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Check your community’s carbon footprint
Check your community’s carbon footprint A new online tool lets you check out your town or parish’s carbon footprint – aiming to help communities to see where their climate change activities can make the biggest difference. TTL gave it a test drive. Impact, a...
Support a sustainable A27 alternative
Support a sustainable A27 alternative Highways England will soon begin to decide how to improve road travel between Lewes and Polegate. Campaigning network SCATE has put forward what it believes is a far more environmentally-friendly alternative to building a...
Sign the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty!
Sign the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty! A global coalition of activists and academics have drawn up a treaty to stop expansion and phase out fossil fuels and ensure a global just transition for all. Cities, organisations, individuals and corporates are signing...
Idol worship: Weaning ourselves off the God of Growth
Idol worship: Weaning ourselves off the God of Growth Far from being a positive and progressive force for good, economic growth is driving our planet’s destruction, explains Dirk Campbell. The big challenge now is being collectively willing to jettison a system we’ve...
Are our local buses getting on board with clean travel?
Are our local buses getting on board with clean travel? TTL’s Arnold Simanowitz compares the very different approaches our three local bus companies are taking to cut emissions and pollution. The three bus companies that service Lewes are all taking some steps...
10 things hydrogen can, could and can’t do for us
10 things hydrogen can, could and can’t do for us With the Greater Brighton area, including Lewes, looking to focus on hydrogen as a major source of clean energy, TTL’s Kirsten Firth, part of the Sustainability Projects team at Brighton & Hove City Council,...
Cycle COP26: Join the ride of our life
Cycle COP26: Join the ride of our life 1st - 4th November A hardy and committed group of cyclists (plus support vehicle/s) are firming up on route and accommodation details for their journey up the Nations to the global COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in...
Online Eco Open Houses: Watch all three events
A big thank-you to everyone who joined our three Online Eco Open House events in February, looking at ways Lewes people are making their homes greener and more energy efficient. Recordings of all three sessions are now available…
New partnership focuses on food security in Lewes District
An initiative commissioned by East Sussex County Council to improve food security across Lewes District is just getting off the ground.
The CEE Bill: Reporting on the campaign in Lewes constituency
Read the full article by journalist Mairi Ankers, which was excerpted in Sussex Express in February, on the Lewes constituency campaign to get Maria Caulfield MP to support the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill – and why it matters.
Cargo bikes catching on in Lewes
A staggering 60% of journeys of two miles or less in England are made by motor vehicle, contributing massively to congestion, pollution and carbon emissions. Some new projects are showing how cargo bikes could help change that in Lewes, reports Juliet Oxborrow.
Demand a sustainable development for Old Malling Farm
Plans for a 226-home development at Old Malling Farm in Lewes are raising concerns for their lack of affordable housing, potential to increase traffic, and poor sustainability credentials.
