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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

Join our Eco Billingshurst Carnival Procession

April 30, 2018/in Children & nature, Climate change, Eco News, Education, Events, Seasonal celebrations/by Carrie Cort

This is your invitation to come, have fun and share your greener living message with our Sussex Green Living carnival procession. For a second year running we are taking a procession in the Billingshurst carnival, run by the Billingshurst Rotary on Sunday 24th June.  Last year about 30 local people of all ages and two […]

Pop-up Share Fair in Horsham

April 15, 2018/in Eco News, Events, Green art & games/by Carrie Cort

Join us in the Human Nature Garden, Horsham Park on Sunday 8th July 12 – 6pm, where there will be a pop-up Share Fair and Horsham Repair Café. We will be running alongside the Horsham Rotary family event Funday Sunday. A Share Fair is a social event where instead of buying new things, people share, […]

Carbon footprint of a cuppa!

March 2, 2018/in Climate change, Eco News/by Carrie Cort

Now we all love a cuppa, but have you ever thought about its carbon footprint? Is there a greener option? For example …..Where in the World was the tea grown? Where in the World does all the packaging come from? Where in the World was it blended and packaged? How much packaging does it have? […]

Raspberry Pi helping to save the planet!

December 19, 2017/in Children & nature, Climate change, Eco News, Education/by Carrie Cort

We’re really excited to tell you about another sustainable solution for schools and this one might win your school £1,000! Now in it’ sixth year, the PA’s Raspberry Pi competition 2018 is offering three £1,000 prizes for teams from primary and secondary schools, and sixth forms and colleges. This year’s theme is Sustainability. The challenge is […]

Schools save money, raise money & free lessons

December 10, 2017/in Children & nature, Climate change, Eco News, Education/by Carrie Cort

We are delighted to share our ‘The Future We Want – LESS C02’ Sustainable Solutions for Schools Programme. This programme saves schools money, makes money and reduces C02 emissions.  We also offer FREE whole school assemblies and lessons for KS2 focusing on Energy Eco Warriors or Textile Eco Warriors. Bought to you by Sussex Green […]

​Horsham Repair Cafe – saving energy & Christmas lights!

November 21, 2017/in Climate change, Eco News, Energy, Events, Seasonal celebrations/by Carrie Cort

Press release Do you dread turning on your Christmas tree lights? The festive season can be an expensive and wasteful time of year and so often those Christmas tree lights don’t work! Well if that is the case, do not despair, the Horsham Repair Cafe can help. On 2nd December at the Quaker Meeting House, Worthing […]

Black Monday NOT Black Friday!

October 22, 2017/in Climate change, Eco News, Events/by Carrie Cort

The day the world turned black and we are NOT talking about Black Friday! Monday 16th October 2017 and severe weather events created the rarest phenomenon England has ever seen. There was the brightest blood curdling red sun shining through the weirdest clouds,  then at 3pm it got darker and darker and went black.

Horsham families win green family National Awards

October 16, 2017/in Climate change, Eco News, Events/by Carrie Cort

Horsham families are at the forefront of the fight against climate change and have been recognised with a National Award. Carrie Cort, her 9 year old son Adam and her Mother, Jean Francis went to collect the award for their family’s efforts at the P.E.A. Awards in London on Friday 13 October. These awards acknowledge […]

Sussex Green Living volunteer shortlisted for award

October 16, 2017/in Eco News, Events/by Carrie Cort

PRESS RELEASE Finalists announced in the BBC Sussex Community Heroes Awards 2017 BBC Sussex is today proud to announce the finalists for the seventh year of the BBC Sussex Community Heroes Awards. The Awards are dedicated to celebrating unsung heroes from across the local area. Over recent months, listeners have been invited to make their […]

Horsham Repair Cafe an outstanding success

October 11, 2017/in Climate change, Eco News, Events/by Carrie Cort

The first session of the new Horsham Repair Café on Saturday 7th October proved an outstanding success.  At 10am approximately 50 people came through the doors of the Horsham Quaker Meeting House to witness the official opening by Jeremy Quin MP and Councilor Philip Circus, who spoke about the importance of this initiative for Horsham […]

Inspiration through Green Art

September 20, 2017/in Children & nature, Eco News, Education, Events, Green art & games/by Carrie Cort

Children from all over West Sussex competed in our Eco Beast Sculpture competition in July, culminating in a public display at the family event ‘Funday Sunday’ in Horsham Park. The four winning schools –  Warninglid, Georgian Gardens, William Penn School and Upper Beeding – enjoyed their prizes on 8th, 11th, 12th and 13th September. 

Eco Beasts take over West Sussex!

September 19, 2017/in Children & nature, Eco News, Education, Events, Green art & games, Recycling/by Carrie Cort

Eco Beast Sculptures migrated from across West Sussex and took over a marquee in Horsham Park at ‘Funday Sunday’ on Sunday 9th July.  Children from all over the county had wonderful fun making Eco Beast Sculptures out of waste resources. The best sculptures from schools and children’s uniformed groups formed a stunning public exhibition at this […]

The Future We Want – LESS C02 campaign

August 27, 2017/in Children & nature, Climate change, Eco News, Education, Events/by Carrie Cort

The Future We Want – LESS C02 campaign was launched by Sussex Green Living in June 2017 at the Billingshurst Carnival.  This programme was developed as a result of Al Gore’s Climate Reality Leadership Corp training (more information below) and a WWF competition. In March 2017 Carrie, the founder of Sussex Green Living, was shortlisted […]

Stop the drilling for oil & gas near Billingshurst

May 24, 2017/in Climate change, Eco News/by Carrie Cort

Did you know that test drilling for oil and gas has just started at Broadford Bridge (Wood Barn Farm)  near West Chiltington/Billingshurst? Read on to learn the history behind this project and why so many local people do not know about it. Do you want lorries with oil, gas and chemicals driving around our little country lanes, […]

Action plan against climate change

May 9, 2017/in Climate change, Eco News/by Carrie Cort

PLEDGES FOR THE PLANET Please read and print this page, it’s a handy checklist and action plan to help you reduce your carbon footprint and impact on the planet.  Indicate if you need to or have already undertaken the suggested actions. Share the list and your knowledge with as many other people as you can […]

Fantastic family woodland event

May 9, 2017/in Children & nature, Events, Green art & games/by Carrie Cort

Into the Trees – family event 9th and 10th September 2017 Pippingford Park, Sussex  ‘Rope swinging, pond skimming, slacklining, woodworking. I have been to lots of festivals and I loved the peace of this one’

Q&A: All About Climate Change

May 3, 2017/in Climate change/by Carrie Cort

What is climate change? To understand climate change, it is best to first define climate. The climate of an area or region refers to the typical or average weather. For example, the climate of Hawaii is sunny and warm. When you hear about climate change, this is describing a change in the climate of an area, […]

Mother and son acknowledged at Climate Awards

March 8, 2017/in Children & nature, Climate change, Eco News, Events/by Carrie Cort

Press release A mother and son from Sussex were both acknowledged for their inspirational environmental work at the WWF Earth Hour Parliamentary Reception at the Palace of Westminster on 28th February. Carrie Cort was shortlisted for the WWF Community Hero Award for climate justice work within her community, whilst her nine-year old son Adam won […]

Remake, redesign & repair creative craft textile workshop 2017

February 24, 2017/in Events, Green art & games/by Carrie Cort

Come and learn about an exciting new fashion trend and walk away with a revived, reinvented and reinvigorated wardrobe!  Our creative material workshops specialise in re-using stunning neckties in an amazing range of projects (other materials are available too). We are all about re-using, re-making, redesigning and making do with what we already have, or […]

26 eco-friendly Christmas tips

December 16, 2016/in Children & nature, Eco News, Recycling, Seasonal celebrations/by Carrie Cort

We’ve got some great tips to help you enjoy Christmas, so you can spoil yourself and your loved ones without spoiling the planet. Here’s a uniquely seasonal paradox. Is it possible to buy a truly green Christmas tree? Artificial trees aren’t biodegradable and need enormous amounts of energy to manufacture. So it may come as a […]

Inconvenient Truth changes lives

October 3, 2016/in Climate change, Eco News, Events/by Carrie Cort

Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth coming to Horsham. On Tuesday 25th October 8pm Transition Horsham are showing the film at their monthly meeting at the Friends Meeting House, Worthing Road, RH12 1SL (opposite Sainsburys). Come and let this film change your life! Premiered 10 years ago at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival the documentary An Inconvenient Truth took the world by storm.  The […]

Eco friendly football stadiums

September 28, 2016/in Climate change, Eco News/by Carrie Cort

This infographic shows the evolution of eco-friendly football stadiums. With the world doing its best to go green, football clubs are following and doing what they can to build, or in some cases change their stadiums to be as eco-friendly as possible. The infographic explores just what football stadiums can do to become greener and also look at some […]

E.Y.E. Eco Summit goes to Chichester

September 27, 2016/in Children & nature, Climate change, Education, Events/by Carrie Cort

The E.Y.E. (Eco Young and Engaged) Project ran its first Eco Summit at the Weald and Downland Museum just outside Chichester yesterday. Previously they have run nine Eco Summits in the Worthing and Adur area.  We were asked to deliver three Energy Matters workshops at the Summit for Your Energy Sussex.  

Top Environmental Influencers 2016

September 27, 2016/in Eco News, Events/by Carrie Cort

We are delighted to announce that our commitment to environmental sustainability has been recognised by Greenmatch and we have been included in their list of favourite Environmental Influencers of 2016. This list includes environmental blogs, initiatives, individuals, sites and organisations influencing the discussion about the environment in 2016. They say…..

Sustainable Environmental Education AGM in Sussex

September 25, 2016/in Children & nature, Climate change, Education, Events/by Carrie Cort

Date: Saturday, 15th October 2016  Time: 1.30pm – 4.30pm Location: Pennthorpe Independent School, West Sussex Join SEEd members and trustees for a memorable day of talks and discussions on the role of sustainability in education in the beautiful setting of Pennthorpe Independent School in West Sussex. 

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