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Report your swift sightings in Lewes
Report your swift sightings in Lewes With tentative signs that the number of local swift nests are on the rise, Lewes Swift Supporters is inviting Lewes residents and visitors to report their sightings to help with essential tracking to support populations of these...
Donate-a-Drink now supported by six local businesses
Donate-a-Drink now supported by six local businesses Six Lewes businesses now support the Donate-a-Drink scheme, whereby customers can add £3 to their bill to be given as envelopes of Lewes Pounds to clients of local food banks to spend locally. The Lewes Pound...
Be part of a ground-breaking home retrofit pilot in Lewes
Be part of a ground-breaking home retrofit pilot in Lewes OneZero is a group on a mission to make it practical and affordable for as many householders as possible to make their homes super-energy efficient. And it’s looking for homes, streets and communities in Lewes...
Want to voice your support for Ouse Valley Solar Farm?
Want to voice your support for Ouse Valley Solar Farm? The planning application for a solar farm near Ringmer to generate enough power for 4,800 homes has now been submitted to Lewes District Council. Public support can have a lot of influence on planning permission...
Why we all need to push for fossil fuel divestment
Why we all need to push for fossil fuel divestment Many environmental campaigners are pressing major investors such as the East Sussex Pension Fund to sell their holdings in oil, coal and gas companies. But why is divestment so important to climate action? Gabriel...
FREE Energy Bill Help & Advice sessions
FREE Energy Bill Help & Advice sessions Friday 20 May, 10.00-13.00, Landport Community Hub, 2 Horsfield Road, Lewes Community energy company Ovesco and Lewes Climate Hub are running another free Energy Bill Health Check session this month. Ovesco’s Energy...
“Taking direct action is the most empowering thing you can do.”
“Taking direct action is the most empowering thing you can do.” Transition Town Lewes talks to Mark Engineer from Extinction Rebellion Lewes about the upcoming national rebellion in London on 9 April focused on fossil fuels, the urgent need for new recruits, his Mum...
Volunteers needed for Lewes Library of Things
Volunteers needed for Lewes Library of Things Lewes Library of Things is looking for Librarians to be on its rota to book in and out Things that its members have reserved or are returning. Can you help? Lewes Library of Things is a FREE lending service of...
The Climate Clock: How much time do we have left?
The Climate Clock: How much time do we have left? The science is clear: we are in a climate emergency. Decades of increasing carbon emissions are harming the natural and societal systems upon which humanity depends, threatening untold ecological and human...
Conflict, climate crisis, and energy supply
Conflict, climate crisis, and energy supply The invasion of Ukraine demonstrates that relying on fossil fuels has terrible humanitarian consequences. The future well-being of humanity depends on a rapid, durable and just transition to zero carbon, says former...
What the new ‘BUS’ grant means for heat pumps
What the new ‘BUS’ grant means for heat pumps Neil Williams takes a look at the new Boiler Upgrade Scheme and how it will provide financial assistance for householders looking to install a heat pump As at the end of March 2022, the domestic Renewable Heat...
So what did the latest IPCC report say?
So what did the latest IPCC report say? It’s got buried in the news by the invasion of Ukraine, but the latest assessment report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change gives the starkest warning yet about the climate crisis. TTL’s Ann Link highlights...
