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Marianne Lindfield

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Sussex Green Hub welcomes wider community

March 31, 2023/in Climate Hub, Sussex Green Hub/by Marianne Lindfield

Each month a special and very welcoming Horsham community event pops up, open to all: The Sussex Green Hub, and last month our warm-hearted community got even bigger and better as almost two hundred visitors attended throughout the day. This month our busy volunteers refilled 140 bottles with personal hygiene and cleaning products, repaired 43 […]

Plastic Free Coronation Celebrations

March 31, 2023/in Events, Recycling, Refill, Seasonal celebrations, Single use plastic/by Marianne Lindfield

During the weekend of Saturday 6th to Monday 8th May, there will be celebrations and parties all the country. Local town, Eastbourne, has put together a guide to help with the preparations and create eco-friendly events. We’re sure that King Charles would approve.

How to Store Food to Prevent Waste

March 30, 2023/in Food Waste/by Marianne Lindfield

We are all guilty of wasting food but did you know that 25% of food wasted in UK households is due to cooking, preparing or serving too much? This costs us £3.5 billion a year. So being savvy with our food can prevent waste and save us money, not to mention the benefit to the […]

Improving Soil Health with biochar

March 16, 2023/in Biodiversity & Nature, Ecology/by Marianne Lindfield

It was the first experience I’ve had of using a retort kiln. Normally I use a ring type. The ice crystals were glistening on the metal door as I pulled hard. It creaked with resistance as the morning sun shone upon what was left of the wood.  It had been reduced by half through a […]

Pollinator Highway

March 10, 2023/in Biodiversity & Nature, Climate change, Ecology/by Marianne Lindfield

As a child, I never understood the saying, “It’s an ill wind indeed that blows no good,” but I recently realised that’s what’s happening now. I went to buy a thermal T-shirt, my current one sadly threadbare, but there were none to be had.  The assistant told me they had ‘overperformed’, because fuel prices are […]

Horsham Cape of Good Hopes

February 23, 2023/in Green art & games, Sussex Green Hub, Sustainable Fashion/by Marianne Lindfield

At Sussex Green Living we often talk about our outreach with families, in the villages, in schools and with the Youth Eco Forum.  What people may not realise is that we also run community sessions with the elderly. Morag and I went along to the Kings Court Care Home in January this year, taking the […]

The Impact of Flying

February 16, 2023/in Climate change, Education/by Marianne Lindfield

This year we’re asking, “Can airlines please tell us the truth – the whole truth – about the impacts of aviation?  Is it not one of the biggest polluters of our planet?”  Like cigarette packaging and advertising, and in a similar way to food allergy advice, shouldn’t plane tickets have health warnings for us and the […]

SECA Annual Event – Meeting of Hope

February 9, 2023/in Climate change, Events, Take Action/by Marianne Lindfield

It was the first time I had been to a SECA meeting, and it was inspiring to see over a hundred people working together for change. We arrived in Brighton in an electric car, (my first time in such a conveyance), for the annual South East Climate Alliance or SECA meeting, the aim being to […]

Philanthropists and business heroes needed

February 2, 2023/in Climate Hub/by Marianne Lindfield

It is easy to focus on finances and ignore the climate just now, when the cost-of-living crisis is hitting us so hard. However, the two are fundamentally interlinked. Reassessing how we live and what we consume ultimately saves resources for our planet and puts money into our pockets too. For 2023 we want to build […]

Veganuary 10th Anniversary

January 26, 2023/in Biodiversity & Nature, Ecology, Food Waste/by Marianne Lindfield

2023 is the tenth anniversary of Veganuary, a month during which people don’t fast entirely, but simply commit to just eating plants. The vegan organisation GenV was started by Matthew Glover who also came up with the increasingly popular idea of Veganuary.  GenV doesn’t take donations from the public but has a number of celebrity […]

Sussex Green Living Achievements 2022

January 19, 2023/in Children & nature, Climate change, Eco News, Education, Events, Recycling, Refill, Repair Cafe, Sussex Green Hub, Youth Eco Forum/by Marianne Lindfield

Well what a year 2022 was for Sussex Green Living. As we reflect on the last year and plan for the future and 2023, we thought it was worth taking a moment to share some of our achievements… Demand for Sussex Green Living environmental education services in schools and public events has never been higher, […]

Eastbourne’s first Climate Emergency Centre

January 17, 2023/in Climate Hub/by Marianne Lindfield

After six busy and successful weeks Eastbourne’s first Climate Emergency Hub has reached the end of its temporary lease in The Beacon Centre at the end of December. During this time the hub team organised over 50 workshops and took turns to keep the hub open as a drop-in centre for the public, seven days […]

Students create inspiring art in Repair Cafe Challenge

January 12, 2023/in Children & nature, Education, Repair Cafe/by Marianne Lindfield

When thinking about living an environmentally sustainable life, the first thing most people think about is the 3Rs: ‘reduce, reuse and recycle’. As part of Sussex Green Living’s education outreach programme, we initiated a School Challenge looking at how you can reduce waste by repairing.   Our school challenge for Horsham District Schools was supported […]

New Year New Green Resolutions

January 1, 2023/in Money saving ideas, Seasonal celebrations/by Marianne Lindfield

New year is often a time for reflection and making resolutions. I always start the year with good intentions but find it’s hard to keep them up when things get busy. This year I’m looking to put in place some changes that are easy wins. If you too are in that frame of mind right […]

Restoring kelp, eliminating single use plastic

December 29, 2022/in Biodiversity & Nature, Ecology/by Marianne Lindfield

Did anyone see the coverage of the Earthshot awards presented by the Prince of Wales in Boston earlier this month? They were awards given to organisations, companies or cities recognised as making a significant contribution to dealing with climate change, reviving our oceans, and other similar objectives. You can watch the whole ceremony on BBC […]

Protecting the Battery Life

December 15, 2022/in Recycling, Repair Cafe/by Marianne Lindfield

“The battery won’t charge…” We hear these words very often at the Horsham Repair Cafe. It’s true that batteries don’t last forever, but we can make a drastic difference to its life expectancy. The original hybrid car, the Toyota Prius, uses a large traction battery.  Many are still running 20 years later.  So, how can the […]

Birds of a Feather

December 1, 2022/in Biodiversity & Nature, Climate change, Ecology/by Marianne Lindfield

On a guided tour of the George Watts Gallery, near Guildford recently, I was surprised to learn about the Victorian artist’s ‘protest pictures’. Born when our own Percy Shelley was at the height of his powers writing his controversial poems of protest, I felt the two would have got on well, with their artistic commentaries […]

Christmas Money Saving Ideas

December 1, 2022/in Green art & games, Money saving ideas/by Marianne Lindfield

Last Christmas we bought 226,800 miles of wrapping paper, 5.3 million artificial trees, 6.8 million real trees and £42 million of unwanted toys. As we continue to tighten our belts, we look at ways to reduce the waste from Christmas so we can have a more sustainable Christmas, that costs less for the planet and […]

Charity Gift Ideas

November 30, 2022/in Fundraising/by Marianne Lindfield

Christmas Charity Gift Ideas You all know the person that has everything and are probably struggling to know want to buy them for Christmas. Well, how about buying them a ‘giving back gift’? We’ve all heard about gifting a goat but many charities have now expanded this idea and you can buy everything from toys […]

Never too Small to Make a Difference

November 28, 2022/in Children & nature, Eco News, Education/by Marianne Lindfield

Education has always formed a big part of the Sussex Green Living mission. In fact, it is where Carrie Cort started out, as a network of families learning about nature, the environment and ways that everyone can live a more sustainable life.

What does COP 27 mean for us locally?

November 24, 2022/in Climate change, Energy, Take Action/by Marianne Lindfield

As COP 27 begins, what’s happening locally to help save our beautiful little planet from doom? Well, Horsham District Council held a Climate Action Day on 20th October to help prepare the parish councillors for what lies ahead for all of us. Two thirds of the 32 parish councils in HD were represented, with 11 […]

New Climate Emergency Centre opens in Eastbourne

November 22, 2022/in Climate change, Events/by Marianne Lindfield

The E-Hive, Eastbourne’s latest pop-up Climate Emergency Centre, is now open in The Beacon shopping centre. It is a crucial part of the campaign to deliver a carbon neutral Eastbourne by 2030, as mandated by the Climate Emergency declaration passed unanimously by Eastbourne councillors in July 2019.

Communities take Action

November 17, 2022/in Recycling, Refill, Repair Cafe, Sussex Green Hub/by Marianne Lindfield

You might be feeling the world is not making enough progress with serious action to address the climate and ecological crises, especially with attention being diverted to the energy and cost of living crisis. Crisis after crisis, hey! However, we are seeing a rising of communities coming together to show how being leaner and greener […]

Community Collaboration at its Best

November 10, 2022/in Children & nature, Eco News, Education, Recycling, Single use plastic/by Marianne Lindfield

During the first lockdown in 2020 many people felt isolated. Sussex Green Living (SGL) thought it was important to connect people and to continue its work improving the environment. SGL’s Carrie Cort organised weekly online Horsham Climate Café events. Some of these attracted over 150 people, both local and from further afield. One of the […]

Car Sharing in Horsham

November 3, 2022/in Eco News, Transport/by Marianne Lindfield

I recently completed a Carbon Literacy course with the Scottish Community Climate Action Network (SCCAN) who produce some excellent teaching resources. They focus on actions we can all take and as a result and based on a Scottish idea, I made an enquiry about the possibility of a formal car-sharing scheme at Horsham Rugby Club.

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