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Good Health: Beyond Resilience?
Dirk Campbell July 2015 I have just been reading one of those rare books whose central concept seems so important and so universally applicable that one wonders why no-one thought of it before. It is a very simple observation and, like gravity and evolution,...
The Refugee Problem
Dirk Campbell January 2016 On Saturday January 9th Sacha and I went to the refugee camp in Dunkirk. We took warm clothes, blankets, gumboots and tents. They are mostly Iraqi Kurds, families living in unbelievable squalor - deep mud, freezing temperatures,...
The rise of the rain garden
Later this year, TTL will be looking to explore ways in which we can all work together to mitigate the risk of flood in our town, whether from rivers or surface water. Inspiration could come from the Brighton & Lewes Downs Biosphere Project, which has just...
Rob Hopkins on Brexit
With the EU referendum a month away, what would leaving the EU potentially mean for the transition movement? Transition founder Rob Hopkins presented his personal thoughts in MarchSee the original article and reader comments here... With the Transition movement...
Natural Flood Management in the River Ouse catchment – Sussex Flow Initiative
Sandra Manning-JonesAs the project officer for the Sussex Flow Initiative (SFI) I was very pleased to meet with members of TTL recently to discuss ways that Natural Flood Management (NFM) can help reduce flooding across the Ouse catchment and help with flood...
DOWN THE DRAIN: What can we do to stop surface water flooding in Lewes getting worse?
Thursday 27 October 2016, 7.30pm, Elephant & Castle As incidences of severe flash flooding in Lewes become more common, come and join Transition Town Lewes and a panel of experts to ask what we can do to keep water levels in our streets under control.Think...
CAMPAIGN: Get the town buzzing with Wildflower Lewes
Wildflower Lewes is a campaign to get Lewes buzzing with bees, fluttering with butterflies and brimming with stunning wildflowers. It's being initiated by local councillors, wildlife groups and ecologists - and your help is needed too. It's a well-cited fact...
One of the most important men who has ever lived…
One of the most important men who has ever lived has recently died. He is up there with Gandhi, Mandela, Churchill and Krishnamurti. Unlike them he was not widely acknowledged during his life, being so far ahead of the curve, but his ideas have been adopted by...
Move our pensions out of fossil fuels
Campaigners from around East Sussex have launched a new brochure and web tool to help members of the East Sussex Pension Fund (ESPF) lobby the County Council to reinvest the £172 million it currently has invested in the coal, oil and gas industries. See Fossil...
More on Keep It In the Ground
We will continue to campaign locally and nationally to keep most fossil fuels in the ground and for a global cap on carbon emissions. Kiigl will raise awareness of the urgency of change to a low carbon economy with a wide range of people. Examples of...
Lewes Tree Charter Launch
Wed 15 November, 7-10 pm, King’s Church, Lewes, £12/£10 In 1217, the Forest Charter re-secured the rights of ordinary people to access England’s royal forests. Now, 800 years later, a new national Charter for Trees has been created. We’re...
Litter-Free Lewes
Litter-Free Lewes is a new project that aims to reduce litter and clean up our area by: 1. Carrying out regular litter pick-ups - fortnightly if possible, minimum once a month 2. Preparing educational workshops, then delivering them to local schools and colleges 3....
