Marianne Lindfield, Author at Sussex Green Living https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/author/mailchimpmel/ Sussex people inspiring a climate for change Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:10:38 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 Small but Mighty: Our Charity’s Ripple Effect Across Sussex in 2025 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/small-but-mighty-our-charitys-ripple-effect-across-sussex-in-2025/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:20:28 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=39677 The post Small but Mighty: Our Charity’s Ripple Effect Across Sussex in 2025 appeared first on Sussex Green Living.

]]> Don’t Go It Alone This Year: Find Purpose in Community Action https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/dont-go-it-alone-this-year-find-purpose-in-community-action/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:17:24 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=39673 The post Don’t Go It Alone This Year: Find Purpose in Community Action appeared first on Sussex Green Living.

]]> Try the Kindness Challenge: Why Veganuary is the Perfect New Year’s Resolution https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/try-the-kindness-challenge-why-veganuary-is-the-perfect-new-years-resolution/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:54:15 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=39664 The post Try the Kindness Challenge: Why Veganuary is the Perfect New Year’s Resolution appeared first on Sussex Green Living.

]]> Swap, don’t shop: Find fun ways to refresh your festive wardrobe the sustainable way https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/swap-dont-shop/ Mon, 24 Nov 2025 11:38:11 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=39194 Christmas is a time of joy but also a time of overspending and overconsumption. But this year could be different, starting with your wardrobe. What if this festive season, you bought nothing new to wear?

Before you panic about party season, hear me out. The fashion industry produces 100 billion garments annually, yet we wear items an average of just seven times before discarding them according to The Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Meanwhile, recycling that glittery party dress isn't the solution we imagine - mixed fabrics are virtually impossible to separate and recycle effectively.

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]]> Stress Awareness Week: finding balance through everyday choices  https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/stress_awareness_week/ Mon, 03 Nov 2025 16:43:21 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=39103 As Stress Awareness Week (3 to 7 November) begins, Sussex Green Living says concern about the environment is becoming part of the pressure many people feel in daily life.  Many worry about our changing weather, plastic pollution, air quality and the loss of biodiversity. These concerns have become part of the background to modern living, […]

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]]> Filtering Out Microfibre Pollution https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/filtering-out-microfibre-pollution/ Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:38:03 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=39071 Did you know your daily diet might include a helping of plastic? Microplastics have been found in honey, sea salt, bottled water, and even human blood and lungs. While they may be “micro” in size, their impact on health and the environment is anything but small. We can’t see them, but they’re everywhere. Every time […]

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]]> National Lottery grant helps local project look to a sharing future https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/national-lottery-grant-project/ Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:13:42 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=39062 Sussex Green Living has received a National Lottery Community Fund award to expand its work with young people and families, while exploring the creation of a “Library of Things” for Sussex.  SGL is best known for running the monthly Repair Café and Green Hub in Horsham. Since it was launched, volunteers have repaired hundreds of […]

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]]> Repair Starts Here https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/repair_starts_here/ Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:45:05 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=39043 Across Sussex, people are proving that repair is not a thing of the past but part of the future we need to build. From Storrington to Horsham, Lewes to Brighton, Repair Cafés show what a circular economy looks like in everyday life: people coming together to fix broken things, share knowledge and stop waste before […]

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]]> Refilling Hope in a Throwaway World https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/refilling_hope/ Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:08:31 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=39031 It isn’t easy to make time for change. Between work, family and the daily scramble of modern life even simple acts of care can feel like luxuries. Yet at the refill station in Chanctonbury Leisure Centre I watched someone carefully scoop oat powder into a reused container and it made me pause. In that small, […]

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]]> Grain and Flame – Recycling Comes of Age https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/grain-and-flame-recycling-comes-of-age/ Mon, 06 Oct 2025 11:37:32 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=38884 by Keir Hartley The sustainability movement has achieved great things in the last decade. “Repair”, “recycle” and “reuse” are words that everyone uses now, from businesses and TV shows to repair cafés across the country including the ones run by Sussex Green Living. Dare we hope they’re here to stay? The evidence suggests so, as […]

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]]> Crafternoons in Horsham https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/crafternoons-in-horsham/ Wed, 01 Oct 2025 16:01:05 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=38888 This October Sussex Green Living will be opening the doors to something new at the Horsham Repair Café. We are calling it Crafternoons, and the idea is simple: an afternoon each month where people can sit together, bring something they are making, and enjoy a couple of hours of creativity and company. The support of […]

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]]> Batting for Change: Repair and Reuse Take Root in Local Cricket https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/batting-for-change-repair-and-reuse-take-root-in-local-cricket/ Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:26:07 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=37956 In a small workshop in Haywards Heath, cricket bats are being restored to life. Barney Morris, better known as Barney Bats, repairs around 50 damaged bats each week. After a busy weekend of matches, his workbench can resemble a triage unit as bats arrive in need of care and attention. Morris, who runs the cricket […]

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]]> A Simpler Way: Life With Refills https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/a-simpler-way-of-life/ Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:39:41 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=37489 Once I figured out how to make refill work in my life, it’s become something beautifully simple. I’m lucky to have an organic shop nearby that stocks seasonal fruit and veg, refill options for pantry staples, toiletries and household cleaning, as well as kombucha on tap and fresh herbs. It’s a place I actually enjoy […]

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]]> From Repair to Refill: Local Projects Rethink Waste and Rebuild Community https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/rethink_waste/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 11:17:06 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=37219 By Keir Hartley  Across West Sussex, more and more communities are finding simple ways to cut waste and make the most of what they already have. Whether it’s fixing broken items, passing on unwanted goods or switching to refillable options, people are discovering that small changes can make a big difference. At Sussex Green Living, […]

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]]> New refill service coming to Storrington this July https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/new_refill_service/ Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:59:12 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=37136 Sussex Green Living is excited to announce that a new dry-food refill service will be coming to Storrington this summer. The service will launch on Wednesday 23 July at Chanctonbury Leisure Centre and will run every fourth Wednesday from 9am to midday alongside the UK Harvest food hub. Local residents can bring their own containers […]

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]]> The Trouble With Sustainability https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/the-trouble-with-sustainability/ Wed, 11 Jun 2025 12:57:00 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=36867 by Amanda Law, the Brighton Socks Company  Having coffee with an old friend in Brighton’s North Laine recently, the conversation quickly, and inevitably, turned to the climate crisis. Many of my conversations do these days, especially when discussing my small business, the Brighton Socks Company. My friend and I agreed, without question, on the need […]

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]]> Children’s Gardening Week, butterflies and beautiful salads https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/childrens-gardening-week-butterflies-and-beautiful-salads/ Mon, 26 May 2025 10:16:55 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=36464 24 May – 1 June 2025 www.childrensgardeningweek.co.uk www.plantlife.org.uk/campaigns/nomowmay by Marianne Lindfield – Climate Action Engagement Officer, SGL Children’s Gardening Week arrives as May gives way to June, when the garden has found its stride and everything is stretching into summer. It often falls during half term, which makes it the perfect time to step outside […]

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]]> A Beekeeper’s View: Simple Ways to Help Sussex Pollinators https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/helping-pollinators-sussex/ Mon, 19 May 2025 09:33:26 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=36455 by Daisy Day, Master Beekeeper In Britain there are around 250 different species of bees. A few of these are social insects living in large organised communities such as bumblebees and of course honeybees. All bees feed on nectar for energy and feed their larvae on pollen for protein, both collected from flowers. Pollination is […]

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]]> Let it grow: the case for messy gardens and living soil https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/let-it-grow-the-case-for-messy-gardens-and-living-soil/ Tue, 13 May 2025 09:03:43 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=36447 by Elle Runton. Deputy Trustee Sussex Green Living. It would be fair to say I’m not yet a gardener. My grandfather had a smallholding, and my uncle just lays his thumb on a plant leaf and it blossoms at his touch, but I’m embarking on a learning journey—with some success. My local Sussex nursery-bought raspberry […]

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]]> Let Nature Lead: A No Mow May Journey in Sussex https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/let-nature-lead-a-no-mow-may-journey-in-sussex/ Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:43:49 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=36285   Written by Marianne Lindfield Living with the land and recognising that even our gardens are part of it has been part of my thinking for a long time. As a permaculturalist observing patterns, valuing edges and letting nature lead is not new but each year the practice becomes more visible. This spring has brought […]

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]]> Festive Fun that doesn’t cost the Earth https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/festive-fun-that-doesnt-cost-the-earth/ Tue, 17 Dec 2024 13:00:01 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=33539 Festive Fun that doesn’t cost the Earth. Christmas doesn’t have to be a costly burden, with a little effort and imagination we can have a waste free festive season, save money and protect the planet for future generations. If it’s all about the tree Do you already have a ‘fake-tree’ ? It could be more […]

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]]> Celebrating Local Apples: Sweet Success at Transition’s First Apple Day https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/celebrating-local-apples-sweet-success-at-transitions-first-apple-day/ Thu, 05 Dec 2024 09:00:17 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=33178 The post Celebrating Local Apples: Sweet Success at Transition’s First Apple Day appeared first on Sussex Green Living.

]]> Dogs and Wolves https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/dogs-help-restore-nature-in-lewes-acting-like-wolves-for-wildflower-growth/ Thu, 14 Nov 2024 09:00:12 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=32943 Dogs and Wolves: Saving nature in Lewes where dogs are behaving like wolves!  In Lewes, dogs are on a mission to help the environment, and they’re doing it by acting like wolves! A long time ago, before wolves disappeared from the UK in the 1760s, they travelled across large areas every night, sometimes covering over […]

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]]> How Affordable are Affordable Homes? https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/how-affordable-are-affordable-homes-can-local-housing-plans-truly-meet-community-needs/ Tue, 29 Oct 2024 13:38:51 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=32938 How Affordable are Affordable Homes? We’ve heard a lot recently about housebuilding. Horsham District Council’s new Local Plan is now with the Government appointed inspector. Meanwhile, central government is promising to double the number of new homes built each year, which could potentially mean a lot more building in our District HDC has, quite sensibly, […]

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]]> Preparing for Spring: Flowering Food for our Hungry Pollinators! https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/preparing-for-spring-flowering-food-for-our-hungry-pollinators/ Wed, 16 Oct 2024 09:25:28 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=32864 Preparing for Spring: Flowering Food for our Hungry Pollinators!  As we head towards autumn, it’s time to think about spring planting and preparing our outside spaces and Pollination Education Stations (PES) for the coming year to give our pollinators the best chance of survival during the winter and provide them with rich, nutritious food sources […]

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]]> Enjoying Ducks and Protecting Ponds https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/enjoying-ducks-and-protecting-ponds/ Thu, 12 Sep 2024 08:00:54 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=32584 Enjoying ducks and protecting ponds: Horsham Town has two new family-friendly Wildways Trails thanks to Horsham Green Spaces, and these are a wonderful way to explore nature, with both routes beginning and ending at picturesque ponds. Ponds are often home to ducks, and we are fortunate to have a newly restored, wildlife-friendly pond in Horsham […]

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]]> Worthing’s New Heat Network brings in the Community https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/worthings-new-heat-network-brings-in-the-community/ Wed, 11 Sep 2024 10:50:34 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=32579 The post Worthing’s New Heat Network brings in the Community appeared first on Sussex Green Living.

]]> Partnering for a Greener Future https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/partnering-for-a-greener-future-2/ Wed, 28 Aug 2024 09:21:09 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=32483 The post Partnering for a Greener Future appeared first on Sussex Green Living.

]]> Country Ways https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/country-ways/ Thu, 22 Aug 2024 08:00:23 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=32374 Country Ways: Val volunteers with Transition Horsham which runs the community allotment. She has decades of experience, as since childhood, she worked alongside her father on his allotment. When she married, she and her husband grew everything: cabbages, turnips,
swedes, cauliflower, runner beans, potatoes, radishes, gherkins, onions…and nothing was wasted. Even the swede and turnip leaf […]

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]]> Animal Friends https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/animal-friends/ Thu, 08 Aug 2024 08:00:57 +0000 https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/?p=31888 Animal Friends: On Monday this week, I attended a wonderful open-air theatre performance in a hornbeam circle in a private woodland.
  The tree circle to create the ‘stage’ had been planted many years previously and the play wasn’t unique only in its setting- it had been crafted by the young children who performed it. They […]

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