Each month, local Green Party members meet for an informal online chat, related to Green Party policy. You are invited to join us for the next discussion:

Friday 21 March, 7pm-8.30pm

Topic: local rivers

Including a short presentation from: Steve McAuliffe

Steve is one of our Arun district councillors. He is an ex-British Army Air Corps soldier and a retired ecologist, arborist and environmental management consultant. He graduated from the University of Sussex with a BSc (Hons) in Ecology and Conservation and recently attained a Master of Research Degree from the University of Brighton in Behavioural Ecology specialising in protected species legislation and anthropogenic impact mitigation. Steve also represents Arun District Council on the South Downs National Park Authority.

This event will be a chance to listen, learn and understand, not a debate.

Recommended pre-reading:

• Briefing note for Arun District Council officers (Steve McAuliffe)
• Recognising the rights of rivers (Synchronicity Earth)
• The Legal Personhood as an Instrumental Tool for Reforming the Governance of the Rhône River (Vallet, C, Bréthaut, C, and Lussault, M, in: Water 2024, 16(21), 3131)
• River Arun voluntary code of conduct (University of Sussex)
• Extra protection for rivers and streams (Arun District Council press release, 7 Feb 2025)

Our next policy discussion meetings:

• Friday 18 April, 7pm-8.30pm: TBC
• Friday 16 May, 7pm-8.30pm: TBC
• Friday 20 June, 7pm-8.30pm: TBC

Join us from the comfort of your own home, via Zoom. Please sign up to receive the link.

We choose a different area of Green policy to explore and discuss each time. Please contact us with your suggestions for future topics. This is a welcoming and respectful space to get together, and members are invited to contribute their knowledge, experience, ideas and questions.

Please also sign up here if you're interested in getting more involved with local volunteering.

Thanks for your interest and support - we look forward to seeing you soon!