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Plastic in the supermarkets
A humble cabbage costing 50p neatly protected in a thick plastic wrapping? Cheese wrapped once in film, then weighed and placed in a...
Joanna Collins
Mar 11, 20184 min read


Bring back biodiversity to the Peaks
When I moved to the edge of the Peak District almost three years ago I was excited to think of all the wildlife that I could see just...
Luke Robinson
Feb 26, 20182 min read


Local power to tackle climate change
It’s always nice when your policies are stolen. Jeremy Corbyn’s recent speech on climate change is welcome both for the attention he is...
Mat Paterson
Feb 19, 20182 min read


The serpentine community farm - a real community asset
Last year, the Serpentine Community Farm community interest company (CIC) applied to High Peak Borough Council to register the farm as an...
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Feb 9, 20183 min read


Plastic in the hills
As I walk through Edale, I’m baffled by the amount of plastic that appears along the roads after a sunny Sunday: water bottles, chocolate...
Joanne Collins
Feb 3, 20182 min read


Nature Matters - It Makes Us Human
At the time of the 1992 Rio Summit that established the Framework Convention on Climate Change, a group of concerned scientists issued a...
Mike Shipley
Dec 11, 20174 min read


We need a sustainable housing policy
Housing was supposedly the centrepiece of this week's budget with the homelessness crisis deepening every day. Unfortunately, the...
Lorrie Marchington
Nov 23, 20172 min read


Climate Alliance - local, holistic, sustainable action on climate change
Think Global – Act Local’ E.F Schumacher Local and regional Governments find themselves increasingly at the forefront in the battle...
Mike Shipley
Nov 23, 20174 min read


Vote for a Green voice in Limestone Peak
This week local residents will have a chance to vote for a Green voice on the High Peak Borough Council. A by-election has been called in...
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Nov 5, 20172 min read


No Fracking Way
On September 16th, High Peak Green Party members joined local people in Eckington, Derbyshire, to protest against plans by INEOS to frack...
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Oct 8, 20172 min read
Towards a Greener Glossopdale
Greens and Labour came together during the general election to support Ruth George. After her stunning victory the two parties are...
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Sep 21, 20172 min read


Health care changes in North Derbyshire
The North Derbyshire and Hardwick Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in July agreed controversial proposals for changes to community...
Jeremy Wight
Aug 25, 20175 min read


Stepping up on climate change
The UK has one of the strongest sets of climate change policy in the world. The UK’s climate change policy is woefully inadequate to deal...
Mat Paterson
Jun 2, 20173 min read


Why we need proportional representation
The 2017 general election has put many of us in a serious dilemma. Lots of people see this as an ‘exceptional’ election: a snap election...
Mat Paterson
May 26, 20173 min read


Standing up for a better future
High Peak Greens are not standing a candidate in the General Election We are standing up for a better future. Stand with us on June 8th....
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May 17, 20171 min read


Electoral alliance: working together to make hope possible
A well organised Green Party of England and Wales Spring Conference took an important step forward for the party, and the wider left,...
Peter Allen
Apr 10, 20173 min read


A Green budget for the common good
There should have been an emergency intervention to end the chaos in health and social care and address the air pollution emergency, but...
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Mar 12, 20174 min read


Davos and global justice
"Deep-rooted social and economic trends are manifesting themselves increasingly disruptively across the world. Persistent inequality,...
Peter Allen
Jan 22, 20173 min read


Stop the solar power eclipse
Huge rise in business rates putting solar installations at risk
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Jan 4, 20173 min read


Why I joined the Green Party
We know that human activities are seriously damaging our planet. Of all the crises we face, none compare to the dangers posed by climate...
Paul Dobson
Dec 19, 20162 min read
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