The next East Devon Green Party meeting takes place at The Heathfield Inn on Walnut Road in Honiton on Wednesday 14th September. The meeting starts at 7.30pm and new members are welcome. Please email me if you would like to car share or can offer a lift to another member.
We do have two vacancies on [...]
September Meeting for East Devon Greens
Posted August 31st, 2011 by sharon. Comment (0).
Pedal Power – Improving Cycling in Honiton
Posted August 30th, 2011 by sharon. Comment (0).
East Devon Green Party Press Release Monday 22nd August 2011
While Honiton Town Councillor Sharon Pavey was visiting the north-east last week, she took the opportunity to find out more about Darlington’s status as a designated ‘Cycling Demonstration Town’.
Sharon says “I spent some of my childhood in Darlington so when I heard about all the work [...]
Four months on…as a Green Councillor in Devon
Posted August 28th, 2011 by sharon. Comments (4).
It’s almost four months since election day, 4 months since I was elected to be a town councillor here in Honiton. There are 18 people who make up the town council here in Honiton, nine for the St Paul’s Ward and nine for my ward – St Michael’s. (here they all are) I’ve really enjoyed [...]
Honiton making the Transition…
Posted August 20th, 2011 by sharon. Comment (1).
The first Honiton Transition Town meeting takes place at 7.30pm on Wednesday 28th September at Montgomery’s on the High Street (next to Ganesha Health Food Shop). We will have representatives from other local transition towns and hopefully a bunch of interested, enthusiastic local people.
We will be discussing the possibility of starting our own transition group and the way [...]
World Carfree Day
Posted August 15th, 2011 by sharon. Comment (0).
Every September 22, people across the globe get together to swear off their cars – if only for one day – in a collective reminder that we don’t have to accept car-dominated societies, cities, or personal lives. Since its earliest incarnations in the 1970s and ‘80s, WORLD CARFREE DAY has grown into a massive global [...]
Are you ready for mega farms here in East Devon?
Posted August 2nd, 2011 by sharon. Comments (3).
East Devon District Council put out the following press release last week – which has raised alarm bells with environmentalists here in East Devon. According to the ‘experts’ at EDDC, farming will need to be on a different scale in the future….with less small farms here in East Devon.
Please add your own comments at the [...]