Environment Archives - Lewes Green Party https://lewes.greenparty.org.uk/category/environment/ Lewes Green Group District and Town Councillors profiles, priorities and news Thu, 27 Apr 2023 21:36:33 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 Go Gly-free in 2023!  https://lewes.greenparty.org.uk/2023/03/01/go-gly-free-in-2023/ Wed, 01 Mar 2023 22:26:28 +0000 https://lewes.greenparty.org.uk/?p=714 In a pilot scheme to reduce glyphosate use by East Sussex County Council residents on Lewes streets, such as New Road, weeded their own pavements last year rather than having them sprayed. You are now invited to do the same. Let’s get glyphosate off all our streets this year.  To join the 2023 pilot email […]

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]]> Lewes District Council becomes first Council in England to recognise the ‘Rights of Rivers’  https://lewes.greenparty.org.uk/2023/02/20/lewes-district-council-becomes-first-council-in-england-to-recognise-the-rights-of-rivers/ Mon, 20 Feb 2023 22:16:51 +0000 https://lewes.greenparty.org.uk/?p=709 A ground-breaking motion brought by Green Party on Monday committed Lewes District council to producing a ‘Rights of River Declaration’ within 2 years, which will recognise that the River Ouse has intrinsic rights such as the right to flow and the right to be free from pollution. Green Party Councillor  Matthew Bird, who is also […]

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