Catherine Rees

A graphic showing four photos from the Exeter is for Everyone celebration in the city centre on Saturday 25th October to counter a far right march. The quadrants are divided by the St George flag. The photos show people holding placards saying: "Make racism wrong again" and "Choose Love."

This is Exeter.
Today and everyday.

British.

Exciting!

A graphic which reads: We stand in solidarity. Exeter Green Party stands in solidarity with all people who are using their right to seek asylum, who may have fled violence and persecution and experienced unimaginable trauma. Exeter is a City of Sanctuary. We also stand in solidarity with all people, groups and communities who may feel unsafe or unwelcome as a result of recent rallies and protests held across the UK.

Following recent ‘freedom of speech’ rallies, protests and the increase of anti-migrant rhetoric, together with protests outside hotels in Devon housing people seeking asylum, Exeter Green Party has issued a statement of solidarity with those seeking asylum.

Huge congratulations to @zackpolanski.bsky.social this morning for stepping so decisively into the space the Labour Party has almost completely abandoned, where British voters *should* be offered a genuinely progressive alternative to conservative rule. More power to you in the years ahead Zack!

Loophole exempts 355 landowners in England from inheritance tax, data shows Chancellor urged to cancel tax break that uses scheme to register land as heritage asset and worth at least £68m

If the Chancellor wants to reform Inheritance Tax, she could start by reforming this 'heritage asset' tax loophole being exploited by grouse moors and wealthy landowners, which I investigated last year: www.theguardian.com/money/2024/o...

UN plastics treaty is being hampered by climate obstruction tactics [FREE TO READ] Conflicting interests are coming to a head as countries attempt to end the scourge of pollution

Negotiators in Geneva have two days left to produce the world’s first legally binding plastics pollution treaty. They’re facing problems that look familiar to anyone who has been to a climate COP: on.ft.com/4mH9tds

Kick Big Oil Out of Plastics Talks Fossil fuel companies want to keep flooding our home with plastic for profit. They’re trying to block action to tackle plastic pollution - we must stop them.

action.greenpeace.org.uk/plastics-fos...

Let's call on the UN to ban fossil fuel lobbyists from the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations. Companies like Shell make billions turning oil and gas into plastic - so they’re trying to sabotage the talks to protect their profits.

I'm with the Greens and excited to vote for @zackpolanski.bsky.social - a powerful and skilled voice for nature and human nature!

⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party.

🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.

London’s low-traffic zones ‘cut deaths and injuries by more than a third’ Exclusive: Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods

A study of 113 low traffic zones in London shows the huge positive difference they can make.
🏘️ 600+ road injuries and 100 deaths prevented.
🛣️ No observable change in casualties or traffic levels in bordering roads.
💚We need #Exeter and other towns & cities to benefit from safer streets too.

Germany: Court Confirms Civil Liability for Corporate Climate Harms (Brussels, May 28, 2025) – In a landmark ruling advancing efforts to hold major polluters accountable for transnational climate-related harms, on May 28 a German court concluded that a corporation can...

BREAKING: German court paves way for accountability for global climate harms

In a groundbreaking ruling the court confirmed corporate GHG emitters can no longer hide behind borders, politics, or scale to escape responsibility.

#ClimateJustice

Read @ClimateRights statement👇
cri.org/germany-cour...

Thank you @righttoroam.bsky.social @thestarsareous.uk for fighting for our freedom to connect with nature and sleep under the stars #Dartmoor

A graphic with an inlaid photo of campaigners on Dartmoor overlaid with text "The Right to Wild Camp on Dartmoor has been upheld. Now we extend that right." On the right of the graphic is a thumbnail image of Green councillor in Heavitree Catherine Rees and a quote: "I hope this is a turning point and the government now passes a Right to Roam Act, to protect and extend public rights of responsible access to nature across England."

🥳A win for all those who want to wild camp on #Dartmoor and those who support the right to do so.

Wonderful news!

We have tripled the number of Green County Councillors in Devon ... congratulations to all 💚

Pagans have a strong connection to the natural world and see it as sacred, also believing in the interconnectedness of all things ... the opposite of Trump. I would agree however that living in Trump's world is exhausting; it feels psychologically unsafe. We do indeed need to feed our souls.

An image of Green Party councillors, candidates and campaigners holding up posters reading "I'm voting Green." Emblazoned across the top of the image is: Greens on course to win more seats than Labour in Devon.

Today we welcome @zackpolanski.bsky.social deputy leader of the Green Party to #Exeter
He'll find us in buoyant mood. After the local elections on Thursday we expect to have more Devon County councillors than ever before and more than Labour.

Small images of all nine Exeter Green Party candidates standing in the Devon County Council elections on 1st May.

We are standing in every division in #Exeter in the Devon County Council elections on 1st May.
#VoteGreen #GetGreensElected
Read about your candidate here: exeter.greenparty.org.uk/home/county-...

A graphic showing sewage spilling into a river with the text: Take South West Water into public ownership.

✋Let's stop rewarding South West Water for failure.
🚽It's time to flush this failed experiment with privatisation down the drain.
💩With its disgusting record on sewage spills and eye-watering bills this water company should be front of the queue for nationalisation.

"I know there are many trans and non-binary people who will be feeling deeply worried today, caught in the midst of a media storm as they try to simply live their lives. To those people, I say: please know that I stand with you - today, tomorrow and always. The Green Party continues to support a policy of self-ID to allow trans people to live full lives free from harassment in the gender they know themselves to be. The judge emphasised in his speech that trans people are still protected under the law, but it is for government to now demonstrate how this will be achieved. I will work closely with human rights and LGBTIQA+ groups to understand the consequences of this ruling, and will not hesitate to press for changes in legislation if it is needed to protect the human rights of all.” - Carla Denyer MP, Green Party Co-leader - MP Bristol Central

I know there are many trans and non-binary people who will be feeling deeply worried today, caught in the midst of a media storm as they try to simply live their lives. Please know that I stand with you - today, tomorrow and always.

My statement in response to the Supreme Court ruling today:

How is this possible in the UK? Truly shocking.

Rock Idols: a guide to Dartmoor in 28 tors is out in April. It’s been a joy to research and put together with my husband Alex who has produced some extraordinary and beautiful drawings of the tors. @visitdartmoor.bsky.social @dartmoorac.bsky.social @dpadartmoor.bsky.social @dartmoorcollective.org

YouTube video by Greens Organise We’re taking the FIGHT to REFORM

👏"The real threat to our way of life is not arriving in small boats. It's flying overhead in private jets."

💚"Real hope and real change does not trickle down from the top. It rises up."

👀Watch and be inspired.
#VoteGreen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgu5...

What’s in the millions of tonnes of sludge sprayed on to farmland? The answer won’t make you happy | George Monbiot Thanks to breathtaking negligence, the liquid fertiliser used to help grow our food bubbles with a lethal cocktail of toxins, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

A gobsmacking story. Water companies let toxic waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. The sewage sludge is then spread, untested, on farmland, potentially poisoning vast areas, entire ecosystems and the people (you and me) eating the food.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Green peer Jenny Jones (third from left, front) with Green Party councillors and members and supporters (ten people in all) standing by the River Exe at Exeter Quay.

💚 Delighted to welcome Green peer @greenjennyjones.bsky.social to #Exeter on #InternationalWomensDay
🏞 She's told us about her work on river pollution & many other areas.
💪 Green peers are officially the hardest working peers in the Lords.

Breaking: 200-strong Climate Choir stages flashmob in St Paul's Cathedral, demanding that @churchofengland.org - a top ten UK landowner - #rewild 30% of its land.

Nature is in crisis. Time to #RewildTheChurch!
@wildcard.land
#ChurchofEngland #nature #wildlife #choir #climate #whatwouldjesusdo

Powerful 'flashmob' in St Paul's Cathedral today, asking the church to rewind it's vast lands to protect species and improve biodiversity #climatechoirmovement #climatechoir #biodiversity