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Still time to star in the Plastic Free Lewes Pledge Film!
This spring, Plastic Free Lewes will be inviting individuals, businesses and organisations across Lewes to sign up to the Plastic Free Lewes Pledge – a promise to cut down on single-use plastic, a big culprit behind global plastic pollution. To inspire people to sign...
A stable climate
Most people who read TTL News already take the climate crisis seriously. But amid much other stuff occupying bandwidth, we need to see things that make it easier to take action and talk to others…
Keep on Donating a Drink at the Depot
When you order a drink or a meal at the Depot ask to also Donate a Drink and an extra £3 will be added to your bill.
Can Being Vegan Save the Planet?
By Sue Fleming of TTL Feedback on our talk at the Elephant & Castle at the end of January often started with 'this wasn’t what I was expecting, but it is far more interesting & complex than I’d previously thought.’ Fertile ground was laid for more talks...
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.
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...
