Green News

Breaking news: government must ban oil drilling

20 April 2021

78% cut in CO2 emissions means there must be a ban on all fossil fuel extraction, including the Isle of Wight

Operation Rural Vote

20 April 2021

Help get Greens elected in our rural areas on the Isle of Wight

Island theatre performer stands for Green councillor

12 April 2021

Whilst the theatres are closed Nathan Stubbings, 18, turned his attention to environmental campaigning

CPRE and Green Party have say on housing targets

10 April 2021

Green councillors would oppose inappropriate development which encroached on our countryside and led to a loss of wildlife habitats.

Conservative plans for Newport lack ambition

07 April 2021

Whilst Greens encourage residents to live above shops and in our town centres, we also value the essential social and economic roles which our town centres fulfil for the whole Island to be able to meet, browse, enjoy and take an active part in Island life.

Isle of Wight Green Party release 'For Our Future' Vision

07 April 2021

Entitled ‘For Our Future’ the document outlines five key areas which Green candidates at Town, Parish and County levels will be campaigning on in the coming weeks: our local economy, our community, our recovery, our education and our environment.

Universal Basic income placard illustration

Universal basic income could help end the lockdown and create a fairer, more equal society

03 May 2020

There would be real peace of mind, as well as moral benefit, if you knew everyone in the UK had the basic resources to put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads.

Panel at the Isle of Wight Green Party's Housing event

Green 2021 - Housing

09 April 2020

On the 7th March, the Isle of Wight Green Party hosted it’s first in a series of public events, leading up to the 2021 Council Elections. The first event would focus on housing. Four local Green Party councillors were invited to speak on a panel about various aspects of housing on the Island.

Public land being given to fake companies with offshore links

04 December 2019

Planning permission for the controversial housing estate of 165 properties on publicly-owned greenfield land known as Crossways, outside East Cowes, has been applied for by 'iWight Developments'. New research by the Isle of Wight Green Party has discovered that there is no such registered company or partnership with this name.