South West Green Party Cookbook

Posted November 28th, 2011 by sharon. Comments (4).

I’m extremely pleased to be able to announce that after many months of preparation – the South West Green Party cookbook is now available! Hot off the press from the lovely people at Axminster Printing, our book features over 60 vegetarian and vegan recipes contributed by Green Party members in the region.
You should be able to [...]

Exeter Animal Aid Festival – a great success!

Posted November 28th, 2011 by sharon. Comment (0).

The South West Green Party had a stall at the South West Christmas Without Cruelty Festival yesterday. The annual event held at the Corn Exchange in Exeter was a huge success with over a thousand people attending!
Huge thanks to everyone who helped on the stall, we raised over £200 with our hampers – all donated [...]

Children In Need

Posted November 18th, 2011 by sharon. Comment (0).

Off to school shortly to sell cakes for Children in Need, here’s some I baked earlier. Enjoy your Children in Need evening everyone & add a comment on the bottom to say what you are up to tonight.

Occupy Exeter has begun…

Posted November 13th, 2011 by sharon. Comment (0).

Lots of Green Party members were at the first day of Occupy Exeter yesterday. Here’s some pics of the gathering on the High St, the march down town and the setting up of the camp on the Cathedral Green. Join the Facebook page here http://www.facebook.com/groups/243774599005818/ or better still pop down there to say hello & [...]

An ideas workshop on alternatives to shopping, stress and consumerism  at Christmas time. Transition Exeter will be exploring solutions to the pressures we feel amongst the Christmas consumerism and look at alternative ways to enjoy the Christmas season. On Tuesday 15th of November  6.45pm (teas) for a 7.00pm start.   Upstairs at Friend’s Meeting House, Wynard’s Lane, Magdalen [...]

Recycling in Honiton

Posted November 11th, 2011 by sharon. Comments (3).

Local councillors met in Honiton on Monday 31 October to discuss how to improve waste management and recycling in the town.
Although East Devon boasts a relatively high recycling rate of 50% compared with the national average of 41.2%, Sharon Pavey - Honiton Town Councillor and coordinator of the East Devon Green Party thinks there is room for [...]

Vegan orange and almond cake

Posted November 3rd, 2011 by sharon. Comment (0).

Just made this vegan orange and almond cake from http://whatdoiknow.typepad.com/recipes/2008/12/orange-and-almond-loaf-cake.html…………it’s all in the taste test. I’d give it (my version!) a 8/10 – pretty yum!

South West Christmas Without Cruelty Festival 2011

Posted November 2nd, 2011 by sharon. Comment (0).

BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH TO PERFORM AT DEVON’S ALTERNATIVE CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL
Exeter Corn Exchange, Market Street, Exeter, EX1 1BU
Sunday 27 November 2011
10am-4.30pm
FREE ENTRY

Benjamin Zephaniah, the nation’s favourite performance poet, will be the special guest at this year’s South West Christmas Without Cruelty Festival on November 27. Benjamin will be reading poems (at around midday), signing books and chatting [...]