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Lewes eco video enjoys worldwide success
When Lewes eco-house resident Jill Goulder wanted online guidance on installing low-cost secondary magnetic-strip glazing, she couldn’t find any. So she made a video herself – which has now attracted tens of thousands of views from around the world.
Share your lockdown story for a new film
The Rapid Transition Alliance is making a film about the changes people have made in lockdown that are helping to create healthier, more resilient communities in the face of climate change. For details of to send in your story, watch the short video…
Worth watching: Rising Earth News
Rising Earth News is the brilliant new YouTube channel sharing the stories of the individuals, communities and businesses that are paving the way to a sustainable future. The channel is the brainchild of a number of people, including Howard Johns who helped set up...
Electric bicycles: what you told us
With e-bikes rocketing in popularity as a less strenuous means of eco-travel, we invited Lewes cyclists to share their experience of switching to a different kind of pedal power.
Converting my bike to an e-bike
Installing a battery on his ordinary bicycle was more affordable than buying a new electric bike for Sam Roberts. But as he discovered, different types of conversion kit can lead to very different experiences.
How to buy an electric bike
Travel Log Lewes editor and fervent cycling enthusiast Chris Smith has written a detailed guide to how and where to buy an e-bike and the issues to consider.
Keeping our verges wild
Roadside verges provide a vital home for pollinators and wildlife diversity – so who decides how they get treated in Lewes? Susan Murray takes a look.
Lewes Friday Food Market – every Friday morning
Every Friday 9.00am-12.30pm at the Market Tower.
Now is definitely the time to support your local food producers!
Disappointment at County Council’s plans to support walking and cycling in Lewes
Last month, we highlighted proposals drawn up by Cycle Lewes and Living Streets Lewes to create more space for cyclists and pedestrians in Lewes town. Now, East Sussex County Council has released details of plans it has submitted to the Department of Transport to enable more cycling and walking and provide safe space for social distancing.
Compostable plastic disposal service for Sussex
Do you manage a canteen or workplace in Sussex that’s looking to use Vegware compostable plastic but don’t know how dispose of it? If so, a new service for businesses in Sussex could be of interest, as Plastic Free Lewes explains.
I want to go renewable so my streets are less canoeable: 5 poems of hope by Matt Harvey
Matt Harvey performs five of his most loved poems about a more eco-friendly world…
What the Transition movement can teach us about how to ‘bounce forward’
Post-pandemic, there is much that governments can do and must do. But as communities, neighbourhood and streets, there is so much we can do. Things that governments and other top-down institutions seem unable to even dream of, says the co-founder of the Transition Town movement.
