Karen Simnett

“I was born in the Buchanan hospital and grew up, went to school, work and play nearby. I’ve been a Hairdresser for twenty years; I may have cut yours.”

“I want to see our local community thrive through sustainable reinvestment in the way we buy our food and energy, how we deal with our waste and how we travel. I believe by strengthening our local economy and infrastructure we make ourselves more resilient and less vulnerable to outside and often unpredictable forces.”

“I am also a co-chair of Transition Town Hastings, a local community organization, exploring solutions to problems arising from climate change and environmental damage and expanding on the themes above to build a healthy environment to leave to our future generations.”

“In the spirit of Green Party Policy we are soon implementing a water bottle refill scheme to reduce plastic bottle waste, with an ambition to make Hastings a zero single-use plastic town.”