Transition Brighton and Hove is an attempt by the local community to provide a sustainable low energy future by planning for the challenges of Peak Oil and Climate Change. To join in, go to Transition Brighton & Hove's website or forum. There are many existing groups and organisations in Brighton and Hove which are working towards a Sustainable Low Energy Future. While focusing on the need for an Energy Descent Plan, Transition Brighton and Hove's 'vision statement' could extend to areas in which these groups already contribute knowledge and expertise.
Friends Centre has moved to Brighton Junction, a new community space within the One Brighton eco development in the New England Quarter. Our new address is:
Friends Centre, Brighton Junction, Isetta Square, Stroudley Road, Brighton BN1 4GQ. New phone number: (01273) 810210. [Map] Download Spring brochure (PDF).
To celebrate the move, Friends Centre is launching One Planet Learning – courses and workshops designed to raise environmental awareness and encourage sustainable living.
New One Planet courses starting Jan - March 2010
One Planet, One Life (examines the current environmental picture and supports you to live sustainably) Mondays 7.00pm – 9.00pm Starts 25 January for 8 weeks £ 60.00 (N/A)
Grow Your Own Year-round Veg Wednesdays 7.30 - 9.00pm Starts 24 Feb for five weeks £28.50 (N/A)
Introduction to the Healing Power of Herbs Fridays 10.00am – 1.00pm Starts 29 January for 6 weeks £ 70.00 (£ 42.00)
Understanding Climate Change, Facilitated by the University of Brighton Mondays 7.30pm - 8.30pm 22 February; 8, 22 March; 19 April; 10, 24 May £ 7.50 each / £ 40.00 for all six (N/A)
Nature Writing Wednesdays 1.00pm - 3.00pm Starts 27 Jan for 8 weeks £60.00 (£36.00)
Dressmaking for Improvers Fridays 10.00am - 12.00pm - Starts 29 January for 8 weeks £ 60.00 (£ 36.00)
Knitting for Beginners Thursdays 1.00pm - 3.00pm - Starts 25 February for 5 weeks £ 37.50 (£ 22.50)
Pattern Cutting Mondays 1.00pm - 3.00pm - Starts 25 January for 8 weeks £ 60.00 (£ 36.00)
Recycled Crafts Thursdays 7.00pm – 9.00pm - Starts 28 January for 8 weeks £ 65.00 (£ 39.00)
Recycled Textiles Mondays 10.00am - 12.00pm - Starts 25 January for 8 weeks £ 60.00 (£ 36.00) And One day Saturday workshop 6 March £ 30.00 (N/A)
Recycled Knitting One day Saturday workshop 10.00am – 4.00pm 6 March £ 30.00 (N/A)
The Power of Word (the power of writing to confront and persuade)Tuesdays 3.00pm - 5.00pm - Starts 26 January for 8 weeks £ 60.00 (£ 36.00)
Green Films In conjunction with Brighton Peace & Environment Centre Mondays 7.30pm – 9.30pm - 1, 15 March (Spring term,) 26 April; 17 May; 7, 21 June (Summer term) £ 7.50 each or £ 40.00 for all 6 (N/A)
Just think..... In conjunction with Life2 (examine how you are living and think about what really matters) Tuesdays 7.30pm - 9.30pm - Starts 26 January for 8 weeks £ 80.00 (N/A)
Introduction to the Healing Power of Herbs Fridays 10.00am – 1.00pm - Starts 29 January for 6 weeks £ 70.00 (£ 42.00)
Natural Cleaning – Get ready for your Spring Clean - One day workshop 10.00am – 4.00pm Saturday 27 February £ 30.00 (N/A)
Natural Cosmetics Pamper Day - One day workshop 10.00am – 4.00pm Saturday 30 January £ 30.00 (N/A)
For information about each course, download the Spring brochure (PDF) or call 01273 810210.
To book your place call 01273 810210 with your credit/debit card details, send a cheque made payable to 'Friends Centre' to the address below, or visit the Friends Centre office (Termtime opening hours: 9.30am - 7.30pm Mon - Thurs, and 9.30 - 3.00pm on Fri).
Brighton Climate Change - Our goal is to work towards a low emission future for our city, where our lifestyles are not dependent on fossil fuels. We work alongside many other local voluntary groups, the Council and business, to promote positive and effective action against climate change through education and lobbying.
The Big Ask - lobbying to get a Climate Bill debated in Parliament
BTCV was formerly known as The British Trust for Conservation Volunteers. Their vision is: "a better environment where people are valued, included and involved". Their mission is: "to create a more sustainable future by inspiring people and improving places".
Become a Community Champion! - Every Action Counts (EAC: run by BTCV and backed by Defra) aims to engage national and local community sector organisations in work to protect and improve our environment and to deliver sustainable development solutions.
Brighton and Hove World Development Movement Group meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 8pm at the Brighton Peace and Environment Centre (BPEC), 39 - 41 Surrey St, opposite Brighton station. The first hour comprises a talk on a current political issue followed by discussion. The second hour involves planning current campaigns.
Global Action Plan S.E. Office c/o Brighton Desk Space, 11a Jew Street, Brighton BN1 1UT, Email: southeast@globalactionplan.org.uk Tel: 01273 823262
Global Action Plan is committed to a role of environmental leadership by promoting environmental good practice at all levels - internally and externally. We will continually seek to minimise our negative impacts on the environment and those of our partners and clients. We aim to: (a) Minimise our consumption of resources and raw materials (b) Reduce our output of rubbish (c) Reduce our harmful emissions from transport and office energy consumption (d) Use suppliers that are environmentally friendly (e) Exercise a positive influence through our awareness-raising and behaviour change activities. We will do this by: (i) Implementing an Environmental Management System compliant with BS8555 to monitor and measure our impact on the environment (ii) Complying with relevant environmental legislation (iii) Continuing to integrate environmental aims into the business planning process (iv) Running programmes that aim to reduce participants' impacts on the environment (v) Ensuring all employees can demonstrate good environmental office practice (vi) Monitoring and reporting on our progress, with periodic reviews (vii) Setting targets for continual improvement.
The Green Economics Institute - aims to reformulate, rework and re-orientate mainstream economics to create a new discipline of Green Economics which is better able to address today's problems. There will be a major Green Economics Conference with a campaigning theme on Biodiversity and social and environmental justice and poverty on Saturday 11th April 2008 in Brighton at the Friends Meeting House, being run with Martin Grimshaw from Greenspeak Brighton. Please email: events@greeneconomicsinstitute.eu
Greenspeak Brighton is a meeting where green issues are discussed. This includes everything from consumer to spiritual issues. Invited speakers lead the discussion. Greenspeak is also a social event, and great opportunity to encourage your friends to join. Meetings are Free, Smoke-Free and at Terraces above the Sea-Life Centre.
Green Women - a Brighton based group that has grown from a couple of enthusiastic people to over 300 members in the space of a little over year
I Count Campaign - public awareness campaign demanding action on Climate Change
Independent News Collective (INK) - INK is an association of radical and alternative publishers. Their publications cover issues of social, political and personal change: issues which are often neglected by the mainstream media.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - established by WMO and UNEP to assess scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation. It is currently finalizing its Fourth Assessment Report "Climate Change 2007", also referred to as AR4. The reports by the three Working Groups provide a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the current state of knowledge on climate change.
www.plasticbagfreebrighton.co.uk - a community campaign, bringing together those of us who want to make Brighton plastic bag free in order to reduce household waste. We aim to encourage Brighton & Hove shoppers to use and re-use environmentally friendly shopping bags and all shops to supply them.
Powerswitch - Powerswitch.org.uk is dedicated to raising awareness & discussion of the impending & permanent decline of cheap oil & gas supply, the consequences of which will affect every corner of our lives.
Powerswitch: London and The South East - regional forum, allowing you to exchange info and views about Peak Oil, and to see what neighbouring towns and cities are doing.
Save Brighton - opposition to proposed development at Brighton Marina
South East Forum for SustainabilitySEFS (based at The Brighton Eco Centre 39-41 Surrey Street Brighton BN1 3PB, Tel: +44 (0)1273 766 643), is the environmental network for the region. The network is steered by its Policy & Executive Committee which is made up of 12 members. Six permanent (RSPB, National Trust, Friends of the Earth, Wildlife Trusts, CPRE, Transport 2000) and six elected from SEFS’ general membership (RailFuture, ENCAMS, WWF, CTC South East, Southern Buildings Preservation Trusts and Civic Trust South East). It has three seats on the South East of England Regional Assembly (SEERA) and also representatives on the various committees and working parties that draw up policy in the region. The aims and objectives of SEFS are: 1) To ensure greater environmental accountability in South East regional decision making; 2) To be an effective focus for influencing regional policy; 3) To encourage and facilitate networking between organisations with an interest in sustainability and the environment in the South East; and 4) To be inclusive, accessible and encourage environmental voluntary groups from all parts of the region to join SEFS.
Stop Climate Chaos - a coalition formed of many Non Governmental Organisations and Charities
Take It Back Campaign locally based group challenging consumers and supermarkets on the subject of over-packaging and unnecessary waste.
The Sussex Energy Group - The Sussex Energy Group undertakes academically rigorous, inter-disciplinary research that engages with policy-makers and practitioners to identify sustainable, economically efficient ways of achieving the energy transition. Although climate change is a significant factor, there are many other reasons why we need to address the energy transition, including security of supply, fuel poverty and the attractions of innovations such as renewable energy resources, distributed generation and combined heat and power.
Brighton and Hove Community Buildings Network - CBN is a local federation for Community Centres and similar organisations, with 28 member organisations across the city. Their site contains information about all their member buildings, including telephone number, address, centre manager and in some instances, room hire rates.
Brighton and Hove Learning Partnership - A to Z list of Independent Community & Voluntary Providers. We may be able to offer content for courses which are up and running, thereby avoiding the cost of booking the venue.
The Brighton Peace and Environment Centre [based at 39-41 Surrey Street, Brighton BN1 3PB] - The Brighton Peace and Environment Centre aims to raise awareness and understanding of social justice, peace, sustainable development and environmental protection matters by providing information, education and positive practical solutions to global problems. See also: South East Forum for SustainabilitySEFS (listed in the section above).
The Cowley Club - 12 London Road, Brighton BN1 4JA Tel.: 01273 696104, is named after Harry Cowley, a chimney sweep whose political campaigning secured an official site for the open market in the early 20th century. Its vision is: 'For a social system based on mutual aid and voluntary co-operation; against all forms of oppression. To establish a share in the general prosperity for all - the breaking down of racial, religious, national and sex barriers - and to fight for the life of one earth.
Books, journals, packs and pamphlets on the Environment from Brighton Peace and Environment Centre's library -
[nn] = number in each category. Individual membership of BPEC costs £24 per annum waged or £12.00 unwaged, allowing you to borrow 4 items from the library for three week periods:
Gaian Democracies: redefining globalisation and people-power by John Jopling and Roy Madron
The Future of Money by Bernard Lietaer.
"The Snail and The Whale" a picture book by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler - we need to collect suitable resources to allow the issue of climate change to be communicated to different age groups. Please let me know of other titles (and genres e.g. plays, musicals, picture books, songs) suitable for young children and containing a helpful degree of focus on our message. Companies such as Hasbro provide 5-7 year old children with a ready supply of military toys. I have complained to Amazon.com about this, but they have not removed these products from their site. Amazon.co.uk market much less of this rubbish, and Amazon.de - hardly anything at all. We need to promote resources for children which 'educate' rather than 'brainwash'. Good provision of truly educational books and toys is needed to counter all the 'hype' designed to interest young children in guns and cars.
THE ARGUS Search the news archive - Enter your own search terms: e.g. climate change, global warming, Kyoto, Waste Transfer Station, incinerator, Waste Local Plan, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, recycling, carbon dioxide, pollution, air quality, dump the dump, Onyx, Cityclean
Schumacher College, based in Dartington (Totnes, Devon), offers The Schumacher Certificate of Education. This one-year, part-time, action learning programme is for: educators, facilitators and change agents in all types of mainstream or alternative education who wish to implement and integrate education for sustainability in practical and meaningful ways.
Corporate Critic Database - a unique online service for business and social sector users, giving access to information on the ethical records of over 30,000 companies worldwide.
Ethiscore online shopping guide - a mixture of free and subscription-only Buyer's Guides for over 160 products. With customisable ratings tables, updated daily, detailing company performance against 15 key ethical criteria.
The Independent Science Panel - (ISP) is a panel of scientists from many disciplines, committed to the promotion of science for the public good.
Research services - we undertake research for campaign groups and ethically-minded organisations.
Act On CO2 Calculator - use this website to calculate what your own carbon footprint is.
Frequently asked Questions from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's website: e.g. What is the relationship between climate change and weather? What is the Greenhouse Effect?
The World Clock - moving dials showing births, deaths, marriages, the prison population, oil consumption etc: watch the numbers change.
Government's Consultation website on the role of nuclear power in a low carbon UK economy. Downloads of The Government's consultation documents on the future of nuclear power. The latter set out the Government's arguments for keeping nuclear power as an option. The Transition Movement needs to counter these arguments in rejecting the nuclear option; otherwise, the wider public may pay more attention to the pro nuclear lobby. The consultation sought views on the information and arguments (contained in the consultation documents) on whether the private sector should be allowed to build new nuclear power stations. Note that the consultation is now closed, but the responses received will be published on the government's consultation website.
Brighton and Hove Council's Sustainability Commission - The purpose of the sustainability commission is to help Brighton & Hove City Council develop and implement its sustainability policies as part of its activities, including partnership work with other agencies and bodies.
The Sustainability Commission's terms of reference - meetings are approximately every two months at Brighton Town Hall, Bartholomew Square, Brighton and members of the public are very welcome to attend. Forthcoming meetings (Wednesdays): 7th November 2007, 9th Jan 2008, 12th March 2008, 30th April 2008. Click here for contact officer and Agendas of meetings.
Brighton and Hove Council's Sustainability Team - is a small team based within the Strategy & Governance Directorate of the council. The team works across the council and with the community to promote sustainability issues through the development of action plans, supporting local projects and campaigns, and through the delivery of an environmental education programme. The team offer unpaid volunteering, work shadowing and other work experience opportunities. Work can range from general administration and office duties, to research projects and assisting in the organisation of events. Areas of activity and concern include:
STOP PRESS - SPD on Sustainable Building Design: To participate in the public consultation on this draft Supplementary Planning Document, Comments should be submitted in writing to Paula Goncalves, Senior Planning Officer, Planning Strategy & Projects, Room 407-410, Hove Town Hall, Hove, BN3 3BQ, or by sending an e-mail to: ldf@brighton-hove.gov.uk by no later than 5 pm on Friday 7th December 2007.
What planned actions can we take to influence Council planning policies and decisions? Click here to find out.
2020 Community Partnership - Local Strategic Partnership [LSP]: Brighton & Hove's sustainable community strategy sets out the vision and plans of the agencies, organisations and communities who work together through the 2020 Community Partnership to improve the quality of life in this city.
The Local Area Agreement - sets out priorities for Brighton & Hove over the final year of the three year plan, agreed between the partners of our Local Strategic Partnership and Public Service Board and central government acting through the Government Office for the South East. The agreement contains 25 outcomes, grouped around four themes: 1. developing a prosperous and sustainable economy 2. ensuring all our children and young people have the best possible start in life 3. a healthy city that cares for vulnerable people and tackles deprivations and injustice 4. a safe city that values our unique environment.
Regularly log on to Brighton & Hove City Council's Planning Register, tick "I accept", Continue to the Register, entering postcodes or names of local streets to find the details of proposed developments in your area. Have a look at the detailed plans and participate in the necessary 3-week public consultations. Click here for more about how the planning system works.
Complain to Brighton & Hove City Council if they fail to make the planning status of proposed development sites clear to developers and the local community alike at the time when planning applications are registered.
What is brownfield and greenfield development? - The definition of "a greenfield site" (i.e. land which has never been previously developed) is made clear in the Government's Planning Policy Statement PPS 3 Annex B: Defintions Scroll down to page 26 Annex B. Since 2000, plots where there is already a significant stucture such as a house within the curtilage of the property are now defined as "brownfield". If you want to conserve plots (e.g. for local food production in the future) it is all the more important that you protect your neighbourhood's few remaining "greenfield sites". You can ask the Case Officers in Brighton and Hove Council's Development Control (based at Hove Town Hall) to provide details of the planning history of a particular plot. Developers as in this local example will sometimes buy up domestic properties (houses with gardens) adjoining "greenfield sites" which they have also purchased. The tactic is then to blur the "planning status" of the combined area in their development proposals by referring repeatedly (and inaccurately!) to the whole land area as "brownfield". What is worse, is that if the Council agrees to register these blurred applications, developers sometimes proceed to destroy the boundary features (trees and hedgerows) and the wildlife habitat of the "greenfield site", making previously lovely plots look like "building sites" before any permission to develop is granted.
Stop developers from blurring the planning status of greenfield sites by "merging separate freeholds in people's minds". This can include the minds of the people who decide the outcome of planning applications, if this tactic goes unchallenged. Site visits are quite likely to be performed by members of the Planning Applications Sub-Committee as well as Planning Inspectors (in the case of Appeals). Residents can remind overworked public servants that freeholds which have been lumped together in development proposals are entirely separate. To illustrate the point, the best way is to get hold of copies of the title deeds of each of the separate properties (which contain diagrams, marking perimeter boundaries in red ink). These may be obtained online from The Land Registry. Copies of the Title Deeds can be mailed to you as PDF Files in email attachments for a small fee.
Get to know The Brighton and Hove Local Plan. This plan was finally adopted in July 2005. Local plans are for district council areas and guide the details of development in accordance with the Structure Plan. All the policies that are used to determine planning applications should be in the Local Plan. Most new plans take existing plans as their base and then the local authority responsible for preparing a new plan takes into account changes in its area as well as the latest Government guidance. The current local plan will be replaced by a Local Development Framework within the next three years.
Spotting fake car-free housing schemes. The policy in Chapter 4 on Car Free Housing will help you to spot schemes which "say they are car-free housing", but will bring more traffic and fumes into your area. Developers are often very "generous in provision for bicycle storage" in attempts (often in the hilliest areas of the city!) to get schemes (which don't prevent car-use) through planning.
Incorporate references to the policies contained in Supplementary Planning Documents in your letters of objection to unsustainable development proposals. The requirements contained in the proposed SPD on Sustainable Building Design may stop a bad development proposal in its tracks. It should be noted that the requirements are tighter in the context of "greenfield development" so embarrass the Council by writing letters to the local media if it omits to make the planning status of proposed development sites clear to developers and residents alike.
Government Guidance on Redevelopment of Open Spaces (whether public or privately-owned) could help you in opposing over-developments and attempts at infilling.
Government Planning Policy Guidance PPG 17 - Planning for open space, sport and recreation - sets guidelines which local Councils are expected to follow e.g. the requirement that an open space survey should be conducted, incorporating the views of local residents, before development of an open space (on public or privately owned land) is even considered. PPG17 Paragraph 10.
Get to know the Government's Guidance on how Local Council's should assess your community's open space needs. Assessing needs and opportunities - A companion guide to PPG17. Note that the Government says that "Open Space Needs" should be locally-derived, and that qualitative assessment should be Neighbourhood-specific. It is not enough for an Open Space Survey to focus on the big parks and recs (Preston Park, The Level, Stanmer Park etc) pooled between several neighbourhoods. The small plots of open space backing onto domestic gardens within your neighbourhood should also be subject to qualitative assessment under PPG17 Paragraph 2.4. The same applies, even if they are inaccessible, since they may nevertheless contribute to the health of the community and feelings of well-being through visual appearance, biodiversity, wildlife habitat, offering a green lung or a screen of trees between domestic properties and industrial zones.
Other useful planning documents: Policy Guidance Notes for England: PPG1-PPG25: Planning policy guidance notes (PPGs) are prepared by the government after public consultation to explain statutory provisions and provide guidance to local authorities and others on planning policy and the operation of the planning system. They also explain the relationship between planning policies and other policies which have an important bearing on issues of development and land use. Local authorities must take their contents into account in preparing their development plans. The guidance may also be relevant to decisions on individual planning applications and appeals.
Brighton & Hove Wood recycling Project [BN2 9QF] - Brighton & Hove Wood Recycling Project aims to rescue, re-use and recycle some of the tonnes of wood going to landfill locally by collecting waste wood from local businesses. The reusable timber we collect is offered for sale in our shop
Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) offers solutions to some of the most serious challenges facing our planet and the human race, such as climate change, pollution and the waste of precious resources. The Centre demonstrates practical ways of addressing these problems. Leading by example, CAT aims to show that living more sustainably is not only easy to attain but can provide a better quality of life.
DK Architects [BN3 6HP] - Sustainable Green design: 'The practice aims to offer a tailored service to clients for their individual project which will cost effectively produce buildings of quality and delight in tune with their context.'
Earthship Brighton - the Low Carbon Network gives tours of Earthship Brighton, a green building in Stanmer Park constructed from waste car tyres. Earthship Brighton will provide a local resource for education on the links between buildings, climate change, waste management and consumerism.
Earthwise Construction specialists in green building design, consultancy, construction and renovation. We believe that houses and dwellings, new or old can be transformed to have a lower environmental impact using natural resources.
Natural Insulations - Warmcel 100™ for lofts (Which "Best Buy"); Isonat® for all applications; Isovlas® for all applications; Thermafleece™ for all applications; ThermoHemp® for all applications: - We have been selling the widest range of natural insulations in the UK for 15 years and we are passionate about saving energy.
Villa & Hut Furniture Warehouse - importers of eco friendly hardwood furniture from around the world. Villa & Hut support eco friendly timber recycling. No illegal wood is used in any of our products! The timbers that we use in all our products come from only two sources. most of the timber is predominantly reclaimed or recycled, whilst some is purpose grown in timber plantations, which have been established around the world specifically for the wholesale timber market.
Ecologise Ltd [49 Newmarket Road BRIGHTON, East Sussex, BN2 3QG] - general builders, specialists in insulation and eco-refurbishment.
Ecotecture - ecological architecture and green design techniques. Ecotecture Limited aims to provide sustainable designs, specialist energy efficient advice and Ecohomes assessment where possible (and if required) based on site-specific analysis of individual projects.
Koru Architects [BN3 6HY] - a Brighton-based practice specialising in environment-friendly or ‘green’ architecture. We undertake residential and small commercial projects including new-build, refurbishments and extensions.
Spectral Arts - Spectral Arts is a collective of professional artists, performers and technicians that collaborate on various art-based projects. We specialise in structure building, creative commissions and arts/craft workshops in schools, youth groups and community centres. Our projects are also designed to promote art, education and the use of recycled resources, within the community sector.
Brighton and Hove Business and Community Partnership - supports community development and encourages social entrepreneurship by bringing together businesses, social enterprises, voluntary organisations, community groups, decision makers, entrepreneurs and policy makers, to share resources and build a thriving, sustainable economy that supports everyone in the community.
C Level aims to inspire positive practical action in response to Climate Change, based on 3 steps to being Carbon Balanced. C Level's clients include (a) APACS (b) Brighton and Hove City Council (c) The Bodyshop (d) Constructing Excellence (e) Ecover (f) English Heritage (g) Eyenetwork (h) Four Corners (i) Institute of Development Studies (j) Intrepid Guerba (k) Infinity (l) Midnight Communications (n) Supergrass (o) Zelgrain.
Ecosys Environmental Management & Education is an independent not-for-profit environmental consultancy, established in 1998 in Brighton. We provide a comprehensive range of services, primarily to small-medium businesses and local authorities. We help our clients to achieve costs savings, resource conservation and increased efficiency, in conjunction with improvements in environmental performance. Ecosys is based at Unit 1, Level 4 South, New England House Business Centre, New England Street, Brighton, BN1 4GH, Tel: 01273 245587.
Harmony in the Community offers a wide range of services including Event and Parade Production and Management, Market and Stall Management, Risk Assessment and Health and Safety consultancy, sourcing Equipment and Venues as well as Site planning, design and layout. Through training, production services and experience-based consultancy, Harmony in the Community enables individuals, organisations, charities, local authorities and businesses to deliver successful events.
Bright Exchange, also known as LETS, is a Local Exchange Trading Scheme - a localised network of people who trade skills, services and goods on a cashless basis. People's time is valued at an equal rate, be it walking someone's dog, giving a head massage or stripping wallpaper. The scheme also allows for the loan of useful items.
Barchester Green Investment specialises in ethical investment and will advise UK clients in their own homes.
The Co-operative Bank, Brighton branch is at 164-5 Western Road next to the Pound Shop, takes an ethical stance in its business relations.
Ecology Building Society specialises in ethical savings accounts and green mortguages for properties which benefit the environment e.g. in need of renovation or conservation, new builds from sustainable materials which incorporate high levels of energy efficiency, or addition of energy saving devices and renewable energy systems to existing properties.
Ethical Investment Research Services (EIRIS) - provides independent information and advice (e.g. guides to ethical banking, mortgages, pensions, insurance and investments) to help people manage their money and investments in line with ethical concerns such as environment, human rights, military issues. EIRIS does not offer financial advice.
The Ethical Partnership is a nationwide co-operative of Independent Financial Advisers, specialising in financial planning advice, linked to ethical and socially responsible investment for individuals, companies and charities.
New Economics Foundation - an independent "think-and-do tank" committed to isnpiring and demonstrating real economic well-being, putting people and the planet first.
Triodos Bank is one of Europe's leading social and environmental banks, lending money only to projects and enterprises that create social and environmental value.
Transforming Economic Life - volume 1 of the Schumacher briefings. Download of paper by James Robertson on The Role of Money and Finance, given for a workshop on sharing limited resources and a change of economic course. The late E. F. Schumacher is best known for his book "Small is Beautiful" and for promoting 'Intermediate Technology' of use in both developing and developed countries. The Centre for Alternative Technology has put into action many of Schumacher's ideas.
The Centre for Alternative Technology offers solutions to some of the most serious challenges facing our planet and the human race, such as climate change, pollution and the waste of precious resources. We demonstrate practical ways of addressing these problems. Leading by example, we aim to show that living more sustainably is not only easy to attain but can provide a better quality of life.
Bio-D Company - an independent, family-owned, ethically motivated company, dedicated to promoting the use of hypoallergenic, environmentally responsible detergents that have a minimum impact on the ecosystem both in their use and in their manufacturing process. Where possible, all raw materials are plant-derived and are obtained from renewable sources.
Biofa Natural Paints [BN1 4EW] - want to offer the consumer a real alternative to the chemical cocktail of paints we are being forced into using.
My Own Eden - green domestic services, including eco-cleaning, green decorating and garden renovation.
Pure Paint Eco Paint [BN6 8PT] - Purepaint is a painting and decorating company based in Sussex that uses non-toxic, low-odour, eco-friendly paint.
We offer an eco friendly design and decoration service.
SDC Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Systems - Eco Carpet & Upholstery cleaning. We clean not just for appearance, but also for health. We use non re-soiling, safe and non detergent based products, true Eco Carpet Cleaning without compromise.
Badger and Squirrel innovative green re-design - We are Chloe Salder from London and Stefan Huebbe from Berlin. As you can see from our portfolio, we create cutting edge designs, which are not only aesthetically pleasing but also environmentally friendly and fully functional.
Each artwork is handmade from materials selected from recycling stations and charity shops. The history of our designs, including their minor imperfections, adds life, character and substance to our art. Any extras and fittings required for functionality are selected for the safe use of the piece and minimal impact on the environment.
Our home and headquarters is an ageing yet beloved sailing boat, which we have sailed from Australia. We are currently moving our 'office' from Turkey to England, where we will set up camp close to London and launch badger&squirrel in August 2009.
Our mission is:
* to create innovative, uniquely functional art which is fun to use and which delivers a real benefit to our customers and the community
* to produce art which has a minimal impact on the planet in all aspects of the production and the manufacturing process
* to provide excellent customer service, encourage feedback, promote environmental awareness and develop community and enterprise relations.
* to continuously improve our product portfolio and expand on our range
Beacon Press - the first Carbon Neutral printer in the world, using vegetable-based inks and green electricity, based in Uckfield.
Ecographic - graphic design and production (branding, brochures, exhibition displays, flyers, leaflets, magazines, packaging, postcards, reports, stationery) with minimum ecological impact. Based at Brighton Media Centre, Suite 103, 15-17 Middle Street, Brighton BN1 1AL, Tel: 01273 201361.
The Ethical Graphic Design Company helps promote organisations who are working for positive change, whether it be through education, the arts, campaigns or by helping people or the environment. We do this by providing highly creative, highly effective graphic design. From bold promotional material to clever identities, from simple websites to cutting-edge illustration.
neo:creative - we are a specialist agency with a clear ethos: to provide effective communication services for projects that have a positive commitment to culture, society and the environment. We work with private, public and not-for-profit sector clients towards a more positive future in areas as diverse as sustainable transport, education, health, art in the environment and eco-enterprise.
SCIP provides IT services exclusively to charities, voluntary and community organisations and other not-for-profit groups. SCIP aims to (a) empower communities through the use of IT by equipping people with the skills and confidence to use IT as part of the community development process (b) Connect communities by facilitating the sharing, management and archiving of information, and improving the quality and accessibility of community information (c) Enable and support charities, voluntary and community organisations to use IT effectively to further their own aims.
"Mayor launches green homes services for Londoners" - Under the London Green Homes scheme, people living in the capital will have access to two services - a free telephone helpline and website, and a personalised, paid-for concierge service for those wanting to make more significant changes to their homes. The programme has been allocated more than £4m for 2007-08 and aims to cut carbon emissions by 500,000 tonnes a year by 2010.
"London Mayor launches UK's first 'green homes' service" - The Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone today launched the UK’s first ‘green homes’ service to help Londoners cut climate change emissions by offering an easy, one-stop-shop for information on how to make homes more carbon efficient.
The Sussex Energy Group - Mari Martiskainen (Research Officer of The Sussex Energy Group, SPRU - Science & Technology Policy Research, Freeman Centre, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QE) contacted TB&H in December 2007 to say that her Group (which covers a wide range of Energy-related issues) is always happy to do talks and commentary on energy-related issues, and that their members all live locally.
Good Energy - the UKs only 100% renewable electricity supplier. All the electricity we supply comes from wind, small scale hydro and solar power generators from all over Britain. They are either small or medium sized sites and many of them are the result of diversification from areas such as farming and other family businesses. Our Home Generation scheme supports the smaller generator and home owner. We already work with Transition Town Totnes and other projects like Low Carbon Wolvercote to great success.
Ecotricity - Switch to a truly green electricity provider. We take the money our customers spend on electricity and invest it in clean forms of power like wind energy. What's more, we're the only green electricity company actually building these new renewable energy sources.
Energywize - energy efficient central heating, solar power, loft and cavity wall insulation; free surveys; based in Worthing BN11 4HE.
Green Heating and Cooling Systems - Brighton Eco Centre, 39-41 Surrey Street, BN1 3PB Tel: 07970 731 530 - modular wall and under-floor heating, heat exchange pumps and solar water heating
Brighton and Hove City Council - Home Energy Efficiency Grants & Discounts: Home Energy Efficiency Grants and Discounts for owner occupiers and private tenants - There are a number of grants or discounts available to people of all ages and incomes which can help improve energy efficiency in the home. You don't always have to be receiving a benefit or pension to qualify, although some grants are restricted to people in this situation.
Friends of the Earth - Making life better for people by inspiring solutions to environmental problems. campaigns to combat climate change and to promote solutions such as green energy as opposed to nuclear power.
Hove Solar - Hove Solar is dedicated to helping people throughout Brighton and East Sussex to realise their green ambitions by turning to the sun for their energy needs: PV systems installed in your home by their partners Cel-F Solar Systems.
Natural Insulations - Warmcel 100™ for lofts (Which "Best Buy"); Isonat® for all applications; Isovlas® for all applications; Thermafleece™ for all applications; ThermoHemp® for all applications: - We have been selling the widest range of natural insulations in the UK for 15 years and we are passionate about saving energy.
Southern Solar Ltd [BN7 3QL] Based in Offham - retail, marketing and installation of solar hot water systems, solar electrical systems and other renewable energy technologies.
Suntrader Solar Energy - solar hot water, heating, ventilation, swimming pools, electricity. Accredited with the following grant schemes: 1) Low Carbon Buildings Programme - The only national scheme available, 2) Solar for London - The official grant giving body for the London Boroughs, 3) Brighton and Hove Energy Action Partnership Renewable Energy Grant, 4) Lewes Council Grant Scheme, and 5) all local schemes which use accredited installers from LCBP.
Surrey and East Sussex Energy Efficiency Advice Centre - ECSC (based in London SE1 0HS) works closely with local authorities, helps businesses and developers meet sustainability objectives (by assessing the energy implications of enterprises and developments), assists schools in reducing energy costs and delivering evironmental education, provides advice to individuals on reducing energy consumption within the home.
The Food Ethics Council - The Independent Council For Ethical Standards in Food And Agriculture, [based in Brighton BN1 3PB] challenges government, business and society to make wise choices that lead to better food and farming.
Food Vision [LACORS, Local Government House, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HZ] - Promoting safe, sustainable and nutritious food to improve local community health and well-being.
Food Matters offers support and expertise to organisations and individuals working towards creating more sustainable and equitable local, national and global food systems.
Brighton and Hove's Food Partnership supports the growth of a localised food system which promotes social equity, economic prosperity, environmental sustainability, global fairness and the health annd well-being of all residents. The Partnership involves:
Brighton and Hove City Council Sustainability Team
Brighton and Hove Primary Care Trust
Food Matters
Local Community Representatives
Local Businesses
Fencing (sustainable oak) - Quercus UK Ltd, The Laurels, Queen St, Keinton Mandeville, Somerset, TA11 6EG, Tel: 01458 223378. We supply sustainable & stylish oak fencing. our product comes from native hard wood and is FSC, - designed to be long lasting & does not need any preservative treatment. We deliver to Brighton.
Friends of the Earth - Working towards greener farming and a five-year ban on genetically modified (GM) food.
Garden Organic formerly The Henry Doubleday Research Association (HDRA) - We are dedicated to (a) researching and promoting organic gardening, farming and food (b) Organic production as the most sustainable way (c) A healthy lifestyle for all. (d) Preserving historic vegetable varieties that will outlive GM (e) Campaigning where we can make a real difference.
Organic agriculture and food security: are they mutually dependent? The case of Cuba - an abstract by Julia Wright, International Research Coordinator for Garden Organic.
Moulsecoomb Forest Garden and Wildlife Project - community food project, involving children in planting, growing and eating healthily. The aims of the project are to 1) Reduce anti social behaviour by involving excluded pupils in the running of the garden, 2) Improve community health by offering free, organic and locally grown vegetables to low income families and older people, 3) Enhance skills and employability by offering practical based training and volunteering opportunities, 4) Getting children involved in planting, growing and eating healthy food, and respecting nature and the environment, 5) Creating and enhancing wildlife habitats, protecting bio-diversity including old fashioned vegetable varieties, 6) Promoting sustainable lifestyles, by encouraging and educating people about composting and the benefits of organic gardening and locally produced food.
Whitehawk Community Food Project, located on Whitehawk Hill in East Brighton, on part of an old allotment site which had become disused in the 1990's. It is now an established and productive garden including fruit, vegetable and herb beds, polytunnels, ponds and an orchard area. We grow using organic, biodynamic and permaculture techniques. Fresh seasonal produce is available for free in return for helping out. Volunteer days are Thursday and Sunday 12 till dusk and we welcome anyone looking to find out more about practical food growing.
Ashurst Organics - The orchard, Ashurst lane, Plumpton, Lewes, BN7 3AP (Tel: 01273 891219) green boxes of fruit & veg delivered weekly to drop-off points around the city.
Barcombe Nurseries - The orchard, Ashurst lane, Plumpton, Lewes, BN7 3AP (Tel: 01273 400011) fruit, vegetable, salad and dairy boxes supplied to your door.
BoatHouse Organic Farm Shop - Groceries, meats, sausages, smoked bacon and gammon, vegetables, bread, flour, eggs, dairy: home grown, local, organic and fair-trade food. The Orchards, Uckfield Road, Clay Hill, Lewes BN8 5RX. The farm shop's mission is to keep staff and customers happy by offering quality organic food at the fairest price possible, where ever possible sourced locally and fair trade. Because this shop is soil association registered there are very strict criteria about the production methods, integrity and traceability of all the food sold and about producing it in the most natural way possible with the highest regard to welfare and sustainability, i.e. nature! The whole ethos of the shop is to communicate these values to the customer and to strive to meet the needs of today's generation without compromising the needs of future generations, to meet their needs and those of their enviroment.
Care Co-ops Community Farm [BN1 9SE based in Stanmer Park Tel: 01273 696153] a social enterprise growing fruit, vegetables & plants and selling them locally. Care Co-ops offers a range of services to learning disabled adults, adults with mental health support needs and adults returning to the labour market. Care Co-ops Community Farm is based in Stanmer Park, Brighton and provides a green space for local people to get involved in fruit and vegetable production, using organic methods. In addition, there are lots of other activities, which allow people of all abilities, to be creative as well as practical in a space designed to be decorative and productive.
Canhams - quality butchers selling free range and organic local meat as well as sandwiches, cakes and condiments. 48 Church Road, Hove (Tel: 01273 731031).
Choice Cuts - sells organic produce, including meat, dairy and bread. Stocks fair-trade produce and Ecocover cleaning products. 95 Preston Drove, Brighton BN1 6LD (Tel: 01273 381616)
Due South serves lunches and dinners containing locally sourced food - 139 Kings Road Arches, Brighton Beach, BN1 2FN (01273 821218). At Due South we have always insisted on sourcing food that satisfies our customers while fulfilling a wider ambition: to support local producers and suppliers and showcase the fabulous but often forgotten food that can be grown so well in this country. We believe that the modern mantra of year-round choice has left us in a situation where seasonality is suppressed, where independent local farmers, fishermen, and food growers struggle to survive, where produce is transported over huge distances at great environmental cost, and where food is too often chosen for its durability and looks rather than for its flavour: in short, a situation in which our idea of choice is distorted. We let seasonality exert its influence and look forward with great anticipation to the new varieties that each month brings, convinced that food is special precisely because it isn't available 365 days a year.
Fairtrade Fair and Farmers' Market - held on third Saturday of each month, 11am to 4pm at The Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton
George Street Hove Farmers' Market [Close to number 5 and no 7 bus service and Hove Station] held on fourth Saturday of each month, 10am to 3pm. Parking in Norton Road Car park. Common Cause Co-operative promotes environmentally sustainable development and supports the local economy by offering training, advice and networking for producers, running a Farmers' Market and supporting local food links.
Food for Friends - well known vegetarian restaurant, which uses organic, local and fair-traded produce. 17-18 Prince Albert Street, Brighton BN1 1HF (Tel: 01273 202310). We have always used the freshest produce, organic - whenever possible. Grains and flours are all organic as are most of our wines, beers and ciders. All our desserts, cakes and pastries are made daily on the premises and this allows us to cater for specific dietary requirements. In addition our menus are designed to reflect seasonal availability of fresh produce.
Infinity Foods - Pioneering Workers' Co-operative providing thousands of organic and fair-trade products for retail and wholesale. Shop: North Road Brighton (Tel: 01273 603563); Wholesale: Franklin Road Portslade (Tel: 01273 424060)
Nigel Sayers - supplies local, fresh fish (from species that are not over-fished) on Brighton Sea Front at 198 King's Road Arches (Tel: 01273 823488)
Brighton's Open Market - Marshalls Row, London Road, Brighton - good for fresh fish, fruit & veg including organic, wholefoods and ecocover cleaning products
Organic Shamanic - The Open Market, Marshalls Row, London Road, Brighton - locally grown organic fruit & veg, herbs, coffees, juices, wheatgrass, medicinal tea (01273 677524)
Park Farm Shop - organically grown produce, including vegetables and fresh bread - Park Street, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9PG (Tel: 01273 671002). Peter and Veronica Lenihan have been farming Park Farm, a 45 acre farm on the South Downs at Falmer since 1981. These days the farm is mainly arable and grassland, with a flock of free range hens.
Pulse Organic Wholefood Store - You can now shop online (Baby & Children's Food and Baby, Bread, Rice Cakes and Crackers, Breakfast Cereal, Chilled items, Condiments, Salt & Misc Foods, Convenience Foods, Drinks, Flours, Fruit Spreads & Jams, Herbs & Spices, Honey & Sweetners, Japanese Products, Non Food Items, Nut & Savoury Spreads, Oils, Olives, Pickles and Preserved Veg, Organic Fruit & Veg, Organic Fruit & Veg Boxes, Pasta, Pre-packs of nuts & seeds etc, Sauces, Fruit & Vegtable Product, Scoop "n" Weigh Range, Super Foods, Sweet Snacks, Vegetable Pates) or at Units 3 & 4, Brighton's Open Market, Marshalls Row, London Road, Brighton BN1 4JS (Tel: 01273 693355). Delivery for online shoppers is free in Brighton & Hove and surrounding area (Min order is £25. You can order less but you will be charged £5).
www.uniqueto.co.uk - specialist shops and food outlets that are unique to Brighton.
Sussex and The City - homemade soups, pies, cakes and Sussex wines & beers, all food sold comes within 50 miles of Brighton. 12c Meeting House Lane, brighton BN1 1HB (Tel: 01273 747769)
Wholesome Food Association - growers, processors, suppliers, distributers of locally grown, wholesome food. Also offering a low-cost labelling system for marketing similar items.
Allotments (Brighton and Hove City Council) - Tel: 01273 292225 - The Federation is set up to promote allotment gardening and co-operate with the council in the administration of allotments. There are 2000 allotment tenants; a standard plot measures 250 square metres. The Federation has also been active in setting up three sites with limited mobility plots.
Allotments UK - the UK's largest allotment community. This national online directory will help you to fint allotment sites and also lists allotment related products. Includes info on managing and getting the best from your allotment.
Brighton Community Compost Centre - Tel: 01273 620 489 - local green/garden waste removal and 100% recycling service; sale & delivery of compost, top-soil, wood-chip and Mulches. The BCCC is an innovative recycling and composting social enterprise based just on the edge of the city. It offers to households and businesses a new and sustainable, environmentally low-impact garden/green waste recycling facility.
Brighton & Hove Organic Gardening Group - BHOGG allows members to share experiences; organises workshops, presentations and social events
Brighton Permaculture Trust - offers talks, socials and seminars and is also involved in larger projects such as Earthship Brighton. Permaculture design is about practical ecological strategies for land, water, buildings, people and communities. It is based on the philosophy of co-operating with nature and caring for the earth and its peoples.
Garden Organic - the Henry Doubleday Research Association (HDRA), the national charity for organic growing. We are dedicated to researching and promoting organic gardening, farming and food.
Organic agriculture and food security: are they mutually dependent? The case of Cuba - an abstract by Julia Wright, International Research Coordinator for Garden Organic.
Living Soil - provides all-natural, probiotic-based products for home and garden, human health, agriculture, waste and septic treatment and environmental sustainability.
Louvain Organic Nursery - small nursery based at 66 Telscombe Road, Peacehaven (01273 584156), selling a range of organic stock.
New Roots (formerly Re-evolution) - Organic Allotments Co-op, based at Moulsecoomb Allotments, Natal/Nesbitt Road, Brighton. Contact Bruce on 693247, Jan on 605313 or Gabby on 724980
Wiggly Wigglers - offers natural solutions to all gardening pest problems. Natural and rare seeds can be supplied to encourage biodiversity and support bugs, birds and wildlife to visit your garden.
Nigel's Eco Store - online retailer of eco-friendly products (reducing contribution to global warming). Best sellers include the Eco Balls Wash Kit, and the Eco Kettle. Also trading in kitchenware, gadgets, furniture, lighting, household goods, home furnishings, solar toys, and natural and organic beauty products.
www.myecostore.co.uk - online retailer of eco-friendly products. Best sellers include the Eco Kettle; Onya Bags; Heat Logs; Eco Balls; Dryer Balls; Energy meter for measuring energy use; pencil cases made from tyres, and pens made from old CD cases!
Cityclean - kerbside recycling collections, Bring Bank recycling points, refuse collection from households, and public street/beach cleansing. BN1 7GA.
Brighton Freecycle network : the group allows people to advertise things they want to get rid of for Free. Wanted messages can be posted as well as offers.
Magpie (Saunders Park Depot, Saunders Park, Brighton BN2 4AY) offers a wide range of recycling services to suit (almost) all needs. Magpie sells your unwanted funiture items: (Furniture donations: arrange collections on 01273 677577). The Shabitat warehouse is open to the public 9-5 Mon to Fri and 10-4 Sat. Come and see our selection of furniture, electrical goods,computers, clothes and books and records.
Hove YMCA has seven charity shops in and around Brighton & Hove. As well as raising funds for the charity the shops also benefit the community by increasing recycling and providing work placements for the long term unemployed. As well as the usual clothes and bric-a-bric we also accept donations of furniture and electrical goods. Our vans are able to collect larger items. Please phone our home collection service line on 01273 885505 between 9.30 am and 4.30 pm Monday - Saturday for more information. Alternatively take goods along to any of our shops below:
26 George Street, Hove Phone 01273 749139 (Clothes, bric-a-brac, books)
Furniture Now (Unit 1, Phoenix Works, North Street, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 2PE. Tel: 01273 487377). Phone first to arrange donations of furniture. Opening hours: 10.00am to 4.00pm, Monday to Friday. Our training centre in Lewes provides accredited training in refurbishing furniture to people with enduring mental health needs and other socially excluded groups. Through the scheme used furniture is transformed with decorative painting techniques such as marbling, stencilling and distressing, and then put back into use.
Emmaus (tel: 01273 426470) - This Community, based in Portslade, raises funds to help homeless people through the re-cycling of donated goods including furniture, household appliances, electrical goods (not gas), bric-a-brac, clothes, books, tools, toys etc. In fact, anything that could be of use to somebody, we will collect and if necessary refurbish and sell it on in our ‘Second-hand Superstore’ the largest second-hand shop in the South of England. Our shop also stocks a large selection of plants & shrubs grown in our nursery garden.
Cartridges4Charity - How Does It Work? Simple! You send empty printer cartridges, or old mobile phones to us for free and these are then sold on to companies that reuse or recycle them - all net profit is split equally between three charities (Cruse breavement, See ability, Cardiac riskin the young).
www.computersforcharity.org.uk collect from any mainland UK address. We refurbish redundant computers and sell them on at affordable prices to community groups. We will collect single systems (300MHz to 1150MHz) from both individuals and companies for a charge of 20.00 including v.a.t. This uses a next-day courier service. We will collect up to and including 10 systems from individuals and companies, 300MHz or higher for a charge of 5.00 per system or 2.50 per item. Collection of 11 or more systems from one location, 300MHz or higher, are free of charge. We will collect ALL systems 1.4GHz or higher free of charge for both individuals and companies.
www.mobilecashmonster.com - Receive up to £150 in Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificates for a listed mobile phone or £1 in Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificates for each qualifying inkjet cartridge. Insert your mobile phone / inkjet cartridge inside your envelope together with your order summary. Seal the envelope and post it back to us for FREE! We recommend you request a certificate of posting from any post office. We will send you your Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificates within 14 days.
www.recycle4charity.co.uk - Recycling inkjets, printer cartridges and old mobiles couldn't be easier: We provide you with all the free promotional material, advice and information you need in order to raise funds for the charity of your choice. It's totally FREE - it's environmentally friendly - We will donate £1 for all listed empty original inkjets and up to £30+ per mobile phone received.
Brighton and Hove Wood Recycling Project Unit 32-36 Municipal Market, Circus Street, Brighton BN2 9QF (Tel: 01273 570500). The Project provides a unique (and award-winning) site collection service. Instead of being discarded along with the general rubbish, all "waste" timber can be stacked separately for our collection. We guarantee to collect within 48 hours of notification (we know space is at a premium on most building sites!). On most occasions, we arrive the next day.
Recycle Now is the national recycling campaign for England, aimed at encouraging more of us to recycle more things, more often and to understand the positive benefits of our actions. Created and delivered by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) on behalf of the Government, Recycle Now was launched in 2004 and supports the achievement of recycling targets – most notably to help increase the national recycling rate to 40% by 2010 (currently at nearly 27%). Recycle Now encompasses an integrated mix of TV, radio and press advertising, website support (www.recyclenow.com), schools activities and an integrated, broad-based PR campaign. In addition, Recycle Now also works closely with key third parties including local authorities and retailers to deliver positive, consistent messages to the public at national and regional level to encourage increased recycling.
The Green Centre's A - Z of what can be recycled. The Green Centre is a not-for-profit organisation providing a base for people wishing to make a positive contribution to the future of our planet. If you want to green up your life, learn a new skill, or recycle a mobile phone, hop on The Green Centre bus and help make Brighton & Hove a greener city.
Friends of William Clarke Park - William Clarke Park is also known as 'The Patch'. The park is accessible from Picton St off Franklin Rd or from Hartington Rd opposite St Martin's School.
Hanover Community Group - for residents living on the hilly terrain to the east of the Level.
National Trust Events Diary specify your favourite NT property (e.g. Devil's Dyke Estate) to see what is organised for the weeks ahead. The National Trust protects and opens to the public over 300 historic houses and gardens and 49 industrial monuments and mills. The National Trust also looks after forests, woods, fens, beaches, farmland, downs, moorland, islands, archaeological remains, castles, nature reserves, villages - for ever, for everyone.
The Devil's Dyke restoration project was set up in 2002 to restore the site to its former glory and establish a sustainable management regime along the dyke. The project seeks to: 1) Protect and enhance areas of good quality chalk grassland and its associated species. 2) Remove the majority of encroaching scrub & use a seed spraying technique to establish a grass sward on the slopes where dense scrub has been removed 3) Restore traditional grazing along the majority of the Dyke 4) Improve access for visitors by providing quality furniture (steps and gates), suitable on-site interpretation and leaflets 5) Provide 'intellectual access' to the Dyke by giving talks, guided walks, creating a web site and providing education/ info packs.
South East National Trails - the South Downs Way - Leisure on your doorstep: The 160 kilometre long South Downs Way follows the old routes and droveways along the chalk escarpment and ridges of the South Downs. The route provides the visitor with the opportunity "to get away from it all" without having to travel too far in this busy part of England.
Rural Ways - a Government Agency and County Council Partnership, which includes information of Farmers' Markets. Rural Ways is your online gateway to the countryside. We have hundreds of walking, cycling and horse-riding routes for you to explore, as well as, a whole host of information to help you and your family enjoy the South East's rich rural landscape.
The Ramblers' Association - we work to promote everyday walking to everyone, of all ages, backgrounds and abilities, in towns and cities as well as in the countryside, as part of a healthy lifestyle.
Tourism South East endorses the Green Tourism Business Scheme (GTBS) and encourages tourism businesses to be environmentally friendly, whether they are hotels or guest houses, bed and breakfasts or self-catering or tourist attractions. The GTBS has over 1,300 members in the UK, over 100 of which are in the South East, all of whom are rigorously assessed and given a Bronze, Silver or Gold Award, depending on the level of environmental good practice they achieve. By using a Green Tourism Business Scheme accredited businesses, you will also be making a contribution to keeping the South East special.
Wakehurst Place - part of Kew Gardens in Ardingly, Sussex - home of an important seed bank. The mission of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is: To inspire and deliver science-based plant conservation worldwide, enhancing the quality of life.
www.citywildlife.org.uk Register as a Nature Warden and log your local wildlife. See photos from the air and large-scale maps of the open spaces near you.
"Whitehawk Hill - Where the Turf Meets the Surf" by David Bangs, 78 Ewhurst Road Brighton BN2 4AJ for Friends of Whitehawk Hill
Natural England will work for people, places and nature, to enhance biodiversity, landscapes and wildlife in rural, urban, coastal and marine areas; promoting access, recreation and public well-being, and contributing to the way natural resources are managed so that they can be enjoyed now and in the future.
Sussex Wildlife Trust aims to conserve the Sussex Landscape, Wildlife, and its habitats, and to use its knowledge and expertise to help the people of Sussex to enjoy, understand and take action to this end. With more than 23,500 members and 5,800 junior ‘Wildlife Watch’ members, The Trust manages 3,500 acres of land, which include some of the finest wild places in Sussex. Over 450 active volunteers are involved in all aspects of the Trusts work and together work more than 6,500 days a year for the Trust.
The Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre, one of the many record centres around the UK, is a repository, custodian, manager and interpreter of high-quality biodiversity and environmental information for the two counties of East and West Sussex, in the south-east of England. We are a small but dedicated team of environmental data management experts, ecologists and IT specialists.
Visit The South Downs - set up to help you explore the South Downs and get the most out of your visit to this internationally important landscape. Includes info on how to get to The Downs without using a car.
South Downs Conservation Volunteeers - People who give up their spare time and volunteer are very important to the future conservation of the South Downs. In 2006 the South Downs Volunteer Ranger Service celebrated its 25th Anniversary and currently contributes over 5000 work days per year to looking after the South Downs. The South Downs Youth Ranger Project is a brand new initiative for 16 to 18 year olds which aims to get younger people interested in the countryside around them and to help them to develop a sense of environmental responsibility.
South Downs Adur Valley Wildlife. The Ardur Valley is near Shoreham-by-sea and is very rich in wild plants & butterflies. The pictures on this site provide practice in identifying those common to Sussex Chalk Downland habitats.
Sussex Wildflowers - a selection of rare and interesting wild plants, their uses, folklore and where to see them, by Mary Briggs ISBN 1-898388-17-2 [Sussex Wildlife Trust]
bicycles for leisure and transport, including a courier service
Bicycle Conversion Kits - transform your bicycle into a cargo carrier. A FreeRadical equipped bike can easily transport long, heavy or bulky items e.g. lumber, computers, 3 kids, 3 adults, kayaks and ladders.
Bike For Life is an independent cycle training organisation dedicated to promoting cycling and helping anybody to bike for health, for leisure, for fun as well as for those everyday journeys. Start cycling for the first time (we have successfully taught beginners aged 5-65+ to ride). Improve basic bike control skills. Start to cycle safely and confidently on the road. Improve road riding skills and increase confidence. Learn how to fix and maintain your own bike. Cycle off road.
Bricycles is based in Brighton and campaigns for the continuing development of better conditions for cyclists including safe, direct and convenient cycle facilities, on and off highways. Bricycles aims to (a) Promote cycling as a healthy and enjoyable form of transport for business or leisure, (b) Promote cycling as an environmentally friendly alternative to private motor transport and encourage co-ordination and co-operation with and between public services such as buses and trains, (c) Represent the views and interests of cyclists at local and national level or through the media, (d) Assist with events and co-operate with other bodies that promote similar aims (e.g. marshalling, affiliations), (e) Support members by providing information (e.g. newsletters), organising social events and rides and facilitating other useful services (e.g. 3rd party insurance, discounts).
Cranks - DIY Bike Workshop - Cranks is a new do it yourself bicycle workshop based at 22 Chapel Street Brighton, BN2 1RQ Open Fridays & Saturdays 11am - 5pm. Mobile: 07942 253 299. We have all the tools you need to fix your bike and a large collection of new and used parts to help get you back on the road. Cranks is entirely volunteer run and not for profit. We want to help people keep their bikes on the road and enjoy cycling. We want to recycle old bikes that would otherwise be rusting away and we want to help you learn how to fix and look after your bike. We also recycle old unwanted bikes so if you know of a bike that is not being used and in need of a new home please donate it to us. And of course if you are looking for a bike come along and check out our recycled bikes that are for sale.
Cyclists' Touring Club - We are the UK’s largest group of people on bikes. Our mission is ‘to make cycling enjoyable, safe and welcoming for all.’ Our work includes high-profile campaigning on behalf of all cyclists.
Cycle Training - We are the biggest independent provider of on-road cycle training and cycle maintenance training in London. We also train instructors throughout the UK.
Critical Mass Brighton (Yahoo Group site) - we organise bike rides in Brighton & Hove, England, UK. Our aim is to celebrate cycling and to promote a fun, healthy, sustainable alternative to petrol-dependant transport. Critical Mass Brighton bike rides meet at the Level (BN2 3FX) on the last Friday of every month at 6pm. Come join us!
G-Whizz Cycles - Brighton and Hove's newest second-hand cycle emporium. Mountain bikes from £40. All cycles checked and guaranteed. Other adult cycles from £25–£250+ (BMX, MTB, RACERS, SHOPPERS, TRIKES, TRAILERS). Repairs: reasonable prices – good service. Accessories: (locks, lights etc). Spares: new and used at competitive prices. Plenty of student bikes – we buy-back: 6A Brunswick Street East (off Western Rd, Brighton/Hove border) Hove, East Sussex BN3 1AU.
The Bike's The Business Cooperative Ltd started trading in October 2005 offering an eco-friendly courier and distribution service in Brighton and Hove. We use a wide range of purpose built bikes and trailers capable of carrying up to 250kg in weight. We'll shift pretty much anything, from bags of mail through to magazines, brochures and flyers. Regardless of all the talk about alternative fuels, the only truely sustainable form of transport continues to be the bicycle, powered by organic engines. So, for a genuinely sensible, sustainable and carbon neutral option, give us a call on 07967 409175.
World Naked Bike Ride - The third World Naked Bike Ride in Brighton & Hove will probably take place in the morning of Saturday 7 June 2008 (to be confirmed). Over 200 riders took part in 2007, 160 in 2006, and more are expected in 2008. As of the 2007 ride, and following negotiations with Sussex Police, full nudity is permitted at the event. The ride will allow people to participate in both the Brighton & Hove ride and the afternoon London ride if they travel by train. The ride also celebrates Brighton's status as a Cycle Demonstration Town.
buses & taxis running on eco-fuel and cycle/train/boat routes
JourneyOn for Brighton and Hove - a journey planner for people prepared to walk and take public transport within the city. Just enter postcode / address / landmark for start and finish of journey and the planner provides a detailed intinerary, including bus-times. It also measures your carbon footprint. Journeyon can help you save time, money, improve your fitness and help the planet.
The Big Lemon - On Saturday 1st September Green Euro MP Caroline Lucas (prospective parliamentary candidate for Brighton Pavilion) launched our first service, 42 / 42X, operating between Falmer Station and Brighton Station via Old Steine. Our buses run on 100% locally-sourced used cooking oil in order to minimise their impact on the environment, and at £1 per journey or £2 for the whole day our fares are a bargain!
TucTuc Ltd - motorised rickshaw service operating on Compressed Natural Gas, making the fleet almost emission free. The Brighton service is now closed for 2007.
Biocabs Airports Taxi Service, based at 18A Upper Hamilton Road, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 5DF (Tel: 01273 55 44 55), now has over 1000 taxi cabs operating in Brighton and Hove. The vast majority of these are fueled with either diesel or petrol. A small number have converted to LPG (liquid petroleum gas), which has significantly lower carbon emissions than diesel or petrol. All of these fuels are produced from non-renewable fossil fuel deposits. Biocabs' vision is (a) to provide a green alternative to customers to wishing to travel to Airports or out of the city. (b) To provide a fast, efficient, friendly and reliable service to its customers. (c) To be pioneers in their field and to increase awareness of alternative, sustainable eco friendly technology. (If you’re reading this then we are doing our job properly). (d) To increase pressure on their competitors to review their environmental policy and to therefore accelerate change. (e) To continue to look for new ways to reduce the companies ecological footprint. (f) To lead by example.
Sustrans is the UK's leading sustainable transport charity, supporting wll known initiatives such as 'Safe Routes to Schools' and 'Bike It' - schemes working with young people and schools to make cycling and walking to school both safe and fun. Our vision is a world in which people can choose to travel in ways that benefit their health and the environment. Every day we are working on practical, innovative ways of dealing with the transport challenges that affect us all.
The Man in Seat Sixty-One - How to travel by train & ship. Maybe you don't like flying, or are concerned about air travel's contribution to global warming. Or perhaps you just prefer real travel by train or ship, where the journey is part of the adventure... Either way, The Man in Seat Sixty-One will tell you how to travel overland comfortably & affordably where you might think that air was now the only option. (a) within the UK & Ireland. Train times & fares for train travel in the UK: UK page
How to travel from the UK to Ireland by train+ferry: Ireland page. (b) from the UK to Europe. How to travel by train from London to almost any country in Europe: Europe page. (c) in Asia, Africa, America, Australasia.
Catch A Ride is a driver-passenger matching service that aims to cut motoring costs and reduce traffic congestion for everyone. Consider this: at least 325,000 cars on the roads in Sussex have only one person in them. With catcharide each passenger pays their driver up to 10p per mile, eg London-Brighton 59 miles = £5.90.
CityCarClub allows you to drive a lovely new car that’s just round the corner without any of the cost and hassle of owning it yourself. Members only pay for the actual journeys they make, saving the planet and a large wedge of their disposable income along the way. Booking a car couldn’t be easier: (1) Book: once you join it takes just seconds to log in to our booking area and reserve your car. Or you can book over the phone for a small charge. (2) Jump in: hold your membership card over the card reader on the windscreen to unlock the car. Once you’re inside the car, tap your PIN into the on-board computer, and grab the keys. (3) Drive away: it’s all yours; care-free driving, courtesy of City Car Club.
Freedom2Drive [43 Upper Lewes Road, brighton BN2 3FH, Tel: 01273 705299 or 07771 535350] is an environmentally-friendly driving school i.e. the cars run on bio-diesel and LPG. All pupils receive environmental awareness packs.
WhizzGo is a pioneering UK company, dedicated to providing a workable alternative to car ownership that is both socially and environmentally advantageous. Click here to see Brighton and Hove locations.
Green van hire is based above Manna Cafe at 24A Coombe road, Brighton BN2 4EA (Tel: 01273 88 88 44). They hire out SWB Transit size vans powered by Biodiesel made only from recycled waste vegetable oil, sourced locally within Sussex. Customers are therefor able to pollute less than they would do by hiring other vehicles, significantly reducing CO2 and many other harmful pollutants.
Shiply - is the UK's online shipping & transporting marketplace where users can list items they want to ship/transport, and receive competitive bids from service providers wishing to secure shipments. Anything from a small box, to cars, boats or even entire household moves can be listed - free. Shiply was founded in early 2008 and is owned and operated out of Manchester, UK. Our aim is to provide a safe, good-value online shipping marketplace, helping ease monotonous consumer shipping processes. Whilst also contributing towards a "greener solution" by providing service providers with a simple way to utilize otherwise empty load space and secure extra shipments.
Alliance Against Urban 4x4s aims to inform and unite groups of concerned citizens across the United Kingdom against the growing presence of 4x4 vehicles in urban areas. The Alliance seeks to educate people about the environmental and social damage caused by the increasing numbers of urban 4x4s as well as promote sustainable forms of transport. We will lobby for increases in congestion charges and road taxes for 4x4s and seek a ban on advertising in the mainstream media.
Are you a car addict? - interactive video sequence (in Spanish: Eres un concheadicto? STOP CO2): excellent example from the Spanish branch of The world Wildlife Fund of the use of web-based interactive video to raise awareness. Similar video clips could carry an English commentary.
Blooming Futures converts diesel engines to run on Pure Plant Oil (the lowest impact liquid biofuel) and works with farmers to grow plant oil crops locally. Blooming Futures can also deliver plaint oil across the South East of England.
Living Streets - We are the champions of streets and public spaces for people on foot. We work on practical projects to create safe, vibrant and healthy streets for all. We all use our local streets. But for decades, traffic priorities have been allowed to overwhelm them, leaving them dirty and unsafe. We fight for vibrant streets to revitalise neighbourhoods and reconnect people.
Plane Stupid is a non-hierarchical network of groups using direct action to tackle aviation and climate change. We want to see airport expansion plans scrapped, a tax on aviation fuel and an end to short haul flights.
Roadpeace - Our aim is to end discrimination of road crash victims and leniency towards road law breaking - to ensure that road victims will receive decent treatment and services and that society will suffer far fewer unnecessary road deaths and injuries in future.
The Slower Speeds Initiative aims to highlight the impacts of speed through sound research and effective advocacy. Slower speeds will help to: (a) improve road safety (b) reduce road danger (c) encourage walking, cycling and public transport (d) reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions (e) reduce noise (f) manage travel demand and reduce congestion. The speed at which we travel is a key factor in determining the type of transport system we have. Slower speeds are a prerequisite for the transition to a sustainable transport system. The Slower Speeds Initiative advocates: 1) lower and better enforced speed limits on all classes of roads 2) more resources for speed reduction initiatives 3) more responsible attitudes to speed 4) changes in the law to reflect the seriousness of speeding offences 5) the rapid introduction of variable speed limiters. Our two active areas of research are the use of 20mph limits in built up areas and evidence-based speed limits.
The Campaign for Better Transport was formerly known as Transport 2000. We changed our name in September 2007, but our work has stayed the same: to fight for transport that improves our quality of life and reduces our environmental impact. since 1973, our campaign has been helping to create transport policies and programmes that give people better lives. Working nationally and locally, collectively and as individuals, through high-level lobbying and strong public campaigning, we make good transport ideas a reality and stop bad ones from happening.