12

Use Your Voice

We are in a climate and ecological emergency and we need to act now. We can all take action and make changes in our own life to protect the planet but we need the support of businesses and governments to drive change.

We all have a voice and we can use it to ask to change from local authorities, MPs and organisations. Share your concerns with your local councillors and MPs, and ask specifically what they are doing to drive change and protect the planet. If you have a specific local issue you want them to address, write to them and tell them what you would like them to do on your behalf.

Local Elections – May 2023

On 4th May 2023, there are local elections being held in 46 councils across the South East. With the upheavals in national politics, the outcome of local elections is even more unpredictable than usual.

The dangers of the climate crisis have become more evident with huge floods in Pakistan and wildfires in the Med alongside the obvious fragility of our supplies of fossil fuels. We need to keep up the momentum and pressure for urgent climate and nature action in our local areas.

Find your local candidates
Check if your candidate has signed the pledge

Climate and Nature Pledge

Although climate action is now a priority for many voters, it still doesn’t get the election air time it deserves. The South East Climate Alliance (SECA) are running a campaign – The Climate and Nature Pledge – which aims to do something about that!

By signing the pledge candidates are agreeing, if elected, to press their council to:

  • Accelerate action
  • Boost partnerships
  • Communicate
  • Divest from fossil fuels
Find our more about ABCD Pledge

Take Action

Contact your local MP

Tell your Member of Parliament and local councillors that you think action on climate change is important. A prosperous future for the UK depends on their decisions about the environment, green spaces, roads, cycling infrastructure, waste and recycling, air quality and energy efficient homes. Ultimately, steps to reduce carbon emissions will have a positive impact on other local issues, like improving air quality and public health, creating jobs and reducing inequality.  Find out who your MP is, and the best way to contact them.

Try our Green Ideas

We have lots of ideas and initiatives you can take to on your journey to zero waste that will have a positive impact on the planet. Check out our Green Ideas to get you started or download our action plans from our resource section.

Tell your Friends and Family

As you make changes to reduce your environmental impact, share your experience with your family and friends about what has worked for you. Many people don’t want to talk about climate change as it can lead to anxiety but sharing positive stories can be beneficial, spark optimism and drive change.

Latest News

Sussex Green Living and Envitia Horsham at the install of the Pollination Education Station in Horsham

Sussex is Really Buzzing

Getting Sussex Buzzing again!

Sussex is really buzzing in 2024 thanks to exciting new collaborations between Sussex Green Living and local businesses: a new way of combining practical solutions to current and future environmental issues with community outreach, fundraising and business wellbeing. The Pollination Education Stations and Green Business Network have been developed in collaboration with Billingshurst based agency PMW Communications as part of their generous gift of pro bono work with 30 local charities to celebrate their 30 years in business. One week after Sussex Green Living launched these new endeavours at the Sussex Green Hub, the first Pollination Education Station (PES) has been installed. Horsham based business, Envitia Ltd, a digital and data services company based in Horsham, will focus on one charity each quarter and on Monday 4th March, as part of their fundraising and collaboration with Sussex Green Living, they set up their Pollination Education Station, a haven for pollinators, with a community herb bed and an information board.
Read more

Everything, Everywhere. All at once. 

In 1992 the world’s governments signed both climate and…
Read more

Sussex Green Living – Spreading like Wildflowers!

This month’s Sussex Green Ideas webinar focused on the OnePlanet…
Read more