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The four most effective things you can do
John Simpson, Radio 4’s world affairs editor, recently reported on an optimistic message from Christiana Figueres, UK-based Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. See how you check out with the four things she suggests you do personally.
How well do you know your milk?
In this video, nutritionist, author and environmental campaigner Daphne Lambert of Greencuisine Trust looks at some of the issues surrounding cows milk.
Rain garden planter
Transition Town Lewes have installed a rain garden planter at Trinity Church, Southover, with the cooperation of and financial support from the church authorities.
How can we act on the latest news on climate change?
Ideally, to keep within a 1.5 degree rise in global temperature, climate gas emissions should start to go down in the next year or two and be cut globally by 45% by 2030….
Lewes eco video success on YouTube
In 2015 three of us in Lewes, all beginners in video-making, got together to make an eco video about magnetic-strip secondary glazing, which we published on YouTube under the name Eco Lewes…
Divestment progress
Keep It In The Ground Lewes and Divest East Sussex have been very active in the last three years, and in the wider world the divestment movement is having a transforming effect.
Lewes car club
Members of the Transport group of TTL conducted a feasibility study for a car club for Lewes District Council. The results were so encouraging that LDC, with Transition Town Lewes’s support, decided to work with Common Wheels to establish a car club for Lewes. Project...
New ways of thinking and a new word to match: ‘Naturegain’
New ways of thinking and a new word to match: ‘Naturegain’
More on the June Naturegain Walk
...We’ll then look for other benefits to Lewes residents as we emerge onto the Downs and stroll across Landport Bottom, guided by Dan Ross (who’s responsible for site management) to spot the chalk grassland wildlife delights emerging as his restoration...
East Sussex Credit Union
If you have long been meaning to join the East Sussex Credit Union, there is a new opportunity! You can now join online and save and borrow knowing your cash is staying local and going to help the community in East Sussex. You can still visit the Brighton office on...
Why support local shops?
At his workshop in Lewes last month, Rob Hopkins called the supermarkets "extractive industries" because they export wealth from the town. It can be estimated that Lewes people spend about £21 million pounds a year on food. (1) Most of that, maybe £16...
Should Transition Town Lewes actively support the Living Wage?
A proposal by Ann Link I have recently been inspired by the examples of York, Croydon and Brighton declaring themselves Living Wage cities and towns and I want to gauge support in TTL. Is it a ‘campaign’ (with political charge & therefore...
