Bright Green - Independent media for radical, democratic, green movements

Comment

Building a movement: People & Planet’s Power Shift

J Clarke25 June 2019No Comment2019-06-25T19:04:59+01:00

Tents, students, vegan food and (hopefully) sun. You could be forgiven for thinking this was a budget Glastonbury with a political edge, but that’s where the similarities end. People &…

Ten things the Green Party should do to build on its biggest ever success

Chris Jarvis 24 June 2019 No Comment2019-06-24T20:22:10+01:00

Image credit: YouTube screengrab 2019 has been an unprecedented year for the Green Party of England and Wales. In English local elections, we won more councillors than ever before -…

The government is letting the fashion industry trash our planet

Amelia Womack 21 June 2019 No Comment2019-06-21T09:10:47+01:00

The proposals from Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee to begin to address the thoroughly outsized contribution of the fashion industry to the trashing of our planet were modest. If they could…

Never trust a COP: How the left should respond to COP26

Chris Saltmarsh 20 June 2019 1 Comment2019-06-20T19:48:13+01:00

Image credit: COP Paris, Creative Commons The UK will host COP26, the 26th round of the United Nations Climate Change Conferences, in November 2020. Jeremy Hunt is pleased. Buzzfeed reported…

Floating cities and dirty secrets: Environmental impact of luxury cruise ships

James Hanson 19 June 2019 No Comment2019-06-19T20:19:23+01:00

Image credit: AudaCity3371, Creative Commons Floating cities seem like science fiction, and have been mentioned by some as one way humanity could in future cope with a rapidly growing global…

News

Green New Deals and new Green leaders – UK Green news round up week 25

Chris Jarvis23 June 2019No Comment2019-06-23T19:50:31+01:00

Magid Magid and Alex Phillips set out how a Green New Deal could beat the far right Image credit: YouTube screengrab The Green New Deal is all the rage right…

Jenny Jones to join campaign to stop a Brighton school becoming an academy

Chris Jarvis 17 June 2019 No Comment2019-06-17T15:35:31+01:00

Image credit: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Creative Commons The campaign to stop a Brighton school becoming an academy is about to be boosted by a high profile backer. Jenny Jones, the Green member…

Fighting privatisation, from buses to schools – UK Green news round up week 24

Chris Jarvis 16 June 2019 No Comment2019-06-19T20:24:30+01:00

John Finnie celebrates victory that could transform bus services in Scotland Image credit: YouTube screengrab This week, the Scottish Parliament made an historic decision. It voted to accept amendments to…

Greens hit out at Lib Dem austerity pushers and Tory bigots – UK Green news round up week 23

Chris Jarvis 10 June 2019 No Comment2019-06-10T21:36:56+01:00

Siân Berry slams Liberal Democrats for their part in austerity Image credit: Rosie Rawle This weekend the Green Party of England and Wales held its Spring conference in Scarborough. One…

Breaking records again and again – UK Green news round up week 22

Chris Jarvis 2 June 2019 No Comment2019-06-02T21:58:17+01:00

Greens celebrate best ever European election results Image credit: YouTube screengrab After all the votes had been counted last Sunday, the Green Party of England and Wales had won seven…