Biscuit wrapper recycling

Wrappers to riches contest

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Wrappers to riches contest – article

The Family Festival for 2014!

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Family Festival Sussex

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 there are still Early Bird offers available for a limited time only. Read more

Seed swap event a growing success

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Seed swap event a growing success – article

Heat-Pump, Solar & Low-Carbon Tech Events

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Energy eventsThree events examine energy efficient and renewable energy technologies, looking at the pros, cons, costs and practicalities:

  • Sustainable Business Breakfast – 27th February, 08:00 to 10:00, Newhaven.  Air source heat-pumps, energy management systems, best practice case study.

Have Fun and Protect the Planet With Some Upcycled Garden Magic!

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tyre recyclingThe days are getting longer, the grass is getting greener, ladybirds and butterflies are coming out of hiding and temperatures are slowly getting warmer. It’s that time of year again, spring! It’s a time for resolutions, good deeds and most of all renewal, so what better way to start off the new year than with some positive upcycling in the garden? Read more

Outdoor Education Conference 20th March 2014

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South Downs ConferenceThe 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…. Read more

Brighton Science Festival comes to Billingshurst

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Billingshurst event

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

Fracking in Wisborough Green

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Greenpeace

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.

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Spring Seed Swap, Sow, Grow & Food Fair

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garden peasTransition 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

Importance of play

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Outdoor PlayI 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 for play not less, are you listening Michael Gove Secretary of State for Education”.

 

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Alternative ways to stay warm this winter

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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…..

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Film – Project Wild Thing coming to Worthing

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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.

 

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Quakers supporting recycling

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Quakers supporting recycling – article

Money saving green home new year resolutions

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Simple livingAdopting 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.

 

 

 

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Happy New Year!

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recycled robotsTo 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 from Pedro, Ronny the Recycling Robot, Landfill Larry, Bottle Top Bob, the TerraCycle Tiger and Tiny Tips xxx

We want you, the people of Sussex, to take some ownership of  www.sussexgreenliving.co.uk.  Forward your suggestions for events, videos, parks and green spaces etc to be added to “your” site.

“Greening Sussex by Sussex families”

Fake v real Christmas Trees. Which is greener?

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Christmas trees

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 …..

 

 

 

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Recycled dispatch

Quakers support for recycling

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Quakers support for recycling – article

Sussex getting greener!

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Horsham Quaker launchHorsham 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

Water contamination and fracking

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Fracking BalcombeAward 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

Winner of Campaigner of the Year from Sussex!

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PEA Award 2013

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

Launch of SeedPod Eco-Gift Subscriptions for Christmas

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sweetcornSeedPod, 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

Biscuit wrapper recyclers

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Biscuit wrapper recyclingCongratulations!

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 Awards

Business Matters Award

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Business Matters Award ceremony results

Philippine Community Fund logo

Green gifts for the Philippines

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Green gifts for the Philippines – article

Buy Green Xmas presents – Philippine fundraising

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Philippine Community Fund logoHorsham Quakers Green Coffee MorningHorsham Quakers

Saturday 7th December
Time: 10 – 12 noon

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