Siân Berry: Why I want to be the Green Party candidate for Brighton Pavilion
Caroline Lucas, the Green Party's sole MP, has announced she won't be re-standing at the next general election. As a result, the Greens are in the process of selecting a…
Emily O’Brien: Why I want to be the Green Party candidate for Brighton Pavilion
Caroline Lucas, the Green Party's sole MP has announced she won't be re-standing at the next general election. As a result, the Greens are in the process of selecting a…
Why Christian universities should sever their links with fossil fuels
I was delighted to see the news that that Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU) has become the first church-founded university to make a Fossil Free Careers commitment, and the fourth UK…
How I got re-elected to Peterborough City Council after defecting from Labour to the Greens
This follows up from a recent article in Bright Green on 2 May about how defected Labour councillors were getting on with their respective campaigns, including my ward - Orton…
Are we moving towards the energy transition we need?
At moments of crisis, societies act. This is a truth so longstanding we can see it in the bible, prophetic warnings rarely move decadent societies, disaster does. Curtailment of Russian…
Why Scotland should be worried about the Energy Charter Treaty
As the climate and biodiversity emergencies deepen, the pressure is rightly increasing on governments to take urgent action to move away from coal, oil and gas. At the same time…
Divestment is not enough – why students at University of Surrey are campaigning to end fossil fuel recruitment on campus
Across the UK, students are acting against universities for being complicit in ecological crimes by maintaining the oil, gas, and mining recruitment pipeline. For as long as these industries have…
How Labour allowed the Tories to retain control of a council in Oxfordshire
Last week the Cherwell District Council AGM descended into scenes akin to the infamous Handforth Parish Council meeting. All we needed was Jackie Weaver to complete the picture, but instead…
The UK is sliding towards Russian-style authoritarianism
A few years back, I was the first person to raise a debate on facial recognition in Parliament. I recognised it as one part of a wider package of changes…
What do the Herefordshire local elections mean for Ellie Chowns’ chances of becoming an MP?
Ellie Chowns is a former MEP, a Green Councillor in Herefordshire and the Green Party's candidate for the North Herefordshire constituency at the next general election. On episode 7 of…