Green Lib Dem Conference Programme
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10 Jun 2009
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Friends of the Earth on the budget - "not green"
According to Friends of the Earth Alistair Darling has squandered a huge opportunity to create a low-carbon economy and create thousands of green jobs by investing in renewable energy and cutting energy waste on the scale required.
1 May 2009
Greenpeace on the budget - "not green"
If climate change is great challenge of our time, as ministers regularly tell us, then why is the new money announced for renewables and energy efficiency only marginally more than the Chancellor found earlier this year for RBS bonuses? And while Mr Darling admittedly has urgent economic issues on his mind, surely he can see that concerted investment in renewable technologies, energy efficiency and green manufacturing are the best way to meet our joint climate and economic crises head-on.
2 May 2009
Campaign to Protect Rural England on the budget - "green around the edges"
Commenting on the Budget statement by the Chancellor, Ben Stafford, Head of Campaigns at CPRE, said:
3 May 2009
Green Lib Dems Annual Conference - 27/28 June - Islington Ecology Centre, London N5 1PH
Early booking is strongly recommended in order to secure a place.
28 May 2009
Can Transition Totnes feed itself? Can any of us feed ourselves?
The Transition Towns movement began as an attempt by communities to work out for themselves how to address the twin problems of climate change and the end of cheap oil. Transitioners believe that life will be better - more local, more in touch with nature, more vibrant, less stressed, less chemical - after oil, and that we will be better prepared to deal with the challenges if we start working together now.
15 Jul 2009
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