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Swift Day boosts Swift Watchers in Lewes
Swift Day boosts Swift Watchers in Lewes Lewes Swift Supporters had such an enthusiastic response to its ‘Swift Day’ at Lewes Climate Hub at the end of April that the group now has even more surveyors and Swift Watchers to help to monitor the return of the Swifts to...
Communities gather to nurture a wilder Ouse Valley
Communities gather to nurture a wilder Ouse Valley On Saturday 13 May, representatives from community and environmental groups and projects from across the lower Ouse Valley gathered at Lewes Railway Land Nature Reserve to launch the Ouse Wild Network - a new place to...
Measuring my Lewes neighbourhood’s carbon footprint
Measuring my Lewes neighbourhood’s carbon footprint The Place-Based Carbon Calculator is an online tool that lets you explore the carbon footprint of your local neighbourhood. Ann Link of the Nevill 2030 group in Lewes has been giving it a go. On the Nevill...
Lewes achieves ‘arboretum town’ status
Lewes achieves ‘arboretum town’ status Lewes has been internationally recognised as an arboretum town. The ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Programme recognises places achieving specified levels of professional practice in the planting, study and conservation of trees,...
Grow, Cook, Eat & Compost with Lewes FC
Grow, Cook, Eat & Compost with Lewes FC Every Tuesday to 25 July, 10am-1pm, Lewes FC, Dripping Pan Every Tuesday to the end of July, Lewes FC is holding free workshops showing how to grow your own vegetables, reduce food waste and cook a variety of tasty meals...
Get advice on making your business greener
Get advice on making your business greener Friday 30 June (and every last Friday of the month), 11am-3pm, Lewes Climate Hub, Lewes House, 32 High Street, Lewes, BN7 2LX Do you own or run a business? Want to find out how your business could be more environmentally...
Carbon Cost of an Email
Carbon Cost of an Email Following our article in December about the climate cost of our digital lives, we’d thought you’d appreciate this graphic about the carbon generated in sending emails. Sobering stuff. Glad we only send out this newsletter once a month!...
PETITION: Overturn authorisation of banned pesticides on UK sugar crops
PETITION: Overturn authorisation of banned pesticides on UK sugar crops Farmers have again been granted special permission to use banned neonicotinoid pesticides on sugar beet, despite evidence showing their extreme toxicity to all insect life. Urge the...
Get advice on making your business greener
Get advice on making your business greener Friday 26 May (and every last Friday of the month), 11am-3pm, Lewes Climate Hub, Lewes House, 32 High Street, Lewes, BN7 2LX Are you a business owner? Want to find out how your business could be more environmentally...
After the Big One, what’s next?
After the Big One, what’s next? After more than 60,000 people descended on Westminster in April (including many from Lewes) to demand an end to fossil fuels, has the government responded to the protest’s demands? If not, where does climate protest go from here? Mark...
The Big One
The Big One: The environmental protest for everyone (yes, everyone!) Friday 21 April – Monday 24 April, Houses of Parliament ‘The Big One’ – set to be the largest single environmental protest in UK history - will take place at the Houses of Parliament 21 to 24 April....
Spending Lewes Pounds
Support local businesses by spending Lewes Pounds Did you know that the Lewes Pound (LP) runs a monthly subscription scheme whereby you can get an extra LP1 for every LP20 for which you have a standing order? This means that in these difficult economic times...
