Green Party Taiwan
Taiwan Today Tree saved from developer's clutches
When a 70-year-old camphor tree on Xuzhou Road in Taipei City was about to be removed in September 2009, its long-time neighbors came to the rescue.
Take a stand for the Earth by giving the Green Party a seat in the Legislature!
You Are Cordially Invited to Tea at the Green Party Campaign Headquarters for candidate Calvin Wen in the Legislative By-election in Taipei's Sixth Constituency (Daan District)
Calvin Wen
Date: February 21, 2009 (Saturday)
Time: Tea begins at 2 p.m. (the tea will be preceded by lunch at 12:30; please let us know in advance if you wish to come to
lunch)
Place: No. 52-1 Andong St., Taipei (a one minute walk from the MRT Blue Line Jhongsiao/Fusing Station, Exit 1 -- turn right after exiting)
Contact (telephone):
(02) 2711-3901,
(02) 2711-3902
INTERVIEW:Green Party unafraid of longshot in by-election
Although the Green Party Taiwan (GPT) had originally planned to nominate US-born naturalized-Taiwanese Robin Winkler to represent the party in the legislative by-election for Taipei City’s Da-an District next month, a clause in the Nationality Act forced the GPT to name former party secretary-general Calvin Wen instead. Wen sat down with ‘Taipei Times’ staff reporter Meggie Lu last Wednesday to speak about the party’s mission and its slim chance of winning
The next global climate conference (COP 14) will be held in Poznan, Poland from 1—12 December 2008. This will be an important step in the negotiations to reach a global agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocol. The new agreement is due to be finalised in December 2009 at COP 15 in Copenhagen, Denmark. COP 15 will be a major focus for Greens globally and the Poznan meeting is an opportunity to start organising and highlighting our campaign.
At Sao Paolo we agreed on a Global Greens Declaration, Climate Change – Time for Transformation. It calls on the international community to negotiate in good faith to ensure that a binding and equitable regime for global greenhouse gas reductions, that is consistent with avoiding dangerous climate change, is agreed at COP 15 at Copenhagen in 2009 (see full text at http://plan21.globalgreens.org/node/106; english only at this stage; translations will be arranged).
The "green wedding celebration" of longstanding Green Party Taiwan supporter Chen Rui-bin was covered in the local English language media. The news was a welcome relief from the daily outpouring of urgings from the government for the nation to go on a consumer frenzy as a way of "saving the economy". Already the government has announced "consumption coupons" for every one of us 23 million Taiwanese, subsidies ranging from the equivalent of EU1150 to 2300 for people who buy new cars, and is now getting ready to seek out international loans to support plans to subsidize real estate speculation and community destruction under the guise of "urban renewal."
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