From splendid isolation to solidarity – a tale of divestiture
#truth at #tli — Resource Generation (@ResourceGen) July 11, 2014 In finance and economics, divestment or divestiture is the reduction of some kind of asset for financial, ethical, or political…
Greens averaging 6% in polls for first time
The Greens are quickly catching up with the Lib Dems in YouGov polls. The Greens are averaging over 5% in YouGov polls for the first time ever. Britain Elects' analysis…
England & Wales Green Party membership passes 25,000 mark
The Green Parties of the UK have seen huge growth over the past few months following the independence referendum and being excluded from the TV debates. Membership of the Green…
Is this the future of party funding?
Plymouth Green Party has had significant success with crowdfunding. We all know the facts about parties. Most of their memberships are declining, and with falling subs they’re more and more…
‘Invite the Greens’ petition hits 200,000 signatures
As things stand UKIP's Nigel Farage will participate in TV General Election debates but the Green's Natalie Bennett will not. Image: BBC. The petition demanding the major broadcasters invite the…
Time for Plaid and the Greens to collaborate
I watched Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood's speech to her party conference this weekend on my laptop. My housemate – an economist and environmental activist – was next door, and…
Young Greens elect new team via groundbreaking national online ballot
Young Greens Co-chairs Siobhan MacMahon and Clifford Fleming will be joined by a new committee 2013-14. Image: YGEW The Young Greens, the youth branch of the Green Party of England…
What to do with all these new members? On Brighton strategies and national strategies
Brighton Greens on the sea-front at an Anti-EDL protest this Spring. Image: Tim Buss. Here's a stat for you: membership of the Green parties in the UK has trebled since…
Mark Ruskell at SGP 2014: An economy as if people mattered
Cllr. Mark Ruskell speaking at Scottish Greens Conference in Edinburgh on Sunday. Image: SGP/Callum MacLellan Mark Ruskell, Green Councillor in Stirling, gave this address to Scottish Greens Conference on Sunday. …
Ending our reliance on oil will bring democracy to the Middle East and North Africa
There’s a simple idea that economic growth is good for democracy. A widely accepted truth, that when a citizen doesn’t have to worry about simple survival they can do more…