Winter festival social events

December 9th, 2008

Save Swallows Wood campaign

December 11th (Thursday) - Join us for our first official Save Swallow’s Wood Christmas Party, including mulled wine, the Great Big Christmas Quiz with a great prize of a completely organic Unicorn Grocery hamper at stake, and live music too! 8pm start at the The Bulls Head, Tintwistle  (map).

Tameside Green Party

Your presence is welcome and wished for at the

Tameside Green Party’s Christmas Social

Upstairs at the Q Bar in Stalybridge, nr the Train Station.

It is Free (ideally everyone brings a bite to eat)

It Starts at 8pm on Saturday, 13th December.

Any of your personal guests are most welcome.


Save the Woodhead Tunnel Campaign

7,00pm, Sunday 28th December 2008
- Film showing and Christmas Party
‘The Navigators’ a film by Ken Loach

…followed by StWT mid-winter party, alcoholic refreshments available
At the Partington Theatre, Henry Street, Glossop
Price: donation on the door
Celebrate a year of the Save the Woodhead Tunnel campaign.
Film runs for 70 mins.
With thanks to the Peak Film Society

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Tameside Greens attend Climate Change Demo

December 9th, 2008

On saturday 6th December, Christine Clark and nigel Rolland from Tameside Greens travelled down to London along with a coach full of kindred spirits including Manchester Greens to attend the 5th annual Climate Change Demo.

It was a bright but cold day as we congregated at the entrance of Grosvenor square adjacent to the Italian Embassy, at the opposite end to the awesome dominant US Embassy.

The demonstration march finished on the grassed area in Parliament Square as demonstrators mingled around the campsite of stalwart peace protester Brian Haw, the party was kicked of by lively protest songs from folk rock band “Seize the day”.

The speakers included Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats,  Caroline Lucas, leader of the Green Party, who spoke about a New Green Deal, and that we need to do more than demonstrate, that we need to take direct action to bring about positive change while John MacDonald, the Labour MP whose constituency includes Heathrow, spoke passionately about the building alliance between climate campaigners and his constituents who were resisting Heathrow airport’s expansion.

Speakers included Kisty Wright from the World Development Movement speaking on ‘No New Coal’, Almuth Ernsting from Biofuelwatch on the damage caused by agrofuels, Jonathan Neal from CCC on a Green New Deal, Mark Dowd from Operation Noah, Muzammal Hussain from the London Islamic Network for the Environment, Korshed Alam an activist from Bangladesh, Mel from the Climate Camp, Matthew Williams from the UK Youth climate Coalition, and finally Phil Thornhill, the National Coordinator of Climate Change Campaign.

We protested yesterday demanding meaningful action on climate from world leaders and their representatives at the Poznan Climate Talks.

The demonstration was part of a   Global Day of Action  in which around 70 countries were involved - for more information see

Brian Haw’s lone vigil is joined by Climate change demo

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National Climate March Saturday December 6th 2008

November 12th, 2008

Tameside Green Party will be supporting the National Climate March Saturday December 6th 2008

We will March on Parliament to demand that the government acts on climate now !
Part of a Global Day of Action - see www.globalclimatecampaign.org
- last year 70+ countries were involved !

The march this year goes to Parliament Square to demand that the government act now on climate. The march will start at Speakers Corner, Hyde Park - assemble 12 noon. Full schedule here

Speakers will include Nick Clegg (leader Liberal Democrat Party), Caroline Lucas (leader, Green party), Michael Meacher (ex-Environment Minister) and George Monbiot (Honorary President, Campaign against Climate Change).

The march will be preceeded by a climate protest bike ride starting from Lincoln’s Inn Fields at 10.30 am: see more here.
The March on Parliament has four main themes -
1) NO to a 3rd runway at Heathrow and the runaway expansion in aviation expansion.
2) NO new coal - no new coal-fired power stations as planned at eg Kingsnorth in Kent
3) NO to the expansion of agrofuels - with negative impacts on forests, the climate and world food supply.
4) YES to a renewable energy revolution and green jobs - a “Green new Deal”
Come with your own banners, costumes etc on one of these themes (if you fancy !) and join up with others pushing that theme……

The March on Parliament for the Climate marks the Saturday midway through the UN Climate Talks in Poznan, Poland and we make our demands on the UK government in solidarity with the world’s poorest and most vulnerable communities that will suffer worst and most immediately from climate change caused overwhelmingly by the rich long-industrialised countries.

We need the government to act now on climate, to stop building coal-fired power stations and new runways - and to begin the renewable energy revolution. We need a tidal wave of people outside parliament to make them act to stop climate catastrophe now ! Be part of that tidal wave, be there ! Next year may be too late.

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Tameside Green Party welcomes Professor Chris Turney to Tameside

November 12th, 2008

Tameside Green Party welcomes Professor Chris Turney to Tameside and some of us are intending to attend the talk being given by Chris at the Ashton Central Library, Old Street, Ashton-under-lyne, on Thursday 13th November at 7.00 pm.

Chris is visiting Tameside as part of the ‘big science read’ which is a series of events taking place in public libraries around greater manchester. You can find more details details of all these events on www.bigscienceread.org

Professor Chris Turney will be speaking about his new book Ice, Mud and Blood : Lessons from Climates Past which is a look at past climate change and what it means
for the future. It will be of interest to students taking modules on past climates and the environment.

Professor Chris Turney Author of Ice, Mud and Blood: Lessons from Climates Past

‘A sobering and vividly told tale.’ New Scientist

‘It has been an exciting time to be a scientist working in this area, and Chris Turney’s book Ice, Mud and Blood conveys that excitement wonderfully.’ Nature

‘Written with humour and personal flair, Ice, Mud and Blood is a must-read for anyone concerned about the issues we face as we get closer and closer to the tipping point, when the effects of climate change will be unstoppable.’ inthenews.co.uk

‘A great read on a critically important subject. Turney’s best book yet
Prof. Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers

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