Vote Green European Elections 2014

for a new wave of energy and ideas

Caroline Lucas MP with Steen Parish at Conference.

 

I was the Green Party candidate in Maryhill/Kelvin Ward of Glasgow City Council election May 2012.

 

The Scottish Green Party is the only way to introduce genuinely smart ideas and solutions into Scottish Public Life and Society.

 

I want to see a more equitable and sustainable Scotland.

 

I was the Scottish Green Party's lead candidate for West of Scotland in the May 2011 elections.

 

In 2010 I was the Election Agent for the Scottish Green Party's candidate for the Glasgow North Constituency, Dr. Martin Bartos.

http://martinbartos.org.uk/

 

Martin & Steen at POWER 2010 Launch

 

 

As a former Co-Convenor of the Glasgow Greens, it would be great to hear what you think of our website?

http://glasgowgreens.org/

 

Interesting weblinks:

 

The Tax Justice Network promotes transparency in international finance and opposes secrecy. They support a level playing field on tax and oppose loopholes and distortions in tax and regulation, and the abuses that flow from them. They promote tax compliance and oppose tax evasion, tax avoidance, and all the mechanisms that enable owners and controllers of wealth to escape their responsibilities to the societies on which they and their wealth depend. Tax havens, or secrecy jurisdictions as they prefer to call them, lie at the centre of their concerns, and they oppose them.

Good old Tax Dodgers.

http://www.taxjustice.net/cms/front_content.php?idcatart=2

 

Tripping Up Trump has established itself as the popular movement against the use of compulsory purchase for private profit. This fresh and energised campaign is standing up for the people and environment threatened by Donald Trump’s development in Aberdeenshire.

http://www.trippinguptrump.com/

 

Keep up to date with the latest news on the issue of genetically modified (GM) food and crops and find out about the deceptive PR campaigns being used to promote GM worldwide.

http://gmwatch.eu/

 

10 good reasons why we do not need GM crops and foods.

http://www.powerbase.info/index.php?title=10_Reasons_Why_We_Don%E2%80%99t_Need_GM_Foods

 

Others:

 

http://www.takebackparliament.com/

 

http://www.arrancoast.com/

 

http://www.bond.org.uk/

 

http://www.embracemyplanet.com/

 

http://www.teamgreenbritain.org/home

 

http://www.allotments-uk.com/

 

http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/en/Pages/default.aspx

 

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1893946,00.html

 

http://www.saveotagolane.co.uk/

 

http://holyrood350.org/

 

 

ONLINE SURVEY HERE SOON

 

 

Smart Solutions and Ideas:

 

We could reduce waste and litter, reduce pollution/CO2, increase recycling and create some employment, by introducing a new Statute on drinks packaging.

Make it the responsibility of drinks producers and retailers to operate a Deposit/Return system on a private non-profit basis. It would cost the tax-payers nothing and bring huge

national benefits. I would love to see us copy the Danish Return System, which you can read about here:

http://www.dansk-retursystem.dk/content/us

 

Arran and Great Cumbrae could become Scotland's first energy self sufficient islands. Let's make it happen!

The island of Samsø in Denmark already is. So why not here?

See the link to the Samsø Energy Academy here:

http://www.energiakademiet.dk/default_uk.asp

 

Genan Road+ in successful first major trial of rubber-modified asphalt in the UK

http://www.genan.eu/

 

Glasgow airport are dragging their feet on reducing their air and noise pollution. Not to mention their overall energy usage and subsequent CO2 emmissions.

I've found it difficult to get any real answers from them and will be showing you here, just how much could be done. Copenhagen and Oslo airports already do! So why the greenwash from BAA GLA?

 

Just check out how far advanced Copenhagen airport is in comparison and tell me why BAA Scotland can't do the same?

 

CPH Airport
http://www.cph.dk/CPH/UK/Environment/


CPH Airport Environmental Reports since year 2000
http://www.cph.dk/CPH/UK/Environment/Reports/

Air quality station
http://www2.dmu.dk/atmosphericenvironment/byer/forside.htm

 

 

We need to take serious action on climate change at every level and I am particularly encouraged to see my hometown of Copenhagen City implement an ambitious Climate Change Plan, involving 50 specific initiatives. Their vision is to make Copenhagen the world’s first carbon neutral capital by 2025.

 

Our big cities should at the very least attempt to match these ambitions. I ask you to take even a cursory look at it the. The short English version is here:

http://www.kk.dk/sitecore/content/Subsites/Klima/SubsiteFrontpage/HvadGoerKoebenhavnsKommune/~/media/F14B427B54874117A430DE1AD08B3879.ashx

 

It's simply not good enough to talk and window dress. We need action and I would highlight once again just how good we are at rhetoric, but not substance.

Now take a look at the Glasgow City Climate Change Strategy. I see a lot of policy and objectives, but very litle substance, tangible action points or deadlines. 

http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/92548BD3-F972-458E-B06D-F007A9C0BC96/0/climatechangestrategy.pdf

 

 

I advocate we adopt a truly integrated Public Transport system on a par with that found in most European cities. It should be possible to purchase a ticket from point A to B in your region, by buying only one ticket and find that the main bus routes, train stations etc are integrated into a smart timetable.

Why are our Scandinavian neighbours so far advanced on this issue? I want to see Scotland strive for their standard in Public Transport and road safety measures.

 

http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2207/a/12566/action/search/type/simple?query=transport

 

http://www.trm.dk/en.aspx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact me at: steen@greenparish.org

 

 

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