In a recent letter to the Totnes Times, Green Party Parliamentary Candidate Lydia Somerville highlights our vulnerability due to our dependence on motorised transport for our basic needs.

Dr Paul Connett, international expert on waste incineration, delivered a damning presentation on the proposal to build an Incineration Waste Plant near Ivybridge.

Watching Tony Blair and others give 'evidence' during the Iraq inquiry was yet another powerful reminder of just how badly out of touch the Labour Party are with what people think is important.

South Devon Green Party councillors and parlimentary candidates are demanding safer streets for cyclists by beginning a cycle safety campaign in South Devon to demand that cycle lane should measure 1.5 metres as an absolute minimum.

Obsession with GDP as a measure of how good people feel is losing its grip against concerns for welfare and sustainability, reports Ashley Seager and Heather Stewart in The Observer.

Lydia Somerville writes: In the current frenzy of climate statistics and with almost weekly reports urging us to eat less meat and dairy, do we have to be vegan to be Green? I don't think so.

The Green Party in Ivybridge will host their first Green Drinks on Sunday 11th January at Julie's Cafe, Glanville Mill.

Lydia Somerville, parliamentary candidate for Totnes at the next General Election, boarded a special train on Saturday 5th December to join the Wave march in London along with thousands of others, seeking to convince decision-makers to take more urgent action on climate change.