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Green Councillors will work towards:
Having Islanders represented on CalMac's Board and other public bodies, to provide vital lived experience in decision making and service provision. Lifelines are called so for a reason; they provide vital links and services to the Western Isles. Therefore, it is only right that representatives from the communities who depend on them have a say in how the services are run.
Support Local Air Traffic Control operating in the Highlands & Islands. We will continue to support the Trade Unions in their negotiations with HIAL to keep locally based approaches to Air Traffic Control in the Highlands and Islands. We will continue to fight against the downgrading of Benbecula Airport.
Fight for more Affordable Warm Homes for local people, particularly good quality homes for rent.
Improving active travel and public transport including free travel for U22’s on our ferry network. Ferries are islanders' buses!
Policies and projects which address the climate crisis, provide good jobs, and create a people-centred just transition to the new economy.
Going beyond recycling, to build the circular economy.
What you need… where you want it. A new Green vision for island communities.
WHAT WE STAND FOR
We are part of an international political movement, guided by the principles of Environmental, Social and Economic Justice. We push for local control, radical participatory democracy, cooperation and peaceful means to achieve these goals.
Our core principles and values are:
Ecological Wisdom
Social Justice
Participatory Democracy
Non-Violence
Environmental Sustainability
Respect for Diversity
Our purpose is to get Green representatives elected at all levels, to promote Green policies when elected; and to work with others to build a stronger, more resilient and confident society, with a self-sustaining economy in a diverse and flourishing Highlands and Islands environment.
Whatever challenges being in government throws at us, you can know that we will always make decisions that stay true to these values.
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