Dirty, Dangerous & Expensive tour hits Lewisham

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Green Party Principal Speaker Cllr. Keith Taylor will be in the Borough of Lewisham on Thursday, 20th April, as part of a national tour, "Dirty, Dangerous and Expensive" talking about nuclear power and alternative, renewable energy sources.

The meeting will be held at St Andrew's Centre, junction of Brockley Road and Wickham Road. Starting at 7.30pm, there will be plenty of time for discussion before the 9pm finish.

Keith commented, "Tackling the threat to our future posed by climate change could, with the right political will, courage and imagination, be turned into an opportunity. We could, with a combination of a low-carbon innovation strategies and an aggressive expansion of energy efficiency, energy reduction and renewables, make the UK a leader in low-carbon technologies, with the resultant employment and regeneration pay-offs."

"Recognising the enormous objections to proceeding down the nuclear route we can live smarter, low carbon lives which are as fulfilling as we're used to. Everyone has a part to play in developing a low carbon world.I'll be promoting our Green Energy Works campaign as well as offering practical advice on how to change energy suppliers, where to get info on renewable energy generating equipment and installers. I'll be explaining the role that microgeneration can play, how combined heat and power systems can help homes toward energy self sufficiency."

Notes to Editors:

Cllr Keith Taylor became one of the Green Party's Principal Speakers in August 2004. He was the general election candidate for Brighton Pavilion in 2005, achieving 22 per cent - the Green Party's highest-ever vote in a Westminster election. He is a former local businessman who took to community activism opposing an inappropriate local development before joining the Green Party and becoming a councillor.