Cornwall’s Green Party is calling for people of all parties to see the general election result as a call to arms to defend our climate and reform our “dysfunctional” electoral system. Karen La Borde, who stood for the Green Party in Camborne and Redruth, said: “The real losers at this election are our climate and […]
Month: December 2019
Cornwall Green Party candidates call for voters to remember our natural world on 12 December
Candidates for the Green Party in Cornwall today called for a ‘New Deal for Nature’ and appealed to voters to remember Cornwall’s natural environment and the threats it faces. Collin Harker, Green Party candidate for St Austell and Newquay said: “Our wonderful natural environment is Cornwall’s most precious resource – it’s vital for our common […]
My Green Story – Karen La Borde
My Green Story – Karen La Borde Green Party candidate for Camborne & Redruth My husband and I set up our first business when I was 27. It was a small engineering company which serviced the garment manufacture industry. When the industry moved abroad to places like Vietnam, Morocco and Bangladesh, we decided to semi-retire. […]
My Green Story – Tom Scott
My Green Story – Tom Scott Tom Scott – Green Party Parliamentary Candidate for Truro & Falmouth I first became involved in environmental campaigning about 18 years ago, when my four-year-old daughter was nearly killed by a 4X4 mounting the pavement in Market Street in Falmouth. It was one of those big, shiny “urban tractors” […]