A GREENER WANDSWORTH: SETTING HIGH STANDARDS AND REPORTING BACK.

 LOCAL LIB DEMS CAMPAIGN FOR A GREENER WANDSWORTH 

Climate change is the single greatest threat to our way of life.

Councils, working with communities, need to be at the forefront of cutting carbon emissions, and cutting waste, if we are to protect the planet.

Liberal Democrats are leading the charge, with programmes to make whole housing estates, schools or council offices carbon neutral. We are pushing forward with new designs for housing that reduce water consumption, cut energy use, and reduce waste.

But we all want to see our environment protected on the local scale too. Our parks and green spaces, trees, gardens and public squares: these shared spaces are vital to our everyday lives.

Liberal Democrat councillors can be trusted to fight for and improve our environment - both locally and globally.

Around the country we are:

  boosting recycling rates - even in the inner cities where it’s toughest encouraging energy efficiency in buildings;

  adding cycle lanes and footpaths, with marked Safe Routes to School for children;

  promoting and investing in public transport;

  improving parks, open spaces and public footpaths, and planting trees;

  creating ‘low emission zones’ and introducing environmentally friendly buses.

Lib Dem run Newcastle is to make a 12-block housing estate a beacon project for energy efficiency. The south-facing blocks will be fitted with solar panels and micro generation turbines, in order that 90% of the energy and heat needs of the residents will be met by renewable sources - for free.

Bristol City council began a cleaner vehicles initiative, thanks to its Lib Dem leadership, with funding for conversion to LPG given to residents and businesses in June 2005.

In Islington, green spaces are at a premium so there has been more planting, more trees and bird boxes and the development of a successful Ecology Centre. Undert he Lib Dems, Eastbourne won a ‘Green Apple’ award for their innovative recycling scheme for office computers.

In Watford Lib Dems have introduced grants of up to £500 for activities like river cleans, community clean-ups, extra planting and flower shows - anything which improves the overall look of an area or which brings the community together.

In Waverley, Liberal Democrats extended kerbside collection of recyclable materials, adding 33,500 homes to the scheme within just six months of taking control -including 2,500 rural homes other parties had said couldn’t be reached.

Litter? Graffiti? Street lights out?

Southfields Liberal Democrats are conducting a survey of all residents to find out what we can do to help you. If you have not yet received one of our forms, please let us know and we will get one to you.

Our Tory councillors only seem to care about cutting local services, and there is no Labour opposition in this area. The local Lib Dem team is always here to raise the issues that matter to you.

STOP THE JUNK MAIL!

The local Lib Dem team is campaigning to get our local take-aways, taxi firms etc. to cut down on the amount of advertising they put through our doors. It’s annoying and wasteful!

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Local Lib Dems call for rethink on Southside’s High Street entrance

Before the revamp of the centre, which is at the north end of the Southfields Ward, there were seven ‘London plane’ trees standing at the front. These all had tree preservation orders on them. So far they have not been replaced there.

Local campaigner Anna Ahmed said: “Re-planting the trees would make the Wandsworth High Street entrance a much more attractive place. At the moment it looks bare and unfinished, and the general appearance of the front of the building also needs to be smartened up.”

The local Liberal Democrat team is in touch with the management of the shopping centre, and we will report back to you on developments!