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Apply to be OVESCO’s Communications Coordinator
Apply to be OVESCO’s Communications Coordinator OVESCO is a community-owned company set up to invest in and manage locally-owned renewable energy projects and provide free energy advice to local households. Now it’s looking for a great communications...
Local solar – open for investment!
Local solar – open for investment! OVESCO's fourth community share offer is now open! And for the first two weeks it's being shared with local people, before it's promoted more widely to the UK's ethical investment community. So, Lewes Climate Hub readers have an...
Right On The Money: What Is Impact Investing And How Do You Do It?
Right On The Money: What Is Impact Investing And How Do You Do It? In his regular green financial-planning column, Tony Fuller of Path Financial looks at the rise of impact investing – investment strategies and portfolios designed to generate a measurable positive...
‘People’s Emergency Briefing’ screenings locally
‘People’s Emergency Briefing’ screenings locally The People’s Emergency Briefing aims to help create a societal tipping point towards the urgent action on climate and nature that’s now required, by enabling communities across the country to host screenings and invite...
Date for Diary: The Future Electric Home
Date for Diary: The Future Electric Home Thursday 16 April, 7pm-9pm, upstairs at The Elephant & Castle, White Hill, Lewes BN7 2DJ, FREE. Is the future house already here? Come and find out with community energy company OVESCO. Walk through what an all-electric...
Right on the Money: Low risk ways to finance climate action
Right on the Money: Low risk ways to finance climate action When we think about using money to tackle the climate crisis, our minds often jump to investments. For example, divesting from fossil fuels, investing in renewable energy, or backing community projects. But...
What the Government’s Warm Homes Plan means for your home
What the Government’s Warm Homes Plan means for your home Nicki Myers of community energy company OVESCO looks at how the recently-announced Warm Homes Plan is set to support homeowners, residents and landlords looking to upgrade their home energy. The Warm Homes Plan...
National Emergency Briefing: The Westminster Presentations
National Emergency Briefing: The Westminster Presentations Saturday 7 March, 12.30-3pm, FREE, Lewes Climate Hub, 32 High Street, BN7 2LU At a landmark event in Westminster last November, 10 of the UK’s leading scientists, economists and national security advisers...
Date for Diary: The Future Electric Home
Date for Diary: The Future Electric Home Thursday 16 April, 7pm-9pm, upstairs at The Elephant & Castle, White Hill, Lewes BN7 2DJ, FREE. Is the future house already here? Come and find out with community energy company OVESCO. Walk through what an all-electric...
Right on the Money: What’s in your Pension?
Right on the Money: What’s in your Pension? For many people, a pension is one of the biggest financial assets they’ll ever have. So how do you ensure it invests in the things you’d want it to? In his monthly column on green and ethical saving and investing, chartered...
St Paul’s – a poem by Mark Engineer
St Paul’s – a poem by Mark Engineer In the July heatwave of 2022 I was working near St Paul's. As I left the tube station and made my way to the office, I began to feel terribly anxious. The sun was remorseless and it was only 8 o'clock. It wasn't meant to get this...
The National Emergency Briefing: What happens next?
The National Emergency Briefing: What happens next? On 27 November, ten of the UK’s leading experts briefed an invited audience of over 1,200 politicians and leaders on the latest implications of the climate and nature crisis for health, food, national security and...
