Business Trends: The Future Looks Green

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Wind powerPresently, businesses all over the world are focused on the development of sustainable and eco-friendly supply chains that can be built not only to support themselves, but can also actively improve the environment. Scientists are working to make sure green energy supply chains are environmentally friendly, while also being able to eliminate waste within the supply chain. Once this process is refined and is able to be rolled out to multinational industries, businesses will be able to uncover new opportunities to reduce costs. Read more

Our treasure hunt in the Gruffalo Woods!

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On New Years Day we had fun in the secret Gruffalo Woods near Storrington, West Sussex doing a treasure hunt……

Gruffalo Woods

Learn more about our family treasure hunts and geocaching here.  If you would like to be kept informed about future treasure hunts or geocaching events with other families email us and we will keep you informed about forthcoming dates and events.

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Family fun in the countryside

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Fittleworth geocachingDo you love getting out into the countryside? Inhaling fresh air, feeling the wind and sun on your face?  Do you need to occupy and exercise your children but be mindful of your weekly spend?  Well you can achieve all this and get some mental and physical exercise for your family by simply going for a walk in our wonderful countryside.  Then why not try geocaching? Read more

Driftwood art

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Not only are they beautiful but they are using what Mother Nature has left behind to create another form of art. These ladies build horses out of the driftwood they find…..

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A beautiful poem for the planet

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field of rapeseed
Here’s to the sun that will light up the day
Here’s to the joy that will replace the grey
Here’s to the trees that will dance without care
Here’s to the forests that will always be there
Here’s to the fox that recovers from fear
Here’s to the species to never disappear
Here’s to our race, it is human and kind
Here’s to the awakening of all that are blind
Here’s to the self that we all must embrace
Here’s to the healing that will then take place
Here’s to us feeling the pain of the world
Here’s to the joy that will then be unfurled
Here’s to the role that we all can play
Here’s to us bringing forth a better day
Here’s to the new year, hopeful and free
Here is to us, to you and to me.
Happy New Year.
 
Poem by Oliver Dudok van Heel a Be The Change presenter
 
 
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Green Day at the William Penn Primary School – Press Release

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STOP PRESS………

Green Day at William Penn Primary School

The pupils at William Penn Primary School in Coolham took part in a Sussex Green Living Green Day to launch a special recycling scheme at the school. Read more

Highly commended for Going Green

Going, going, gone green

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Going, going, gone green – article page 32

Green Day at William Penn Primary School

Children help save the planet with green day

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Children help save the planet with green day – article

Come and buy some Green Christmas Presents

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William Penn Xmas fayreXmas Fayre – Thursday 8th November 7 – 9pm

  • Would you like to raise money for a local school?
  • Would you like to raise money for a fantastic charity who support deprived families in the Philippines?
  • Would you like to get ahead of yourself with some Christmas presents, rather than have a last minute rush?
  • Would you like to buy some green/environmentally friendly Christmas presents?
  • Then come to the William Penn Primary School Xmas Fayre!

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Highly commended for Going Green

Winning “Going Green” Business Matters Awards

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Winning “Going Green” Business Matters Awards – article

Green Awards – Press Release

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Sussex Green Living wins a Business Matters Award

Take One Productions Corporate Social Responsibility initiative Sussex Green Living was nominated for the Going Green Award at the Business Matters Awards which took place on 20th July 2012 at the Copthorne Effingham Hotel.  The Take One team enjoyed a lively evening hosted by TV personality Fred Dinenage and attended by other nominees from Horsham, Crawley, Haywards Heath and Lewes.

The team members were over the moon when they were announced winners of the Going Green award.  Here Pedro the Sussex Green Living mascot receives the Going Green Award for all his work helping to Green up Sussex!

Winners from the regional Sussex and Hampshire business awards went through to the 3rd Southern Business Awards, which took place on Friday 28th September at the Hilton Metropole Hotel in Brighton.

Take One’s Sussex Green Living were among the region’s top businesses at this glamorous awards ceremony, organised by JP South Events with the support of the overall sponsor JSPC Computer Services.

Carrie Cort, Take One’s marketing director said “We were delighted to have been awarded Highly Commended for Sussex Green Living. This Award and the resulting PR will help to raise the general public’s awareness of the need to live greener and more sustainably”.

This is a list of the award winners and runners up.

Winners

Going GreenHighly commended for Going Green

Highly Commended – Take One Productions/Sussex Green Living

Winner – Stonepillow Restore

Start-Up Category

Highly Commended – Greenfish Recruitment Ltd

Winner – NonStop Engineering

Customer Service

Highly Commended – Little Wood Group Holdings

Winner – Elm Grove Newsagents

Innovation

Winner – Paint With Light

Small business (up to 10 employees)

Joint Winners – Caroline’s Dairy and Jane Jeater Osteopathy

Education and Training

Winner – Q Hair & Beauty Ltd

Hospitality, tourism and leisure

Highly Commended – Eastney Tavern

Winner – Chatsworth Hotel

Medium-sized businesses (10-50 employees)

Winner – Express Food Service

Outstanding contribution to the community award

Winner – Affinion International

Employer of the Year award

Winner – First Central Insurance Management Ltd

Best Employee or Best Team category

Winner – Norma Wood of St Michael Care Homes Ltd

Place to Eat

Highly Commended – The Richmond Arms

Winner – Jamie’s Italian

Young Business Person

Highly Commended – Daniel Edwards of Design 51

Winner Tory Smith of Tory’s Cafe in the Park

Manufacturing and construction

Winner ERG Air Pollution

Large business (50 + employees)

Winner Spofforths Chartered Accountants

Retailer of the Year

Highly Commended Andrew McDowall

Winner The Wool Bar

Business personality

Winner James Stoner from JSPC Computer Services

Lifetime Achievement

Winner David Luckett MBE

Overall Business of the Year

Winner ETI (Electronic Temperature Instruments)

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Why not become a member – its free!

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Members' Zone

Did you know we have a Members’ Zone?  This area is for members only – but membership is free so why not join today! This site is for you the people of Sussex, so we want you to take some ownership it.  To become a member all you need to do is click on the black ‘Follow‘ button in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen, add your email address and click the ‘Sign me up’ link underneath.

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yogurt pot recycling

Is Billingshurst nursery to be top of the pots?

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Is Billingshurst nursery to be top of the pots? – article

Autumnfest – sustainable living event

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SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 10AM-3PM

DOWNLANDS COMMUNITY SCHOOL, DALE AVENUE, HASSOCKS, SUSSEX. Free admission

Children and natureSussex Green Living will be participating at this Autumnfest event, so come along and meet us.  HKD are the organisers of this great family event.

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Poem – Spell of Creation

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Beautiful Poppy fields
Within the flower there lies a seed,
In the seed there springs a tree,
In the tree there spreads a wood.
In the wood there burns a fire,

Apples galore!

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If you’re lucky enough to have your own apple tree(s) don’t let theMaking use of Apples fruit fall and rot on the ground.  Pick carefully, store in a frost free place or be creative and get cooking. When Mother Nature supplies such abundance for the birds and we humans, let us enjoy and make the most of such a harvest. Read more

bottle top recycling

Kids recycling with a robot and Peruvian frog

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Kids recycling with a robot and Peruvian frog – Article

Sussex Greener Living Campaign

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Pedro launches his Sussex Greener Living Campaign.

South American Tree Frog

Pedro has been very busy setting up lots of new recycling schemes to divert waste materials from the landfill in Warnham.  These great schemes will benefit the William Penn Primary School in Coolham, WAKOOS nursery in Billingshurst, Sussex Wildlife Trust and the The Philippine Community Fund.  Billingshurst Primary School have also set up some of their own recycling schemes.  Read more

Fabulous family festival fun!

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Over the Moon Green family festival

Over the Moon Festival, a green and family-friendly event
Celebrating music, art and environmental awareness
On Friday 14 September until Sunday 16 September, 2012
Location: Hempstead Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex

 

Jim Mitchell, the festival organiser, says: ‘Over the Moon is an
Over the Moon - green family event opportunity for people to come together, get creative and have a wild time while learning how to live a more sustainable life.’

Alternative talks and workshops will be delivered by expert speakers at the forefront of their fields. These will include talks on environmental issues from Flemich Webb, environmental journalist and adventurer, the men behind Cadoo, the world’s only social network on sustainable living, and Tom Chute from 10:10 Brighton and Hove, who will give you advice on how to reduce your carbon footprint. Read more

Summer Green Family Fun Day

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Thursday 30th August 10.30am – 2pm.

Venue: Pedro’s Green Den in Coneyhurst, Nr Billingshurst.

South American Tree FrogActivities will include: Read more

A green birthday present

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Children and natureRather than buy a plastic toy which has gathered a huge carbon footprint by being imported from China, why not buy a child a butterfly kit?  Watch them Grow and Let them Go!

Raise five Painted Lady Butterflies while learning all about metamorphosis with Insect Lore’s best selling Butterfly Garden.  See each caterpillar’s transition as it matures, changes into a chrysalis, and finally emerges as a Painted Lady Butterfly! After observing your butterflies, experience the joy of releasing them into your garden or the park. Read more

Summer Activities

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The summer holidays have arrived and it looks like we may have some rainy days between now and the children going back to school. With all that time to fill, why not try some of our Rainy Day Play or get the children making some Green or Eco Art?

Whether it is building robots or castles with boxes, rockets or 10 tin bowling with steel cans, Olympic torches with cardboard tubes, yoghurt pots and foil, elephants with bottles, tubs and foil or perhaps a bottle top flower for the garden.  They are all fun and creative activities which cost nothing, entertain the children and most importantly teach us to use rubbish as a waste resource.

Recycled art Recycled art Recycled green and eco art

Recycled elephant - green art - eco art 10 recycled steel cans Recycled flower - green art - eco art

Or put on your boots and rain coat (maybe your sun hat and sun cream) and get into the great green outdoors.  In the Kids’ Zone on the Sunny Day Play page you will find lots of ideas for places to visit.

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Recycled Olympic Torch

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Here is a simple and free recycling activity for the children during the summer holidays.

Recycled green and eco art

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Big Recycling Bonanza in Brighton

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The Green Centre BrightonSunday 29 July 2012 (11am-3pm)

Event Location: The Green Centre, 39 Manor Hill, Brighton, BN2 5EL

The Green Centre are asking you to bring your biros, blouses, handbags, hammers and spanners (and a whole lot of other materials) to their Big Recycling Bonanza on Sunday 29 July (11am-3pm). Read more

Renewable energy from abandoned viaduct!

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An abandoned viaduct is to be transformed into a Wind Turbine

Viaduct converted into wind turbine bridgeA bridge that repurposes abandoned viaducts, produces energy AND looks futuristically sleek? Yes, it can be true, and it is Italy’s proposed Wind Turbine Viaduct called “Solar Wind.” Southern Italy is dotted with unused viaducts, and rather than spending $50 million to tear them down, town officials near Calabria held a competition called “Solar Park South,” open to designers and engineers asking them to come up with an environmentally conscious way to re-use the existing structures. Read more