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Save the trees: the campaigner whose protest stopped felling

“What had been planned for the trees of Western Road symbolises much that was — and still is — wrong in neoliberal Britain: privatisation, austerity, national and local governments getting into bed with corporate capital, climate change denial, and ignoring what local communities want.” Alan Story reports for Green World on the campaigner Roy Millington and his efforts to ensure that the trees of Western Road were saved.

A patented Covid-19 vaccine could price out millions

Alan Story explores the race to find a Covid-19 vaccine and how its patenting could price millions out

Covid-19 vaccine patent pooling enters uncertain waters

The WHO has endorsed a Covid-19 vaccine patent pooling proposal, but is expected to encounter resistance

Power imbalance leaves small businesses in crisis

Green peer Natalie Bennett on the impact for small businesses receiving no insurance payouts

The role of creative industries in driving change

Alison Tickell discusses how culture can face up to the issues of sustainability and climate destruction

OCD: Heightened fears during the pandemic

OCD Action on the challenges the pandemic brings to those struggling with OCD

An image of a garment factory in Bangladesh

Will fast fashion have a future post Covid-19?

Holly Barrow considers how the fast fashion industry must reconstruct itself after the pandemic.

Natalie Bennett, Baroness of Manor Castle.

Numbers aside, how reliable is Covid-19 testing?

Green peer Natalie Bennett reflects on the government’s ‘Plan to Rebuild’ report released earlier this week

What does “not going back” mean for how we get around?

Caroline Russell on the walking and cycling networks shaping the future of how we travel.

Standing against LGBTIQA+ discrimination and bigotry

“As the Green Party of England and Wales we can and should use our platform to advocate for the LGBTIQA+ community here and abroad. Indeed, we have a fabulous track record of being at the...

Benali Hamdache |

Activism

Justice

Equality

Green Party

| Sun 17 May 2020

Active travel at the heart of a green recovery

An image of active travel in Greater Manchester

“By making it easier for people to walk and cycle, we will help build more active, healthier and resilient communities.” Daniel Gillett, Policy Officer at the UK walking and cycling chari...

Daniel Gillett |

| Thu 14 May 2020

Europe’s Green Deal as the new normal

“Climate change and loss of biodiversity are still the biggest threat to our society and planet. It's increasingly clear that everything is connected to our unsustainable model, and that ...

Evelyne Huytebroeck |

| Mon 11 May 2020

The human in farming

“Sustainability is about ecology, but it is also about giving people decent-paying, physically safe, fulfilling careers they can do for decades, in any part of their working life.” Green ...

Natalie Bennett |

Food & Farming

Society

UK Government

| Wed 6 May 2020

BAME life chances, Covid inequality and death

Shahrar Ali, Green Party Home Affairs Spokesperson

“We owe it to each and every one of us to grasp the nettle and to make good on the collective objective to create a decent and fair society – where race is no barrier to life chances, or ...

Dr Shahrar Ali |

| Wed 6 May 2020

Adequately fund local government to prepare for future crises

“If we are to be prepared for future crises, whether they are to do with health or the climate emergency, local authorities must be funded adequately at all times.” Chair of the Associati...

Paul Woodhead |

| Tue 5 May 2020

UK needs coordinated approach to exiting lockdown

“In the face of this unprecedented challenge a consistent and transparent response from all four nations is crucial.” Wales Green Party leader Anthony Slaughter calls for a UK approach to...

Anthony Slaughter |

| Tue 5 May 2020

Are we really all in this together?

Greens announce Carbon Chancellor plans outside Treasury

“This health crisis has starkly demonstrated the gross inequality that disfigures our society but it also gives us an opportunity to change that.” Former Green MEP Molly Scott Cato explor...

Molly Scott Cato |

| Mon 4 May 2020

Demystifying politics: Q&A with Cleo Lake

“You can engage so many more people through creativity than you ever will through mainstream politics. And now is the time to work more with that idea.” Green World talks to Green Council...

Olivia Rutherford |

| Fri 1 May 2020

So close together, so far apart

From Mutual Aid groups to passive aggressive notes, from shopping for neighbours to overzealous policing, the Covid-19 lockdown has brought out the best in our communities, as well as som...

Hannah Clare |

Health

Local Government

Activism

| Wed 29 Apr 2020

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