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A short letter to Colin Tingle about the Dasgupta Review
With a landmark Treasury report calling for nature to be included in accounting systems, Susan Murray considers what Colin Tingle’s response would have been.
Warmer Sussex webinars on retrofit and insulation
Warmer Sussex, the home energy efficiency service, has produced online webinars offering a beginner’s guide to retrofitting your home and also a deeper look at home insulation.
District Council publishes its Climate Action Plan
What’s worth noting in the plan? We take a quick look.
Is it time to stop burning wood?
Lots of Lewes homes have installed woodburners as an eco-friendly heating choice. But with growing reports about their contribution to air pollution, is it time to put out the flames?
Lewes’s favourite green podcasts
In lockdown, podcasts are proving a great way to be inspired, get new ideas and learn from others’ real-life experiences – especially when it comes to taking action on climate change…
Project proposal for a low-traffic Lewes
Community groups Cycle Lewes and Lewes Living Streets have drawn up a project proposal to reduce traffic in central Lewes. Download the full proposal – and let us know what you think.
Railway Land Wildlife Trust seeking new Chair
Lewes’ fantastic environmental education charity based in the Railway Land Nature Reserve is looking for someone special to be their new Chair.
Our carbon-cutting resolutions for 2021
2021 is going to be crunch-time in the fight to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Members of the Transition Town Lewes steering group reveal their New Year’s resolutions to help cut the carbon.
Why I bought a Fairphone
Fairphone are promoted as the sustainable smartphone. TTL’s Ann Link explains why she decided to get one.
Want to help plant trees? Here are the local community groups to join
Lots of us are itching to plant more trees to help tackle climate change… Lewes District has four voluntary community tree-planting groups hard at work – new volunteers are welcome.
Bringing (clean) power to the people of Barcombe
Mark Engineer, of local community energy company Ovesco, reports on a pioneering project aiming to get rural communities off oil-based heating that’s being trialled in Barcombe near Lewes.
What do local experts think of Boris’s 10-point Green Plan?
The government’s plan to lead the UK to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 was unveiled in November…
