Lancaster & District Green Party

Lancaster City Council has placed an ‘Article 4 Directive’ on the canal basin at Glasson Dock. This will protect the basin from being developed peicemeal by British Waterways and require that all works on the Marina will have to submit a planning application. Green County Cllr Chris Coates said “This is what local people have been calling for all along. Its not that everyone is opposed to the basin being redeveloped, it was just the way that BWB Marinas had gone about it without wanting to apply for planning permission that angered everyone.”

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PUPILS returning to school today across Lancashire will find only free range eggs on the dinner time menu. From the start of the school year, Lancashire’s catering staff will be cooking up their usual treats using only free range eggs. The decision will affect more than half a million eggs each year.

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The Knott End to Fleetwood ferry is to operate throughout the year. A trial service was run last year, when the ferry was used by over 6,000 passengers. Now Wyre Borough Council has agreed to fund the ferry for a regular winter service .

Gina Dowding said “ This is really good news. The ferry trip saves residents in the Knott End area a 25-mile round trip. It is a vital piece of the local public transport jigsaw.”

Times of the ferry can vary with the Tide – for up to date information see the Wyre Online Website.

A conference of Green councillors from across the country has pledged to use new legal powers to create thousands of jobs through green regeneration projects. The Association of Green Councillors was responding to the new Sustainable Communities Act, which gives local authorities the right to request new powers from central government to promote local economies. (more…)

The 46th annual Cockerham village show will take place on saturday 9th of August in the village hall in Cockerham.

2 – 4 pm Sat 9th Aug
Cockerham Village Hall

FREE WINE TASTING!

A new paper entitled The Big Green View has been launched by the Green party in North Lancashire, covering Lancaster, Morecambe, Fleetwood and all places in-between. The paper covers green politics from a wide variety of different angles
- from the global to the local.

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The Government is currently deciding which company will operate the successor to the Post Office card account (POCA) from 2010. Although the Post Office has made a strong bid, it is far from certain that it will win the contract. The National Federation of SubPostmasters (NFSP) is taking action to secure the contract for the Post Office and a future for the post office network (more…)

Watch out for the Eatlocal sticker at food outlets across the district over the late spring bank holiday.

EatLocal is a project to promote locally sourced ingredients in the Lancaster district. It believes food and drink ingredients should be grown in, or close to, Lancaster district, and by sustainable farming methods.

Discover how good local food is where you see the Eatloal sticker.

For more info on local food visit the Eatlocal website

Getting real about climate change

10.30am Saturday 19 April 2008
Quaker Meeting House, Calder House Lane, Garstang
All Welcome
Free admission to all events.

Full Programe details here - green_poster.pdf

Plans by British Waterways Marinas Ltd (BWML) to redevelop the canal basin at Glasson without putting in any planning application were ruled to be out of order by the Government Office for the North West. Chris Coates,Green County Councillor for Glasson said “…this is what everyone has been calling for from the start. The marina company have been arrogant and somewhat foolish in pushing ahead without taking into account the views of local people.” (more…)