There is no doubt that more families in Sussex than ever before are trying to live a green life these days. The availability of online information and environmentally friendly products mean that it is now possible to live a green life without making huge efforts or sacrifices. However, this seems like a good moment to […]
Getting children outside and away from gadgets and gizmos can be a challenging. Yet physical activities, engaging with nature and play have been proven to be essential for positively influencing our health and well-being. During the school holidays Sussex Green Living run wild green play sessions or wild green walk and talks for families.
Date: Friday 11th April 1.30pm until about 4pm Venue: Pear Tree Farm, West Chiltington Lane, Coneyhurst, Near Billingshurst, RH14 9DP – home of Natural Nurture Children’s nursery. Sussex Green Living are running an Easter Wild Green Play session thanks to Pear Tree Farm who are kindly allowing us to run wild on their beautiful farm.
On Saturday 5th April 9.30am – 12 noon there are certainly going to be thousands of plastic bottle tops at the Quaker Meeting House in Horsham, as volunteers gather to do their bit for the environment. As part of the West Sussex Climate Change Board, Don’t Waste Your Week, Sussex Green Living are running a fun […]
Elderflower Fields Festival 23rd – 26th May 2014 With a wet winter behind us and the arrival of the spring, now is the time to get this great event in your diary. Elderflower Fields Festival is an idyllic way to spend the weekend with the entire family. Super Early Bird tickets are all sold out although […]
The South Downs National Park Authority and Learning through Landscapes are running an Outdoor Education Conference – FREE to teachers working in or near the South Downs National Park, come along and take part in experiential workshops and much more….
The Brighton Science Festival is coming to Billingshurst on Friday 29th May 2015. It looks like a fairground. It IS a fairground, but each of the stalls has a surprise, something to grapple your mind, to discover, explore and play with. The Incredible Machine, the Amazing Shrinking Puppet Booth, upside-down Goggles, Bat the Rat, Pin […]
Letter from Greenpeace….. Will they ever stop? The South Downs National Park – a designated area of outstanding natural beauty – is now the target of frackers. In December, I told you Celtique Energie had applied to drill for gas and oil in Wisborough Green, West Sussex.
I 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 […]
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.
Adopting 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.
To 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 […]
Horsham 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 […]
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.
Congratulations! 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!
Going 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 […]
Sussex 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 […]
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 […]
If 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 […]
Belt it out @ Balcombe 2 Sunday 1st September 2013 2pm London Road, Balcombe, RH17 6JH Something interesting is happening at Balcombe. All sorts of people who have never been involved in protest are coming together, supporting and connecting with each other. In the process of coming together they seem to be waking up to […]
If you have not heard of this search engine then give it a go http://www.ecosia.org/. They are donating 80% of their ad revenue (currently to The Nature Conservancy’s “Plant a Billion Trees” campaign) and being 100% carbon neutral this is a venture which is surely well worth supporting. “By making Ecosia your chosen search engine […]
An unmissable evening of talks and presentations by leading authors and permaculture pioneers explaining how pasture can Save Farming * Solve Global Warming * Feed the World Increase Biodiversity * Re-Green the Deserts * Improve your Health!
Packing your child’s lunch allows you to save money, control what your child eats and help influence his dietary habits, all while avoiding the sometimes bad fare in school cafeterias. The traditional brown bags of days gone by are not only out of style in a modern lunch room, they are also a wasteful use […]
Bank Holiday Monday 26th August 10 – 4pm Brent Lodge Wildlife Hospital, Cow Lane, Siddlesham, Nr Chichester, PO20 7LN – Wildlife and Environmental Awareness Day – “Redressing the balance”. Although entrance is free, they would be grateful if you could give a tin of dog/cat food on arrival!
Parenting comes with a wide array of responsibilities, not least of which is teaching kids the importance of social awareness and giving back to the community. Volunteering and actively working to help others not only helps to make a difference in your community and the world beyond it, but also helps to instil a sense […]
