th April, Newcastle City Council’s Cabinet approved a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) for the city. The Cabinet agenda papers online include both the order and the Green Party response to the previous proposal. Towards the end of 2016, Greens had distributed leaflets in Heaton about the PSPO, and held a protest in […]
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Newcastle Young Greens and Newcastle Green Party are co-hosting a one-day conference on Saturday 6th May, on the theme, A Sustainable Newcastle – what does this really mean. speakers Mark Burton (Steady State Manchester) and Chi Onwurah (MP Newcastle Central) a choice of three workshops the film “GrowthBusters” (Dave Gardner, 2011) a chaired debate between Chi Onwurah […]
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The Council has proposed outsourcing the management of its parks and allotments to a charitable trust. Newcastle Green Party’s response to the consultation shares the widespread recognition that the city’s parks and allotments greatly contribute to the quality of life of the whole community. Our response looks at the issues that need to be resolved […]
Read More… from Parks and Allotments: submission to Council, April 2017
Newcastle City Council’s Waste Commission This page includes background on the establishment of the Waste Commission and our initial attempts to engage with it. See our main Waste Strategy page for current information about the Commission and Newcastle Green Party’s submission to it. Nick Kemp, Council cabinet member, has established a Waste Commission of industry […]
The deadline to register to vote for the March by-election in South Heaton is 28th February. But please don’t leave it to the last minute – register today. It only takes a few minutes online (you will need your date of birth and national insurance number), at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. After a previous by-election in South Heaton, […]
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