Cheltenham has a perennial problem with air pollution. Much of this, unfortunately, comes straight from high rates of traffic. We have almost forty car dealerships in the Cheltenham area, there’s unsustainable competition for offroad parking, and we’re in the middle of an unsustainable trend for SUVs, sales of which outnumber electric vehicles 20 to 1. […]
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Support for Our Green Spaces!
Cheltenham Borough Council have just submitted the new and updated Cheltenham Local Plan to the Planning Inspectorate for approval. This plan’s been developed to help protect important Local Green Spaces across the town and further afield, particularly the Village in a Park concept at Swindon Village, an area of vital green space to the West […]
Gloucestershire County Council Budget Survey
Gloucestershire County Council are planning their budget for the next 12 months, and are proposing an initial £1m climate change action fund, which will kickstart work and investment in local measures against the climate crisis. They’re also allocating the budget for other areas, including children’s services, schools, and roadways. We’re disappointed that while £1million is […]
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Green Party Office Hours
Come and meet us! Cheltenham’s local Green Party is setting up a monthly office surgery session. Today we had our first meeting and had a great time discussing Prevent and Extinction Rebellion, the ongoing refugee crisis, how to meet with local MPs to voice concerns, the roles of faith groups in green campaigning, and Cheltenham’s […]
A Week of Climate Action
With an increase of interest in climate issues this year, we attended the University of Gloucestershire’s Freshers Fayre and the Cheltenham Climate Strike. Managing the Freshers stall through Wednesday, we tried to cut through some of the overwhelm students might have been feeling with flyers and invitations to the climate strike. We had some great […]
Climate People’s Assembly
Attending the first people’s climate assembly for Cheltenham! […]
Jessica West for All Saints Ward
Our first councillor candidate – Jessica West for All Saints. […]
