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Saving food to save the planet
A focused effort to ‘rescue’ food that would otherwise go to landfill can go some way to reduce the carbon footprint of our dysfunctional food production systems, says Maya Clark of Soul Soup Café in Lewes.
Autumn Foods & Herbs for Wellbeing
Greencuisine Trust’s latest video introduces autumn’s unique harvest – the leaves, roots, seeds and berries that boost our immunity for the colder days to come.
Demand the County Council declares a climate emergency
Although Lewes Town Council and Lewes District Council have each declared a climate emergency, East Sussex County Council has yet to follow suit. Lewes District Green Party has set up a petition urging the county council to take action.
Half of UK local authorities declare a climate emergency in just eight months
More than half the UK’s principal local authorities had declared a climate emergency by the end of July, making it one of the fastest growing environmental movements in recent history…
The future of electric cars
Comment by Arnold Simanowitz of TTL
Why Everything Will Collapse
This short film made in 2017 by Le Quatrième Singe sets out the reasons why people and governments won’t respond adequately to the serious threats that face us, and that consequently everything will collapse. Well, not quite everything…
An annual sustainability fair? What would you like to see?
Following the high attendance at the ‘There’s No Planet B’ day, hosted by Plastic Free Lewes at Lewes Town Hall in June, people have asked if we can hold an annual ‘sustainability fair’. So what would you like to see at such an event?
Lewes District Council declares climate emergency
The district council (LDC) is now run by a coalition of Greens, Lib Dems, Independents and Labour councillors
OVESCo Sunny Solar Schools Community Share Offer
The need to take action to avoid dangerous climate change has never been greater – and that is according to school children in Lewes and across Europe. In response OVESCO has just launched their most recent share offer to install solar panels on local schools.
Councillor debate sees cross-party support for local climate action
Councillors from the three main political parties in Lewes District would like to see the District Council meet more frequently to address local measures to tackle climate change.
Worth reading: Bill McKibben calls on us all to find our point of maximum leverage
To fight climate change, veteren writer, activist and academic Bill McKibben calls on us all to identify our own highest leverage points of influence, working together to put pressure where it is most likely to yield big results in a short amount of time. See the...
Watch the Plastic Free Lewes Pledge film – and make your pledge!
The Plastic Free Lewes Pledge invites anyone in Lewes – individuals, shops, cafes, businesses, schools, churches and other organisations – to pledge to reduce their use of single-use plastic.
