Ruscombe Green
Blog URL http://ruscombegreen.blogspot.com/
Located Stroud, Gloucestershire United Kingdom
Tags Green, Politics, environmental
Philip Booth was elected, May 2006, as Stroud District councillor for Randwick, Ruscombe and Whiteshill. This blog covers local, national and international issues from a Green perspective.
Latest Blog Posts
- Check B4 U Pet winners from Whiteshill on Nov 23, 2009
The winners of a competition to warn children of the dangers of running up to dogs and petting them visited Ebley Mill last week to receive their prizes. The four winners of the Check B4 U Pet poster competition from Whiteshill and Longney Primary sc...
- Stroud company selling gas to build turbines on Nov 22, 2009
Ecotricity is set to use rotting food leftovers and sewage to provide a new source of "green gas" to heat our homes. From yesterday folk can register for Stroud-based Ecotricity's new tariff to buy green gas – commonly known as biogas - a...
- CRB checks: have they gone too far? on Nov 21, 2009
CRBs have been in the news recently. We have seen Philip Pullman, Michael Morpurgo and Anne Fine all announce they will not visit schools in protest against the "insulting" criminal records bureau (CRB) vetting system. Why do they object to...
- Interesting news: junk food, green beliefs and we are the deniers on Nov 20, 2009
Here are a couple of interesting articles I've been sent recently:Photo: Fuzzies near top of Ash LaneScientists claim junk food is as addictive as heroin - With the rumors swirling that Michelle Obama is a big fan of former FDA Commissioner David Kes...
- Councils must not invest taxpayers money in Airport growth on Nov 19, 2009
The more I thought about the nonsense going on over Staverton Airport the more I felt the urge to write - here is the letter I sent earlier this week:The Citizen/Echo report that Cheltenham Borough and Gloucester City Councils, who each own a 50 per...
- Freecycle, Freegle and whats going on? on Nov 19, 2009
The excellent Ecologist website carried an article recently about Freecycle - and where it all is now - you see changes have been afoot and I wasn't understanding where this Stroud Freegle came from and why that had replaced Freecycle - now all is cl...
- John Barnes will be missed on Nov 18, 2009
I was very saddened to read news of John Barnes death in the SNJ today. I've copied the article below as it captures some of the energy and passion that I also experienced in conversations with him.Photo: John at the recent Open Homes Installers fair...
