Our Green Business Network is a partnership opportunity to provide awareness, education and initiatives to encourage employees to take action in the workplace and at home.
We seek to build collaborative partnerships with businesses that will benefit employees, management teams and Sussex Green Living equally. We believe, in order to bring about lasting change, it is important to understand the context of the problem and workable solutions which help people and organisations move to a different mindset and lifestyle. We encourage businesses to include an education session as part of their partnership programme. In these sessions we work together to agree a core environmental topic, look at the problem, identify possible solutions and then deliver activities with employee participation.
We’d love for you to join our new GREEN BUSINESS NETWORK.
Joining is easy and involves a choice of:
- Booking a 45-minute ‘Lunch & Learn’ session for staff climate action, covering fast fashion, switch and ditch – making better shopping choices, waste reduction, biodiversity, and more. Online, in person or a combination of the two, includes Q&A and a green action plan.
- Sponsoring one of our key initiatives, such as a Pollination Education Station
- Selecting Sussex Green Living as a charity to fundraise for.
Why Join?
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- Demonstrate ESG commitment
- Stay ahead with eco-friendly practices
- Mitigate risks, ensure resilience
- Positive workplace, PR benefits
- Support local community
- Save money with sustainable practices
OTHER WAYS YOU CAN HELP
- Payroll giving – enable employees to easily fund our community work
- Volunteer at our events and in schools.
- Pro bono: Lend your businesses’ skills or expertise.
OUR PRIORITY PROJECT – THE POLLINATION EDUCATION STATION (PES)
Britain’s nature, a depleted oasis, relies on pollinators for every third mouthful we savour – the unsung heroes behind our food and thriving ecosystems. Human activity has transformed built-up areas like Sussex, demanding innovative conservation solutions. Cue our Pollination Education Stations (PES).
Our goal is to create a PES Trail across Sussex to boost biodiversity and amplify awareness of ongoing environmental initiatives. Together, let’s nurture our ecosystems and celebrate the essential role of pollinators.
What is a Pollination Education Station?
A purpose-built structure crafted from repurposed materials, provides a safe, eco-luxury haven for our essential winged friends. Each station includes an A2 educational plaque, fostering awareness and action. Plus a wooden ‘sponsored by’ sign and soil.
How Can You Help?
Join businesses, pubs, councils, schools, colleges, groups, and individuals across Sussex:
- Purchase and install a PES on your property.
- Or sponsor one for a local school, college or green space.
WHAT DOES IT COST? –
Option 1. Supply and deliver a Pollination Education Station, includes sponsored by plaque, A2 educational sign and soil (without pollinator station materials and herbs – ‘stuff’ and plant up yourself) = £500 MIDI or £600 MAXI *
Option 2. Supply and deliver a complete ‘stuffed’ and planted Pollination Education Station including sponsored by plaque, A2 educational sign, soil, plants and ‘stuffed’ = £680 MIDI or £800 MAXI *
(this can either be for your own property, or you can ‘sponsor’ one for a school or local green space)
Option 3. Green Business Network membership with 1 x ‘in-person’, online or hybrid ‘Lunch & Learn’ session = £500 **
Option 4. Green Earth Protector package – Green Business Network membership with 1 x ‘in-person’, online or hybrid ‘Lunch & Learn’ session and a Pollination Education Station MIDI or MAXI of your choice = £500 plus cost of PES **
* MIDI – H 150cm D 105cm W 50cm includes mileage within 10 miles of Horsham
* MAXI – H 180cm D 130cm W 80 includes mileage within 10 miles of Horsham
** includes mileage within 10 miles of Horsham
To get involved with our Green Business Network opportunities or to find out more, please contact us here.
Read about our work with Envitia, a Horsham based data and IT company and the installation of the first Pollination Education Station on their trading estate in March.
PES Locations and Sponsors (updated 13th August 2024)
| 4th March | North Heath Lane Trading Estate – sponsored by Envitia Ltd |
| 19th May | St. Mark’s Church Horsham – sponsored by St. Marks in support of Horsham Men in Sheds |
| 20th May | Castlewood Primary School, Southwater – Sponsored By Southwater Parish Council and Sussex Green Living |
| 22nd May | Southwater Junior School – Sponsored by Wates Group Ltd |
| 23rd May | Trafalgar Infant School – Sponsored By Horsham Trafalgar Neighbourhood Council |
| 7th June | Ecclesden Park, Angmering – sponsored by Barratt Homes |
| 7th June | Ryebank Gate, Arundel – sponsored by Barratt Homes |
| 12th June | North Heath Community Primary School, Horsham – Sponsored By Envitia Ltd |
| 12th June | William Penn School, Coolham – sponsored by Sussex Green Living |
| 13th June | Billingshurst Primary School – sponsored by Sussex Green Living |
| 14th June | Meadowbourne Place, Eastbourne – Sponsored by Barratt Homes |
| 14th June | Ersham Park, Hailsham – sponsored by Barratt Homes |
| 11th July | Shelley Primary School, Broadbridge Heath – sponsored by Broadbridge Heath Parish Council and Church |
Lunch & Learn sessions on fast fashion and the environment, Switch & Ditch and more!
Pollination Education Station (MAXI)- getting our pollinators buzzing around your place of work
We are collaborating with Lilys Cottage Upcycling and Horsham Mens Sheds. Three beautiful MIDI PES!
