The Green News Network is free monthly news update from the Gloucestershire Green party. The full stories, blog updates and this months 11 letters and 17 news releases can be found on this website.

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CONTENTS

1. NEWS
2. LETTERS
3. NEW ON STROUD BLOGS
4. NEW ON 'BIG ISSUES'
5. UPCOMING KEY EVENTS
6. QUOTES OF THE MONTH

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1. NEWS

- Trident demo in Stroud with the SNJ videoing an interview with John Marjoram for their website
- Cotswold Life also featured John Marjoram in this month with their front cover emblazoned "Jonathon Porritt, John Marjoram and Jeremy Paxman."
- Today saw the launch of the Green budget locally (the UK's first Carbon Costed Budget)
- West Gloucestershire Green party launched with over 70 people at the launch party and hopes of standing 7 in the coming local elections
- Tories and Labour refusing to sign Stroud Green party letter re Iran
Plus Green comments on Real Nappy Week, Renewable Energy grants running out, Nurses pay, Reform of Council tax, Fairtrade fortnight, Justice for British soldiers, post office consultation, delight at Aston Down airfield decision, Blair's latest ideas on health, the legal challenge against Energy Review.

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2. LETTERS

- Call to reconsider Sainsbury's in Dursley
- Staverton airport's attempt to conceal true intentions?
- The Government's unambitious Climate Change Bill
- Welcoming decision on Aston Down
- Dace Cockcroft's 'Planet sacrificied to economic growth' letter in The Independent
Plus too little Fairtrade in Gloucester, nuclear power, voluntary agreements on cutting CO2 emissions

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3. NEW ON STROUD BLOGS

On Ruscombe Green: http://ruscombegreen.blogspot.com/
- Great Global Warming Swindle refuted
 - Being green: to be a hypocrite or seen as out of touch?
- Last chance to reform Lords
- Gas pipeline protests from Milford Haven to Gloucestershire
- Carbon off-setting scams
- Incandescent light bulbs: seeing the light?
- Stroud's Environment Strategy adopted
- 'Speakout' campaign draws wrong conclusions
- Worldwide bell ringing on 200th anniversary of slavery abolition?
- Post Office consultation
Plus objecting to Staverton airport expansion, 20 mph pleas, Moon Bear Rescue and lots of local ward news.

On Gaian economics: http://gaianeconomics.blogspot.com/
- Tax owning not earning
- Reasons to be Co-operative: a look at John Lewis and more
- Defending the poor: who will do it now that the Lib Dems have also abandoned their policy of taxing richest earners more?
- Habitat and yoghurt culture: a look at ‘ecological modernisation’
And more...

On Transition Towns Stroud: http://transitiontownstroud.blogspot.com/
A newly started blog looking at this exciting project in Stroud. It kicks off with an intro, orchards and textiles.

On Safe Water Campaign: http://safewatercampaign.blogspot.com/
Another new blog with items from this local group including David Drews questions on water fluoridation, Sheffields moves to fluoridate and more.
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4. NEW ON 'BIG ISSUES'

A selection of articles sent in by GNN readers over the last month. Find under Big Issues:
- Scott Ritter on Iran: Regime change is the reason, disarmament the excuse
-  Venezuela’s Green Agenda: Chavez Should Be Named The Environmental President

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5. UPCOMING KEY EVENTS

- Green party conference in Swansea 22nd to 25th March: much also open to non-members.

- Should human population be limited? PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGED TO: Friday 30th March - How many people can our planet support? Is it about numbers or lifestyle? When is population control racist? What are the solutions? Open to anyone - 7.30 to 9.30pm at Star Anise Arts Cafe at the Painswick Inn, Gloucester Street, Stroud.

- Wednesday 11th March - Principal Speaker Derek Wall comes to Stroud: talk and events planned. Details soon on website.

-  Monday 2nd April: One Tonners at Bethesda Church, Great Norwood Street, Cheltenham at 7.00 pm . See more at:
http://theonetonners.blogspot.com/

Read more about the previous coffee house discussions at:
http://www.glosgreenparty.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=606&Itemid=96

Details of other Gloucestershire Green party meetings can be got from John Marjoram on 01453 751189

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6. QUOTES OF THE MONTH

"The time is always right to do what is right!"
Martin Luther King, Jr.

"A little rebellion now and then is a good thing."
Thomas Jefferson (Letter to James Madison, 30 Jan. 1787)

"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on going when there seemed to be no hope at all."
Dale Carnegie

"We are an oil producing country and that obligates us to take even more care of the environment-on an extreme level-and to avoid contamination, and to reduce contamination in all areas: earth, water and air."
President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, February 24, 2007.

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More details about the Gloucestershire Green party, how to join and meeting times can be got from John Marjoram on 01453 751189.

This Green news service first established on 13th November 2001. To contribute to this news service (or to subscribe or unsubscribe) - contact the editor Philip Booth on  press@glosgreenparty.org.uk