National Nature Parks
The Liberal Democrats have laid out a bold and ambitious plan to restore the UK’s natural environment and ensure that everyone can access a clean, healthy, and thriving green space.
The Green Liberal Democrats are the environmental conscience of the Liberal Democrats. We are an Affiliated Organisation within the Liberal Democrats. We are proud that the Liberal Democrats are committed to a low carbon future.
Our Goals are to:
Promote a green approach to policy formation within the Liberal Democrats.
Provide information and political education from a green perspective to Party activists and elected representatives.
Establish and develop links with the wider green movement.
Welcome those that share our aims and encourage participation in our activities, ensuring equality of opportunity for all members.
Our History
In May of 1977, an exploratory meeting of interested party members authorised an ad hoc committee to arrange an environmentally considered presence at the 1977 Liberal Party Assembly in Brighton. In summer of 1977, the Liberal Ecology Group was formed. A well attended fringe event, a number of meetings in London, and the drafting of a constitution formalised the party.
By the 1978 Assembly at Southport the Group was already being consulted by the Party hierarchy and it could be claimed that it was an accepted, if unofficial, part of the liberal commonwealth. In 1979, the autonomous partner Scottish Liberal Ecology Group was formed.
The Liberal Ecology Group put forth the need for a radical reappraisal of the 'industrial imperative' within the Liberal discourse, and published its first manifesto in 1979. Read it here.
When the Liberals and SDP merged in 1988, the heritage of the LEG was codified within the Preamble to the Constitution of the new party:
" We believe that each generation is responsible for the fate of our planet and, by safeguarding the balance of nature and the environment, for the long term continuity of life in all its forms. "
The Green Liberal Democrats were formed alongside the Party and has functioned as its environmental Think Tank for over 30 years. The GLD runs fringe meetings, our own conference, and instigates environmental action both within and beyond the Lib Dem apparatus.
Contact us by email chairgld@gmail.com
Facebook Members only group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GLDMem
We have created a complimentary Guide and Explainer of The Liberal Democrat Manifesto 2024 & The UN Sustainable Development Goals
The Liberal Democrats have laid out a bold and ambitious plan to restore the UK’s natural environment and ensure that everyone can access a clean, healthy, and thriving green space.
The Liberal Democrats manifesto scored 32/40 in a joint analysis by Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, the second highest score of all the top 4 parties. We received high praise, but where did we fall short?
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Pippa Heylings joined with Cam Valley Forum campaigners on Sunday 19th May for a swim to celebrate Sheep’s Green in Cambridge receiving a Bathing Water Designation
In a major speech to a 100-strong Community Action Group conference in Taunton on Saturday, Cllr Dixie Darch, Somerset Council’s Lead Member for Environment and Climate Change urged people to feel positive about what can seem like a “doomster” subject.
On Wednesday, Conservative MPs including South Cambs MP Anthony Browne voted against a new law which would have seen water companies in court for sewage spills.