Coming soon……
As of January 2020 we are starting the Horsham Climate Café.
It will take place on the first Saturday of the month starting at 2pm until about 4pm in the Quaker Meeting House, Worthing Road, Horsham after the morning’s Horsham Repair café (10-1pm).
Initially it will be a small forum for pupils from a number of local schools (age 11 and upwards) providing, a ‘safe’, friendly, inspiring and motivating place to visit where we can share ideas, discuss problems, solutions and strategies to the serious environmental issues facing us.
It will be led by the pupils and supported with adult facilitation and mentoring.
We know it can be difficult to talk about climate change with friends and family, so Climate Cafés are designed to provide a space to do just that. Come along and join in the discussions about our concerns and hopes.
Our longer term vision…
When we have secured larger premises we plan to expand the Horsham Climate Café. It will be a place where people can meet informally and talk about climate change, eat delicious homemade cake, have a hot drink and join in the conversations about problems and solutions. You can come once or every month. We can help you track and monitor your ‘green’ actions to see what progress you’re making over time, a little like weight watchers!
Working with other Horsham partners, we plan to develop information ‘stations’ which might include:
Environmental petitioning – telling people about the most important petitions, their aims and impacts. We will encourage people to sign the petition(s) during their visit to the climate café.
Energy – sharing ways to save energy and reduce fuel poverty. Using our cost comparison and clean energy site we will help people switch their electricity
suppliers for their homes and businesses often saving them money. Or people can use our site from the comfort of their home. As of December 2019 we will be offering fuel poverty and energy saving advice through the ‘Warming Communities’ Community Energy South initiative at the Horsham Repair Cafe. Learn more here https://www.horshamrepaircafe.org.uk/energy-advice/.
First green steps – or ‘Green watchers’. It’s similar to Weight Watchers where we help people take their first green steps, encouraging at least one green action a month. We hope they will come back month after month to be supported and monitored as they transition to a more sustainable life.
Youth Climate Forum – young people working together to share ideas, helping give them a voice and support activity and in collaboration with Fridays for Future, Parents for Future and Parent Pledge.
Science behind climate change – if visitors want to learn more about climate change science, we will be on hand to talk to them, suggesting reading and films to develop their knowledge. There are seven Climate Reality Leaders in West Sussex, all trained by the former US Vice President Al Gore along with leading climate change scientists who are part of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps. Carrie Cort, the founder of Sussex Green Living trained with the Climate Reality Leadership Corps in Manila, Philippines in March 2016. We plan to establish a rota so there is always someone on hand to answer questions and share information.
Local campaigning groups – Representatives from groups like No Incinerator for Horsham, CAGNE (Communities Against Gatwick Noise Emissions) and Extinction Rebellion Horsham will be welcome, but unlikely to attend every month.
The Horsham Repair Cafe is in the morning on the first Saturday of each month at the following locations:
The household cleaning product bottle refill service and the plastic free dry, organic and loose food will still take place at the Quaker Meeting House 10 – 1pm, with lots of advice about recycling and our single-use plastic recycling scheme.
At the Unitarian Church Hall 10 – 1pm (about four buildings up Worthing Road opposite the bus station – same postcode) – we will be repairing household electrical goods, phones, computers and textile repairs. Energy reduction, cost comparison and switching to clean energy and fuel poverty advice. Bookings for repairs and energy switching/advice can be booked here.
Want to get involved?
Come to the next Horsham Climate Cafe session on the first Saturday of every month.
Join us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Or sign up to receive our latest news (it takes two seconds to add your email address, just click on ‘Follow‘, bottom right of this screen).
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Christmas crackers making workshop
/in Events, Green art & games, Recycling facts, Seasonal celebrations /by Carrie CortUpcycled crackers – crackers for life!
The zero-waste movement is seemingly the antithesis of Christmas – a time of huge consumption and over-indulgence. But far from being for the Seasonal Scrooge, buying more consciously at Christmas means all of the joy of the feast without the guilt of chucking huge amounts of leftovers in the (compost) bin and adding to the mountains of rubbish once celebrations are over.
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Successful Climate Change Forum
/in Climate change, Events, Green stats, facts & news /by Carrie CortPresentations were given by the following guest speakers chaired by Jane Mote, media expert and ex BBC broadcaster.
If you are interesting in organising this event in your town or village please contact us. In the meantime below you can see some of the shocking stats provided by the speakers and below that their top tips on climate action.
FREE wind-related craft activities during half term
/in Children & nature, Climate change, Events, Green art & games /by Carrie CortFREE Activities at Rampion Windfarm Visitor Centre
Rampion Windfarm Visitors Centre will be running FREE wind-related craft activities throughout the October half term week from Mon 28th Oct to Friday 1st Nov. 10am – 3pm each day, as well as having information and videos for adults to learn more about Rampion.
Fun for the whole family!
MONDAY 28th: Art theme
TUESDAY 29th: Wind races
Read more
Ludicrous contradiction in Evening Standard
/in Children & nature, Climate change, Green stats, facts & news /by Carrie CortAfter reading yesterdays paper I was shocked by the contradictions. On one page I read how “Quarter of London’s parks and playgrounds break the limits on filthy air with dangerous concentrations of nitrogen dioxide. The EU safe limit in accordance with the World Health Organisation is an average of 40 µg/m3 per year yet Victoria Embankment Gardens are 59.8 µg/m3′ ”
Then a couple of pages later Andrew Leadson states “XR are protesting in the wrong city and how the UK must be a beacon of hope for other nations”. She then goes on to say “We are sorting out our own back yards and the UK is already taking urgent action on climate change” Read more
Stunning single use plastic stats!
/in Green stats, facts & news, Recycling facts, Single use plastic /by Carrie CortPrior to the stats shown below we collected TerraCycle waste resources for the benefit of WAKOOS a nursery for children in Billingshurst and Horsham Matters, these statistic are not shown below. Read more
Climate Change Public Forum in Pulborough
/in Climate change, Events, Green stats, facts & news /by Carrie CortSpeakers are drawn from CPRE Sussex, the Arun to Adur Farm Clusters, The Sussex Wildlife Trust and Sussex Green Living.
Date: Friday 18th October
Time: 7pm
Venue: Pulborough Village Hall, Swan View, Pulborough RH20 2BF
Free with tea and sandwiches in the interval
The talks will be by the following guest speakers chaired by Jane Mote, media expert and ex BBC broadcaster. Read more
Are your clothes really causing climate change?
/in Climate change, Events, Green stats, facts & news, Recycling facts /by Carrie CortContainer ships produce more greenhouse gas emissions than some small countries. According to The Essential Daily Briefing: “It has been estimated that just one of these container ships, the length of around six football pitches, can produce the same amount of pollution as 50 million cars (22/04/2018)
Like many commodities, clothes are transported by cargo ships which equals a rather serious carbon footprint and directly contributes to climate change. Read more
Pre-loved clothes sale in Horsham
/in Climate change, Events, Green stats, facts & news, Green Suppliers, Recycling facts /by Carrie CortDid you know the second most polluting industry is the fast fashion industry? Learn more about the problems in this blog ‘Are your clothes really causing climate change? We are delighted to announce a local solution….in partnership with our friends at One World Living and our great volunteers, we are running a pre-loved clothes sale otherwise known as a kilo sale! It is on Saturday 9th November 12-4pm at Greenway Academy, Greenway, Horsham, RH12 2JS, at the end of Green GB Week. We will be selling quality pre-loved clothes for a bargin £10 per kilo (normally kilo sales charge £15 a kilo).
To give you an idea of what you will get for one kilo….. a pair of man’s denim jeans will be about 1.5 and 2 kg and woman’s clothing 1 kg will be about 1 pair of denim jeans or about 6 T-shirts. Thanks to the PTA at Greenway Academy there will be drinks and homemade cakes for sale, so come for the afternoon. There will be a separate areas for children, ladies and men’s clothes.
Proceeds from this sale will help us deliver FREE climate education in local schools, learn more here, also deprived children and families Romania and Uganda. Plus helping the planet and your pocket! Read more
Horsham Climate Cafe
/in Climate change, Events, Green stats, facts & news /by The WebmasterAs of January 2020 we are starting the Horsham Climate Café.
It will take place on the first Saturday of the month starting at 2pm until about 4pm in the Quaker Meeting House, Worthing Road, Horsham after the morning’s Horsham Repair café (10-1pm).
Initially it will be a small forum for pupils from a number of local schools (age 11 and upwards) providing, a ‘safe’, friendly, inspiring and motivating place to visit where we can share ideas, discuss problems, solutions and strategies to the serious environmental issues facing us.
It will be led by the pupils and supported with adult facilitation and mentoring.
We know it can be difficult to talk about climate change with friends and family, so Climate Cafés are designed to provide a space to do just that. Come along and join in the discussions about our concerns and hopes.
Our longer term vision…
When we have secured larger premises we plan to expand the Horsham Climate Café. It will be a place where people can meet informally and talk about climate change, eat delicious homemade cake, have a hot drink and join in the conversations about problems and solutions. You can come once or every month. We can help you track and monitor your ‘green’ actions to see what progress you’re making over time, a little like weight watchers!
Working with other Horsham partners, we plan to develop information ‘stations’ which might include:
Environmental petitioning – telling people about the most important petitions, their aims and impacts. We will encourage people to sign the petition(s) during their visit to the climate café.
Energy – sharing ways to save energy and reduce fuel poverty. Using our cost comparison and clean energy site we will help people switch their electricity
suppliers for their homes and businesses often saving them money. Or people can use our site from the comfort of their home. As of December 2019 we will be offering fuel poverty and energy saving advice through the ‘Warming Communities’ Community Energy South initiative at the Horsham Repair Cafe. Learn more here https://www.horshamrepaircafe.org.uk/energy-advice/.
First green steps – or ‘Green watchers’. It’s similar to Weight Watchers where we help people take their first green steps, encouraging at least one green action a month. We hope they will come back month after month to be supported and monitored as they transition to a more sustainable life.
Youth Climate Forum – young people working together to share ideas, helping give them a voice and support activity and in collaboration with Fridays for Future, Parents for Future and Parent Pledge.
Science behind climate change – if visitors want to learn more about climate change science, we will be on hand to talk to them, suggesting reading and films to develop their knowledge. There are seven Climate Reality Leaders in West Sussex, all trained by the former US Vice President Al Gore along with leading climate change scientists who are part of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps. Carrie Cort, the founder of Sussex Green Living trained with the Climate Reality Leadership Corps in Manila, Philippines in March 2016. We plan to establish a rota so there is always someone on hand to answer questions and share information.
Local campaigning groups – Representatives from groups like No Incinerator for Horsham, CAGNE (Communities Against Gatwick Noise Emissions) and Extinction Rebellion Horsham will be welcome, but unlikely to attend every month.
The Horsham Repair Cafe is in the morning on the first Saturday of each month at the following locations:
The household cleaning product bottle refill service and the plastic free dry, organic and loose food will still take place at the Quaker Meeting House 10 – 1pm, with lots of advice about recycling and our single-use plastic recycling scheme.
At the Unitarian Church Hall 10 – 1pm (about four buildings up Worthing Road opposite the bus station – same postcode) – we will be repairing household electrical goods, phones, computers and textile repairs. Energy reduction, cost comparison and switching to clean energy and fuel poverty advice. Bookings for repairs and energy switching/advice can be booked here.
Want to get involved?
Come to the next Horsham Climate Cafe session on the first Saturday of every month.
Join us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Or sign up to receive our latest news (it takes two seconds to add your email address, just click on ‘Follow‘, bottom right of this screen).
“Inspiring sustainable living in Sussex”
Horsham community step up to the Climate Crisis
/in Climate change, Events, Green stats, facts & news /by Carrie CortWith climate change in the news daily, heatwaves, the hottest July date ever recorded, wettest August and now the Amazon ablaze, who would blame people to despair. Help is at hand to Horsham District residents, on the first Saturday of every month at the Horsham Repair Café. Not only do the volunteers offer repairs, refills and recycling advice but they give clean energy advice and switching and climate change solutions.
Governments have been talking about climate change since the early 90s, it is only now in 2019 that we are seeing fast escalating action, with more than half the UK’s principal local authorities having declared a climate emergency in the last eight months. The Horsham Repair Café run by Sussex Green Living with the help of the Horsham Quakers and lots of volunteers are stepping up to this climate crisis. Read more
Help with climate emergency work and maybe win £25k
/in Climate change, Green stats, facts & news /by Carrie CortTicket sales are now open, 60p from every £1 ticket will go to charities, voluntary organisations and other good causes whose work benefits Horsham District communities. Players of the lottery can win a £25,000 jackpot, plus smaller prizes.
1 in 50 – Every ticket has a 1 in 50 chance of winning a prize every week!
£25,000 prize if you match all 6 numbers in the correct order!
Who are we and what do we do for the Horsham community?
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Environmental art and message ocean bomb Horsham District
/in Climate change, Events, Green art & games, Green stats, facts & news, Green Suppliers, Single use plastic /by Carrie CortHorsham Carfax Bandstand
Horsham District was bombarded with environmental art and activity on Saturday 6th July. Volunteers from the Horsham Repair Café and Sussex Green Living, an environmental awareness and educational network, provided a dazzling array of ‘environmentally friendly’ stalls at their second Share, Care and Repair Fair, this year within Horsham Market. It was part of the Horsham District Year of Culture 2019 and Horsham Festival.
In the run up to this unique Fair nineteen locations – shops, salons, sports centre, Horsham library and the Carfax bandstand, had surprize eco ocean art installed with environmental messages, plus a display at the Fair. This Community Eco Ocean Art project, sponsored by Biffa, was the brainchild of the founder of Sussex Green Living Carrie Cort. Carrie said “People are so worried about plastic pollution and the plight of the planet, I thought this would be fun for anyone of any age to get creative around communicating the problems and solutions”. She continued “Their art had to be made of unwanted materials or acrylic wool. Acrylic wool is a problem because it is synthetic, plastics, which means it will take decades to completely break down”.
Pam Tedder one of the Horsham Repair Café volunteers co-ordinated the yarn or ocean bombing of the Carfax bandstand. Read more
Time to Act as Sussex Leads the way on Climate pledges
/in Climate change, Green stats, facts & news /by Carrie CortWest Sussex County Council Climate Pledge
The Countryside Charity, CPRE Sussex is calling for people to respond to an opportunity to help their local Councils work out how to deal with the Climate Emergency.
Sussex councils are leading the way on Climate pledges in the South East according to information compiled by the South East Climate Alliance (SECA).
More councils have declared a ‘Climate Emergency’ in Sussex than in any other county in the Region. Twelve of the sixteen Local Authorities in East and West Sussex have already acted to declared an emergency or have passed a motion to do so, learn more here. Read more
Clean renewable energy, saves money and the planet!
/in Climate change, Green stats, facts & news, Green Suppliers /by Catherine EdminsonWhat do we mean by ‘clean energy’?
Power stations, wind turbines and solar farms all feed their energy into the Grid, like rivers running into a big pond. When you switch to clean energy, your supplier guarantees that however much electricity you take out of the ‘pond’, the same amount of clean energy will be put in. The more people who switch to clean tariffs, the more renewable energy that goes into the pond. This means that the energy sector is producing less pollution and carbon which is crucial if we are to reduce global warming and climate change.
Approximately 30% of the UK’s electricity is generated from renewable sources.
Under new laws, Britain’s biggest energy companies will have to buy renewable energy from their own customers, for example, homeowners who install new rooftop solar panels from 1 January 2020 will be able to lower their bills by selling the energy they do not need to their supplier. Read more
Plastic food packaging. We need your help!!!
/in Green stats, facts & news, Recycling facts, Single use plastic /by Carrie CortWe wish we could recycle all the plastic food packaging you have kindly donated however there are clear guidelines on which items will be accepted under the free TerraCyle recycling schemes that we are registered to. Our small team of volunteers are working hard to sort through donations to remove all items which cannot be recycled under the TerraCycle schemes.
To help streamline the work of our volunteers here is a reminder of which plastic food packaging we can accept for recycling. Plastic food packaging from other sources will be discarded…..even if made of same or similar material. Read more
Single-use plastic recycling stats
/in Green stats, facts & news, Recycling facts, Single use plastic /by Carrie CortWe work with a number of charities and companies who recycle these single-use plastics one such company being TerraCycle, they are an innovative recycling company that has become a global leader in recycling hard-to-recycle materials. This scheme helps diverts billions of waste resouces from our landfills and incinerators, recycling them to make new products. Read more
Climate Action procession in Billingshurst
/in Climate change, Events, Green stats, facts & news /by Carrie Cort‘The Future We Want’ Billingshurst Carnival procession
Want to join a climate action procession to express the urgent need for people to make changes to their lives to reduce the effects for climate change? Want your children to inherit a healthy planet? Join us as we march for the third year running for ‘The Future We Want – LESS C02’ and climate action.
When: Sunday 30th June
Where: The procession will depart from Jengers Mead, Billingshurst at 12 noon, arriving at Billingshurst Show just off of Lower Station Road *.
Led by Carrie Cort the founder of Sussex Green Living (SGL), volunteers from this West Sussex network and members of the public. Carrie trained with Al Gore the former US Vice President and leading climate change scientists as part of the Climate Reality Leadership Corp.
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Make your home more planet friendly
/in Climate change, Green stats, facts & news, Green Suppliers /by Carrie CortSave Resources – And Money – With Sustainable Living
Developed nations now consume an estimated 16 tons of minerals, ores, fossil fuels, and biomass per capita every year, meaning that we are consuming Earth’s resources at an entirely unsustainable rate. Though this may seem a daunting fact, you can make a difference in your Sussex home by joining the 94% of residents in the South East that have already committed to making positive changes to lead a greener lifestyle. Doing so could have a worthwhile impact on your household’s pocket as well as its sustainability! Here are some changes you can enact at home. Read more
Buzzing Products Healthy Lifestyles
/in Children & nature, Green stats, facts & news /by Carrie CortRainbow Brands: Buzzing Products Healthy Lifestyles
We are delighted to be featured on Sussex Green Living it is doing great work to inspire more smarter environmentally friendly living and it certainly shares our ethos to help bring about this positive change in our communities. Read more
Climate Emergency – please can you help us?
/in Climate change, Events, Green stats, facts & news, Recycling facts, Single use plastic /by Carrie CortDear Horsham and West Sussex residents,
Climate change news is everywhere. It seems too bigger problem for many people and is the greatest environmental threat humanity has ever faced, but you can do something. Here are some ways in West Sussex and Horsham you can help….. Read more
Caring for clothes & planet events
/in Climate change, Events, Green stats, facts & news, Green Suppliers, Recycling facts /by Carrie Cort2nd (10-4pm) and 3rd March (10-3pm) Horsham Repair Cafe and Sussex Green Living are at the Kinder Living Home Show, County Hall, North Horsham, Park Street, Horsham, RH12 1XH. The event aims to encourage more sustainable choices in our homes, gardens and daily lives. We will be offering repairs to electrical household items and clothes and clothes swapping. Read more
Kinder Living event in Horsham
/in Climate change, Events, Green stats, facts & news, Green Suppliers /by Carrie CortWe are going to be at the Kinder Living Home Show on Saturday 2nd (10-4pm) and Sunday 3rd (10-4pm) March 2019, with Sussex Green Living displays and a pop-up Horsham Repair Cafe come along and see us.
What is the Kinder Living Home Show? Read more
Press release: World SOS Climate Emergency Day Horsham meeting
/in Climate change, Events, Green stats, facts & news /by Carrie CortTsunami of support for Councils in South East to declare Climate emergency
Councils across the South East of England are being urged to declare a ‘Climate Emergency’, after a ground-breaking meeting in Horsham on Saturday 2nd February. Held to mark World S.O.S. Climate Emergency Day, the meeting brought together for the first time environmental groups from 11 towns from Surrey, and East and West Sussex. Over 126 people aged from 10 to 80 were present. The venue had to be changed three times to accommodate the surge of interest, and took place finally in Horsham’s Unitarian Church. Read more
World S.O.S. Climate Emergency meeting
/in Climate change, Events, Green stats, facts & news /by Carrie CortPRESS RELEASE
UNITED WE STAND
On Saturday 2nd February at 1.15pm a S.O.S. Climate Emergency Day Meeting is taking place in
Horsham Library,the Quaker Meeting HouseUnitarian Church now due to increasing numbers, open to the general public. In attendance will be people from environmental groups from Horsham, Steyning, Worthing, Chichester, Hassocks, Hurstpierpoint, Keymer and Dorking. The aim being to discuss the climate emergency, planned regional actions and agree collaboration. Read moreEthical & sustainable clothes detector game & lessons
/in Children & nature, Climate change, Green stats, facts & news /by Carrie CortWho invented such a game? Seven pupils from the William Penn Primary School in Coolham are responsible for this great green invention, which won a national award at the Better Energy School Awards at London Zoo. Read more