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Carrie Cort

About Carrie Cort

My name is Carrie Cort, I set up Sussex Green Living out of concern for the way we humans are treating the planet which sustains us. With motherhood in 2008 came concern about environmental sustainability and a burning desire to learn how we can live more environmentally friendly lifestyles, in harmony with nature.

I have always had a passion for the countryside, animals and the natural environment. Most of my career has been spent in marketing and communications, mainly within education and the landbased industries, latterly using the power of video communications. In an effort to help create a climate for change I decided to use my knowledge and digital skills to share ideas which anyone can adopt, saving money and the planet.

I’m not an expert, just an ordinary person who is on a greening journey and wanting to pass on what I’ve learnt to others. Let’s all make some simple changes, become more resilient and try to lead simpler, less materialistic and consumerist way of life.

Entries by Carrie Cort

FREE wind-related craft activities during half term

October 17, 2019/in Children & nature, Climate change, Events, Green art & games/by Carrie Cort

October Half Term 2019 FREE Activities at Rampion Windfarm Visitor Centre Rampion Windfarm Visitors Centre will be running FREE wind-related craft activities throughout the October half term week from Mon 28th Oct to Friday 1st Nov. 10am – 3pm each day, as well as having information and videos for adults to learn more about Rampion. Fun […]

Ludicrous contradiction in Evening Standard

October 14, 2019/in Children & nature, Climate change, Eco News/by Carrie Cort

Letter to the editor of the Evening Standard….. After reading yesterdays paper I was shocked by the contradictions. On one page I read how “Quarter of London’s parks and playgrounds break the limits on filthy air with dangerous concentrations of nitrogen dioxide. The EU safe limit in accordance with the World Health Organisation is an […]

Stunning single use plastic stats!

October 11, 2019/in Eco News, Recycling, Single use plastic/by Carrie Cort

We are really excited to share our latest stats and facts showing the impacts of our single-use plastic recycling scheme, which was launched in 2012 in partnership with TerraCycle. In the early days Carrie the founder of Sussex Green Living and her young son Adam sorted and dispatched the recycling, now we have about 20 […]

Climate Change Public Forum in Pulborough

September 30, 2019/in Climate change, Eco News, Events/by Carrie Cort

Climate Change – A discussion and debate about this burning subject. Speakers are drawn from CPRE Sussex, the Arun to Adur Farm Clusters, The Sussex Wildlife Trust and Sussex Green Living. Date: Friday 18th October Time: 7pm Venue: Pulborough Village Hall, Swan View, Pulborough RH20 2BF Free with tea and sandwiches in the interval The […]

Are your clothes really causing climate change?

September 27, 2019/in Climate change, Eco News, Events, Recycling, Sustainable Fashion/by Carrie Cort

Now how is it that clothes are causing climate change? …..Where in the world are your clothes made?  Take a look through your drawers and cupboard to find out! In the 1980s lots of clothes manufacturers decided they wanted to copy some of the big expensive brands, however to ensure they sold more and more […]

Pre-loved clothes sale in Horsham

September 27, 2019/in Climate change, Eco News, Events, Green Suppliers, Recycling, Sustainable Fashion/by Carrie Cort

  Did you know the second most polluting industry is the fast fashion industry? Learn more about the problems in this blog ‘Are your clothes really causing climate change? We are delighted to announce a local solution….in partnership with our friends at One World Living and our great volunteers, we are running a pre-loved clothes […]

Horsham community step up to the Climate Crisis

September 12, 2019/in Climate change, Eco News, Events/by Carrie Cort

PRESS RELEASE With climate change in the news daily, heatwaves, the hottest July date ever recorded, wettest August and now the Amazon ablaze, who would blame people to despair. Help is at hand to Horsham District residents, on the first Saturday of every month at the Horsham Repair Café. Not only do the volunteers offer […]

Help with climate emergency work and maybe win £25k

September 11, 2019/in Climate change, Eco News/by Carrie Cort

Community groups whose work benefits residents of the Horsham District have been invited to sign up to benefit from the new Horsham District Community Lottery. So Sussex Green Living and one of our outreach initiatives the Horsham Repair Cafe have signed up! Ticket sales are now open, 60p from every £1 ticket will go to […]

Environmental art and message ocean bomb Horsham District

July 26, 2019/in Climate change, Eco News, Events, Green art & games, Green Suppliers, Single use plastic/by Carrie Cort

Horsham District was bombarded with environmental art and activity on Saturday 6th July. Volunteers from the Horsham Repair Café and Sussex Green Living, an environmental awareness and educational network, provided a dazzling array of ‘environmentally friendly’ stalls at their second Share, Care and Repair Fair, this year within Horsham Market. It was part of the Horsham […]

Time to Act as Sussex Leads the way on Climate pledges

July 26, 2019/in Climate change, Eco News/by Carrie Cort

The Countryside Charity, CPRE Sussex is calling for people to respond to an opportunity to help their local Councils work out how to deal with the Climate Emergency. Sussex councils are leading the way on Climate pledges in the South East according to information compiled by the South East Climate Alliance (SECA). More councils have […]

Plastic food packaging. We need your help!!!

July 16, 2019/in Eco News, Recycling, Single use plastic/by Carrie Cort

  Do you know which items are recycled with our “TerraCycle” schemes ? We wish we could recycle all the plastic food packaging you have kindly donated however there are clear guidelines on which items will be accepted under the free TerraCyle recycling schemes that we are registered to.  Our small team of volunteers are […]

Single-use plastic recycling stats

July 15, 2019/in Eco News, Recycling, Single use plastic/by Carrie Cort

Wow since December the general public have collected 25,136 crisp packets, thanks to our green team of volunteers who sort and dispatch this recycling! Our volunteers include the A Team from Leachpool School in Horsham, who collect from their school, K2 leisure centre in Crawley and The Pavillions leisure centre in Horsham. We work with […]

Climate Action procession in Billingshurst

May 29, 2019/in Climate change, Eco News, Events/by Carrie Cort

Want to join a climate action procession to express the urgent need for people to make changes to their lives to reduce the effects for climate change? Want your children to inherit a healthy planet? Join us as we march for the third year running for ‘The Future We Want – LESS C02’ and climate […]

Make your home more planet friendly

March 24, 2019/in Climate change, Eco News, Green Suppliers/by Carrie Cort

Save Resources – And Money – With Sustainable Living Developed nations now consume an estimated 16 tons of minerals, ores, fossil fuels, and biomass per capita every year, meaning that we are consuming Earth’s resources at an entirely unsustainable rate. Though this may seem a daunting fact, you can make a difference in your Sussex home by […]

Buzzing Products Healthy Lifestyles

March 22, 2019/in Children & nature, Eco News/by Carrie Cort

Rainbow Brands: Buzzing Products Healthy Lifestyles We are delighted to be featured on Sussex Green Living it is doing great work to inspire more smarter environmentally friendly living and it certainly shares our ethos to help bring about this positive change in our communities.

Climate Emergency – please can you help us?

March 18, 2019/in Climate change, Eco News, Events, Recycling, Single use plastic/by Carrie Cort

Dear Horsham and West Sussex residents, Climate change news is everywhere. It seems too bigger problem for many people and is the greatest environmental threat humanity has ever faced, but you can do something. Here are some ways in West Sussex and Horsham you can help…..

Caring for clothes & planet events

February 26, 2019/in Climate change, Eco News, Events, Green Suppliers, Recycling, Sustainable Fashion/by Carrie Cort

During the first half of 2019 Sussex Green Living and the Horsham Repair Cafe are out and about, inpiring people to ‘make do and mend’, remake, repair, repatch and basically love the clothes and materials around them. Come and learn long lost skills of sewing, patches, repairing buttons, clothes etc. Learn about fast fashion and […]

Kinder Living event in Horsham

February 23, 2019/in Climate change, Eco News, Events, Green Suppliers/by Carrie Cort

We are going to be at the Kinder Living Home Show on Saturday 2nd (10-4pm) and Sunday 3rd (10-4pm) March 2019, with Sussex Green Living displays and a pop-up Horsham Repair Cafe come along and see us. What is the Kinder Living Home Show?

Press release: World SOS Climate Emergency Day Horsham meeting

February 14, 2019/in Climate change, Eco News, Events/by Carrie Cort

Tsunami of support for Councils in South East to declare Climate emergency

Councils across the South East of England are being urged to declare a ‘Climate Emergency’, after a ground-breaking meeting in Horsham on Saturday 2nd February. Held to mark World S.O.S. Climate Emergency Day, the meeting brought together for the first time environmental groups from 11 towns from Surrey, and East and West Sussex. Over 126 people aged from 10 to 80 were present. The venue had to be changed three times to accommodate the surge of interest, and took place finally in Horsham’s Unitarian Church.

World S.O.S. Climate Emergency meeting

January 30, 2019/in Climate change, Eco News, Events/by Carrie Cort

PRESS RELEASE UNITED WE STAND On Saturday 2nd February at 1.15pm a S.O.S. Climate Emergency Day Meeting is taking place in Horsham Library, the Quaker Meeting House Unitarian Church now due to increasing numbers, open to the general public. In attendance will be people from environmental groups from Horsham, Steyning, Worthing, Chichester, Hassocks, Hurstpierpoint, Keymer […]

Ethical & sustainable clothes detector game & lessons

December 14, 2018/in Children & nature, Climate change, Eco News/by Carrie Cort

This award winning ethical and sustainable clothes detector invention and game is teaching children and adults alike about the link between fast fashion and climate change.  Through our environmental education programme this year the invention has visited 40 primary schools in West Sussex, where we delivered free assemblies and lessons. We have also used the […]

No do NOT make eco bricks!

November 12, 2018/in Climate change, Eco News, Recycling/by Carrie Cort

Here at SGL headquarters we are contacted time and time again about whether we could be a drop off location for eco bricks, our response is always NO NO NO. Eco bricks have been around for years, they were first developed to deal with flexible single use plastics and plastic bottles in countries which did […]

Climate change education webinar

October 30, 2018/in Children & nature, Climate change, Events/by Carrie Cort

On Friday 26th October I was invited to deliver a Climate Reality webinar with other Climate Reality Leaders from around the globe, who are interested in climate change education in schools. During the seminar I shared the ‘Inspiring climate education collaboration’ which I launched last October and achievements within primary education. Over the last year […]

Whose waste is it anyway? Event in Brighton

October 8, 2018/in Climate change, Eco News, Events, Green Suppliers, Recycling/by Carrie Cort

Whose waste is it anyway? Is a new event taking place at the Brighthelm Centre, Brighton on Thursday 1 November 2018 between 10:00 – 3pm. Carrie Cort, founder of Sussex Green Living is giving a talk on the shocking journey of a cotton T shirt and the environmental effects for the fast fashion industry. Waste […]

Climate change awareness in Horsham District

September 18, 2018/in Children & nature, Climate change, Eco News, Events/by Carrie Cort

Saturday 8th September Horsham Market saw climate leadership rising from the grassroots. Volunteers from Sussex Green Living and the Horsham Repair Café took part in the global Rise for Climate mobilisation.  Together with tens of thousands of people from 7 continents, in 95 countries, people worldwide demanded real climate action from their local leaders.

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