The latest news, stats and facts on key environmental issues. The latest news from Sussex Green Living.
Is it raining bottle tops?
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 family event. Read more
Wrappers to riches contest – article
Seed swap event a growing success – article
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 the Tail on the Whale, plus many incredible other things, plus incredible talks from Richard Robinson – (“Victor Meldrew meets Basil Fawlty! Fantastically engaging!”) Read more
Letter from www.greenpeace.org
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.
Transition Worthing’s (5th) Spring Seed Swap, Sow, Grow & Food fair at Oak Grove College, Worthing.
Date: 8th February Time: 12.00 – 16.00 hrs.
Sussex Green Living’s 100% recycled stand, Pedro and his recycled robots will be there, playing green games and giving ideas as to how people can lead a greener life. Read more
As we bid farewell to the warming comforts of mulled wine and mince pies, we move into what is turning out to be the wettest and windiest New Year’s months. With the weather looking to stay as dreary and cold for the foreseeable weeks and months ahead, we are still faced with the burden of keeping our homes heated.
Learn how to stay warm and save money…..
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.
Quakers supporting recycling – article
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.
Our trees, our planet, our future.
In recent years the overall sale of real trees has declined in both the UK and US suggesting that perhaps, as environmental awareness increases, people are opting for the more eco-friendly tree. The producers of both will argue a strong case for their businesses but there are a lot of factors to take in to account when comparing them. Which one is greener …..
Quakers support for recycling – article
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 resources into a recycling scheme financially benefiting the William Penn Primary School in Coolham. This is fantastic green community collaboration between the Horsham Quakers and the William Penn School which is a unique primary school with a Quaker foundation. Read more
Award winning Sussex and Amazon based environmentalist Nicola Peel writes about fracking, water pollution and action we can take to protect our water supply…..
I read that “Water UK has found that potential risks to water from fracking can be avoided with the right rules and regulations in place”. So Water UK can prevent cement from ever cracking? If so well they need to communicate with the companies in the USA and Australia that are having terrible problems. Read more
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. Read more
SeedPod, a local start-up that helps people to grow their own vegetables, has just this week (06.12.13) launched special Christmas gift subscription option on their website.
Having launched earlier this Autumn, SeedPod is already enabling hesitant novice gardeners to grow their own food without prior knowledge, while also making homegrowing simpler and more convenient for those with experienced green fingers. Read more
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! Read more
Business Matters Award ceremony results
Green gifts for the Philippines – article
Horsham Quakers Green Coffee Morning
Coffee and cakes courtesy of the Horsham Quakers.
Location: Quaker Meeting House, Worthing Road, Horsham, RH12 1SL.
The Sussex Green Living recycled stand will be there selling beautiful merchandise made by ex landfill families in Manila, Philippines, the perfect Christmas presents. Read more
Do not rake up the leaves in your garden, let the best recyclers do their job! This is a busy time of year for earthworms. And resisting the temptation to tidy away Autumn leaves not only feeds these subterranean creatures but fertilizes the soil, making them one of the gardener’s best friends. Read more
Written by Martin Cooke…..
I have coordinated the collection and then sale of milk bottle tops at St Paul’s Church for over 7 years, on behalf of the church’s “eco-group”. In that time GHS recycling Ltd (at Hilsea) has bought nearly £1,400 Read more
Hot news…. William Penn Primary School comes 13th in a UK wide biscuit wrapper recycling competition!
Sussex Green Living have been working with the William Penn Primary School in Coolham to launch and establish their TerraCycle recycling schemes, more information can be seen here. One of the waste resources they can recycle is sweet biscuit wrappers. The recycling scheme is sponsored by Mc Vitie’s, here are the competition results from TerraCycle……
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 a final push over the next 3 weeks we could be in with a chance of winning anything between £250 – £20 for the school, plus save all those biscuit wrappers from landfill.
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 thanks JP South Events and JSPC Computer Services Ltd for a fantastic evening at the Business Matters Awards Ceremony at the Copthorne Hotel Effingham on 13th September 2013. A great evening was had by all! This now qualifies us for the Southern Business Awards taking place at The Grand Hotel in Brighton on 27th September. The main sponsor is JSPC Computer Services and the sponsor of Going Green Gemini Brighton, impressively eco friendly printer and designers.
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