It’s been about constantly campaigning for more and better recycling, about better public transport links, about reducing personal carbon foot prints and at Parliament campaigning for there to be a Climate Change Bill.
How do you eat an elephant? One bit at a time! That’s how I think of Climate Change and what each of us individually and all of us collectively can do to avert disaster.
No hair shirts – but reasonable steps any individual can take.
I remember one of my first campaigns in Hornsey & Wood Green – it was for door to door recycling. And lo and behold right in the middle of the council election of ’98 where I was campaigning in Muswell Hill to be elected a local councillor – door to door recylcing boxes appeared in Muswell Hill. The miracle of poltical buttons pressed at appropriate moments!
Since then – it’s been about constantly campaigning for more and better recycling, about better public transport links, about reducing personal carbon foot prints and at Parliament campaigning for there to be a Climate Change Bill and trying to get the Governemnt to walk the talk – i.e. to reduce its own carbon emmissions.
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- Haringey Council agreed last night to implement Liberal Democrats plans that will provide new green incentives and better recycling in the borough. Liberal Democrats proposed that Haringey Council provides new battery recycling services in libraries, community buildings and schools, and new green incentives for local traders and residents to move to ‘greener’ vehicles by reducing [...] read on
- Stunned Labour councillors seemed unaware on Monday night of the information revealed by the Liberal Democrats about Haringey Council’s use of domestic flights. Gasps from the public gallery greeted Liberal Democrat Cllr Ed Butcher’s revelations that, despite a promise to not use domestic flights for council business, 17,038 miles were travelled on flights within the [...] read on
- Information revealed by local Liberal Democrats shows that Labour have broken a key pledge to stop Haringey Council using domestic flights for council business. A document sent to the Government tallying Haringey’s C02 emissions shows that 17,038 miles were travelled on domestic flights in the past two years. The news comes as Haringey Council announced [...] read on
- It’s a real problem. You know when you change batteries that you need to recycle the old ones and that you mustn’t put them in with the ordinary rubbish because they are hazardous – but there’s nowhere convenient in Haringey to do the right thing! So my Liberal Democrat Haringey councillor colleague, Bob Hare (inveterate [...] read on
- In a bid to make it easier for local residents to recycle their household batteries, local Liberal Democrats have today called on Haringey Council to increase the number of battery recycling points in the borough. Currently, residents can only recycle their batteries at Haringey Council’s two recycling centres – in Hornsey or Tottenham. In contrast, [...] read on
- Lynne Featherstone MP for Hornsey and Wood Green joined Grand Designs host Kevin McCloud outside Parliament to build a compelling case for a nationwide green refurbishment programme. The Grand Designs Great British Refurb Campaign, led by Kevin McCloud, has gained the support of thousands of homeowners across the country who are asking for Government support [...] read on
- Residents’ efforts to recycle cans, bottles and paper are going to waste because of Haringey Council’s poor method of recycling, the Liberal Democrats have learned. Recyclers are asked to put their waste into separate sections of recycling bins, like in the new recycling bin installed in Stationers Park recently, but all the different types of [...] read on
Lynne on special tour of super-green low carbon house in the heart of Hornsey
To see the future of low carbon housing, Lynne Featherstone MP on Friday visited a super–green refurbished Victorian terrace in the heart of Hornsey. The previously fire-damaged property on Hawthorn Road, owned by Metropolitan Housing Trust, has been done up according to the Passivhaus model. With high levels of insulation, air-tightness and triple-glazing, the house [...] read on
Better battery recycling in Haringey
Here’s my latest column for the Muswell Hill Flyer and the Highgate Handbook: I try to be good with recycling – but when it comes to batteries it is sometimes quite difficult because there isn’t an easy and convenient place to put them locally. We have battery recycling bins at Parliament – so that makes [...] read on
Local Liberal Democrats welcome easy access to battery recycling in shops
Local Liberal Democrats Lynne Featherstone MP and Environment spokesperson Cllr Bob Hare have recently visited a local shop to test out new battery recycling facilities. From February 2010 new rules passed by the European Union mean that shops must have battery recycling bins for residents to use if they sell the equivalent of 1 pack a day. [...] read on
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