The Green World Trust have been in existence for about 3 years. We see our principal task to be that of promoting public awareness of the true nature of the major threats to the survival of the human race, the need to change the way we live and use these precious resources in order to have any real future, and the ways we can support each other in making this change.

We want to encourage groups to start everywhere, without people being prevented through limited resources of time or money. We particularly support the “Transition Towns” initiative as a means of bringing about the lifestyle changes which will make it possible to re-introduce a more localized economy and cope with the reduction in available energy.

Whilst much of our work is of global importance, we are also very involved with the imminent and long-term problems of the local area, in particular the threat of total submergence of the Somerset levels due to sea-level rises that are certain to occur with the melting of the Polar ice-caps. We firmly support the proposal to build the Severn Barrage and equally firmly believe that it should be constructed between Minehead and Aberthaw so that it can be used to protect the lowlands from flooding, as well as having the capability of providing as much electrical generating power as 12 to 16 nuclear power stations. All that without the need for the use of the dwindling supply of Uranium and without producing “dirty” waste material that has the potential to create even greater and longer lasting pollution.

Other works that we have been involved with include the presentation to the Government of an integrated transport scheme for the whole of England and a new-build housing plan to increase the number of low-rent, affordable homes. The latter scheme was taken up by the housing minister at the time and put into operation by several Councils.