Spring Seed Swap, Sow, Grow & Food Fair

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garden peasTransition Worthing’s (5th) Spring Seed Swap, Sow, Grow & Food fair at Oak Grove College, Worthing.

Date: 8th February    Time: 12.00 – 16.00 hrs.

Sussex Green Living’s 100% recycled stand, Pedro and his recycled robots will be there, playing green games and giving ideas as to how people can lead a greener life. Read more

Importance of play

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Outdoor PlayI have just read a really interesting article stressing the importance of play for children, where the author Dr Peter Gray compares human children to Carnivores and herbivores!  He says “There is a desperate need to give childhood back to children if we want our offspring to have happy productive and moral lives. We must allow more time for play not less, are you listening Michael Gove Secretary of State for Education”.

 

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Alternative ways to stay warm this winter

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As we bid farewell to the warming comforts of mulled wine and mince pies, we move into what is turning out to be the wettest and windiest New Year’s months. With the weather looking to stay as dreary and cold for the foreseeable weeks and months ahead, we are still faced with the burden of keeping our homes heated.

Learn how to stay warm and save money…..

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Film – Project Wild Thing coming to Worthing

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Worthing is on the map!  The Project Wild Thing film is coming to Sussex on 6th March! Project Wild Thing is a movement to get more kids (and their folks!) outside and reconnecting with nature.

 

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Quakers supporting recycling

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Quakers supporting recycling – article

Money saving green home new year resolutions

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Simple livingAdopting one of these green new year resolutions or as many of them as possible, will help the environment and your wallet. Just making these changes could save you £1167 a year, read on.

 

 

 

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Happy New Year!

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recycled robotsTo all the Sussex Green Living followers, we wish you a happy New Years Eve.  When making your New Years resolutions please make at least one green!  Tomorrow we will post a list of suggestions for you to consider, print off and impliment when you are sobber!

Have a safe and fun evening……. With love from Pedro, Ronny the Recycling Robot, Landfill Larry, Bottle Top Bob, the TerraCycle Tiger and Tiny Tips xxx

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Fake v real Christmas Trees. Which is greener?

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Christmas trees

Our trees, our planet, our future.

In recent years the overall sale of real trees has declined in both the UK and US suggesting that perhaps, as environmental awareness increases, people are opting for the more eco-friendly tree. The producers of both will argue a strong case for their businesses but there are a lot of factors to take in to account when comparing them.  Which one is greener …..

 

 

 

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Recycled dispatch

Quakers support for recycling

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Quakers support for recycling – article

Sussex getting greener!

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Horsham Quaker launchHorsham Quakers and the William Penn Primary School unite

Sussex Green Living with the help of Horsham Quakers and local residents launched a third recycling collection point in Horsham, last Saturday (7th Dec) at their monthly Green Coffee Morning and Mini Market.  This scheme will enable the people of Horsham to divert specific landfill waste resources into a recycling scheme financially benefiting the William Penn Primary School in Coolham. This is fantastic green community collaboration between the Horsham Quakers and the William Penn School which is a unique primary school with a Quaker foundation.  Read more

Water contamination and fracking

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Fracking BalcombeAward winning Sussex and Amazon based environmentalist Nicola Peel writes about fracking, water pollution and action we can take to protect our water supply…..

I read that “Water UK has found that potential risks to water from fracking can be avoided with the right rules and regulations in place”. So Water UK can prevent cement from ever cracking?  If so well they need to communicate with the companies in the USA and Australia that are having terrible problems. Read more

Winner of Campaigner of the Year from Sussex!

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PEA Award 2013

26th November 2013…We are very proud to announce that West Sussex born and breed environmentalist Nicola Peel has just been just won the PEA (Peoples Environment Award) for Campaigner of the Year 2013.

The PEA Awards recognise people and companies from across Britain who are making a difference to the green agenda. Read more

Launch of SeedPod Eco-Gift Subscriptions for Christmas

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sweetcornSeedPod, a local start-up that helps people to grow their own vegetables, has just this week (06.12.13) launched special Christmas gift subscription option on their website.

Having launched earlier this Autumn, SeedPod is already enabling hesitant novice gardeners to grow their own food without prior knowledge, while also making homegrowing simpler and more convenient for those with experienced green fingers. Read more

Biscuit wrapper recyclers

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Biscuit wrapper recyclingCongratulations!

Together with the top 20 collectors on the McVitie’s Biscuit Wrapper Roundup, the William Penn Primary School with the help of Sussex Green Living and other competitors have saved over 47,000 Biscuit Wrappers from landfill!  Read more

Business Matters Awards

Business Matters Award

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Business Matters Award ceremony results

Philippine Community Fund logo

Green gifts for the Philippines

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Green gifts for the Philippines – article

Buy Green Xmas presents – Philippine fundraising

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Philippine Community Fund logoHorsham Quakers Green Coffee MorningHorsham Quakers

Saturday 7th December
Time: 10 – 12 noon

Coffee and cakes courtesy of the Horsham Quakers.  

Location: Quaker Meeting House, Worthing Road, Horsham, RH12 1SL.

The Sussex Green Living  recycled stand will be there selling beautiful merchandise made by ex landfill families in Manila, Philippines, the perfect Christmas presents. Read more

Gardeners: Leave Your Leaves

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leaf recyclingDo not rake up the leaves in your garden, let the best recyclers do their job!  This is a busy time of year for earthworms. And resisting the temptation to tidy away Autumn leaves not only feeds these subterranean creatures but fertilizes the soil, making them one of the gardener’s best friends. Read more

Junior Navigation Course

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Children exploring natureA great opportunity this half term to get the children outside, exploring and learning essential navigation skills. Pied A Terre Adventures are running one of their popular Junior Navigation Course for 8 to 12 year olds on Monday 28th October 2013 at Devils Dyke.   Read more

Bottle top recycling success story

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Milk bottle tops

Written by Martin Cooke…..

I have coordinated the collection and then sale of milk bottle tops at St Paul’s Church for over 7 years, on behalf of the church’s “eco-group”. In that time GHS recycling Ltd (at Hilsea) has bought nearly £1,400 Read more

William Penn School 13th in National biscuit wrapper recycling competition

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Biscuit wrapper recycling postersHot news…. William Penn Primary School comes 13th in a UK wide biscuit wrapper recycling competition!

Sussex Green Living have been working with the William Penn Primary School in Coolham to launch and establish their TerraCycle recycling schemes, more information can be seen here. One of the waste resources they can recycle is sweet biscuit wrappers. The recycling scheme is sponsored by Mc Vitie’s, here are the competition results from TerraCycle……

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Going Green Family Style

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Green familiesGoing green is something we all should do, not just us as individuals, but as whole families. We’re not talking Saint Patrick’s Day or yard beautification. We’re talking about energy conservation, renewable energy, recycling and sustainable living.

Going green as a family is not only good for the environment, but it can also end up being excellent for your long-term bottom-line. Want to know more? Here are some great tips to get you started. Read more

Biscuit wrapper recycling competition

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School recyclingSussex Green Living is competing in the UK wide Biscuit Wrapper Recycling competition, the beneficiary being the William Penn Primary School in Coolham.  This competition is to see who can save the most used sweet biscuit wrappers (and brand) from landfill.  At the time of writing this blog we were 18th in the UK.  With a final push over the next 3 weeks we could be in with a chance of winning anything between £250 – £20 for the school, plus save all those biscuit wrappers from landfill.

 

 

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We won the Business Matters Going Green Award!

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Press Release…..Take One Productions (UK) Ltd‘s CSR initiative Sussex Green Living won the GOING GREEN AWARD for the second year running.  Petro our mascot frog was excited to win the award he says “Its a great way to spread the green word that we all need to live greener, leaner and more sustainably”.

Many thanks JP South Events and JSPC Computer Services Ltd for a fantastic evening at the Business Matters Awards Ceremony at the Copthorne Hotel Effingham on 13th September 2013.  A great evening was had by all!  This now qualifies us for the Southern Business Awards taking place at The Grand Hotel in Brighton on 27th September.  The main sponsor is JSPC Computer Services and the sponsor of Going Green Gemini Brighton, impressively eco friendly printer and designers.

We want you, the people of Sussex, to take some ownership of  www.sussexgreenliving.co.uk.  Forward your suggestions for events, videos, parks and green spaces etc to be added to “your” site.

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What is an Arboricultural Survey?

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Tree surveyIf you’ve tried searching for ‘what is an arboricultural survey’ before the release of this article then you’ll have noticed there is quite literally nothing on the internet about it. Despite there being lots of environmental organisations that advertise their abilities to perform arboricultural surveys around the UK not a single one explains what one is on their website. Read more