Chair's Briefing in Summer 2018 Challenge Magazine
We've been busier than usual here at the Green Liberal Democrats, and this copy of Challenge is testament to all that hard work.
3 Jul 2018
News
EU Transport article in Summer 2018 Challenge Magazine
Safe Clean & Connected Mobility COP23
3 Jul 2018
Whither now? Keith Melton's article in Summer 2018 Challenge Magazine
Keith Melton on a rigorous afternoon debate at GLD conference
3 Jul 2018
Traffic Surveys article in Summer 2018 Challenge Magazine
TRAFFIC SURVEYS ...... and how to campaign on environmental issues It was great to get elected to Southwark Council in May and thanks to all the Green Lib-Dems who helped. I feel the biggest single environmental issue in Saint George's Ward is air quality, but it hardly registered with the voters. The ward is between the Elephant and Castle and Waterloo in central London. Car ownership is low, nearly 70% of households don't have a car. The area is well served with buses, trains and a number of London underground stations.
3 Jul 2018
Shampoo article in Summer 2018 Challenge Magazine
How many plastic bottles are there in your bathroom? I have three daughters. Two have moved out but they still keep their favourite shampoos in the bathroom! A couple of months ago, between the five members of the family, we had 57 plastic bottles in the family bathroom. Yes, I counted. Shower gels, mouthwash, bubble baths, conditioners, and shampoos ... For greasy hair, straight hair, problem hair, frizzy hair, fly away hair, coloured hair, dandruff ... There's even one for ... dirty hair. A dozen different flavours: apple, mango, raspberry, fraise (for those who don't like the sound of strawberries), henna, jojoba and lime ... It was doing my nut. How can we reduce our use of plastic when there is no alternative to shampoo bottles? But there is. I took the plunge. Solid shampoo bars. You mean like soap? Well, yes and no. You buy it like a bar of soap but it lathers like shampoo. The minute you use it and it lathers up in your hand you realise that a humdrum corner of Plasticland has disappeared forever. Hur
3 Jul 2018
Sea Power article in Summer 2018 Challenge Magazine
Julian Hawkins urges us to rethink Britain's sea power Proposals for a barrage across the River Severn to generate electricity are regularly in the news, and tidal stream generation is also being trialled. So what is the potential of tidal power in the UK?
3 Jul 2018