The average age of a local councillor in the UK is 60 and only one per cent are under 25. Martin Osborne, one of three young Green councillors newly elected in Brighton and Hove, calls on...
“While Conservative and Labour candidates are getting doors slammed on them, up and down England and Wales local Greens are filling the gap.” The Green Party has launched its local electi...
Green World talks to new Green councillor David Lyons about taking the first Green seat in a Tory-led council, Aylesbury Vale, and his advice for prospective Green candidates in the upcom...
Sheffield is known as the ‘Outdoor City’ and yet its planning strategies are light on Green Infrastructure, ignoring the numerous health and biodiversity benefits it can bring. Dr Lee Hey...
Coal mining is an industry in decline, but councillors in Cumbria have just voted unanimously in favour of a new deep pit coal mine. In a region hard-hit by austerity, the jobs offered by...
Much criticised for its role in the felling of some 5,000 street trees in Sheffield, Amey has lost over £350 million in the last year and has now sold its stakes in the ‘ruinous’ Sheffiel...
Rosie Mills, an 18-year-old sixth form student, explains how her petition helped get a Climate Emergency motion passed by Lancaster City Council – and how a youth-led movement for climate...
Since 2012, Sheffield City Council and contractor Amey have cut down around 5,500 of the city’s trees as part of a road improvement programme, under a PFI deal worth billions. Activists h...
