Was quite annoyed to have missed the East Devon Green Party meeting in Sidmouth on Saturday. I was working at the BHBA market in Taunton, which was ridiculously quiet which had I known, would have meant I could have gone to the meeting! Grr!

I’m considering (just considering…) putting myself up for prospective parliamentary candidate for the Green Party for East Devon so would love to hear how the meeting went. Please can you add a comment below if you attended the meeting and let me know how it went, what issues came up etc?

Be lovely to get chatting with some other like minded souls in the area too. I live in between the villages of Membury and Stockland about 10 mins from Axminster & 20 mins from Honiton. I live with my husband Dan in the sticks, with our two little uns aged 4 and 7. We have a dog, 2 cats and 5 chickens. Me and the kids are veggie and we all try our best to live a bit greener than the day before. Only been a member of the Green Party for a short while, I used to vote Labour but feel they are not doing enough environmentally and horrified about their plans for nuclear power etc etc! I run several businesses, working from home.

Thanks ever so much. Look forward to chatting. Add your comment below…

Sharon

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UPDATE ON JAN 6TH 2010 Things have moved on a bit since this post on Dec 14th 2009. I’ve a new blog http://www.sharonpavey.org with details of the formation of the new East Devon Green Party.

My mother had five children and my father had five children. I am the only child, from their marriage 37 years ago. They separated when I was very small and my mother remarried having four more children. My father had several relationships also having a further four children. I have 5 half sisters – Samantha, Susan, Lorraine, Marie and Keelie. I have 3 half brothers – Thomas, Richard and Craig. We all share one parent in common!

I have two very beautiful much wanted and planned for children but unlike my prolific parents, I will not be giving birth to any more offspring. I may foster or adopt one day but will not be pregnant again. This makes me a little sad especially as I grew up thinking I too wanted a large family, but there are three very good reasons why I have made this decision not to have any more kids!

1. There are too many people in the world – see my previous blog post on the Optimum Population Trust’s Stop At Two Pledge http://www.tishtashtoys.com/blog/2009/08/i-love-my-kids/

2. I now feel a bit sorry for the two children I have, having to deal with the effects of a soaring world population and the predicted catastrophic results of increased greenhouse gases – so maybe it’s best not to inflict such an ordeal on any more human beings from my loins!

3. I grew up with 4 younger siblings and not much attention from my mother (who was single for part of my childhood). I don’t think my mother intentionally ignored me, she just seemed to be either pregnant or looking after a small (noisy!) baby for most of my childhood. I love all my siblings dearly but I don’t think most of us were planned and really thought through. My own mother recently said as much as she loves all her children, if she did it again she would only have two children, and advised me to do the same.

In my family now, there are two parents and two children so there’s always a knee to sit on or a cuddle to be had. Put even one more child in the equation and I’m not sure how we’d share ourselves and I’d be heartbroken to watch either one of my two (pictured below) ‘pushed out’. If you are a parent reading this, you will understand how there never seems to be enough hours in the day, especially if you also work full-time like I do.

If you are still reading….I would love to hear your comments. Please post below.

I’ve been asked to consider being the parliamentary candidate for East Devon for the Green Party at the upcoming General Election. As much as I’d like to think this was a reflection of how incredibly fabulous I am, it’s not…

Basically the Green Party need candidates to run for every constituency in the country. The fact is in most places they won’t stand a chance of winning BUT it’s about representation for everyone in that area who believes in true green politics and wants to get their voice heard. It will also raise the profile of the Green Party in every area where someone stands. With the next TEN years being the time we NEED to get something DONE about climate change NOW is the time to vote for your beliefs, and secure a better future for your children and your grandchildren, We CAN make a difference. We really can.

If you live in the constituency of East Devon and would like a candidate from the Green Party to stand – please pop your comments on this blog, see below. I’d love to hear from you.

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