Foraging close to home
Lockdowns and restrictions have been a mixed bag as far as our environment is concerned. On the positive side, many of us have found more time and inclination to engage with nature. Humans that had spent much of their lives…
Every day should be Earth Day
MARTIN DICKIE examines global and local events that took place on 22nd April and asks whether Earth Day is still relevant in the 2020s. Like pen friends, Live Aid and MySpace, Earth Day seems like an anachronism in 2021. Not…
Opportunity to bloom for budding horticulturalists
Four young horticulturalists are being offered an opportunity to sow the seeds of a career in gardening and agriculture. Thanks to the Kickstart Scheme from the Department of Work and Pensions, Hands of Hope Charity has four paid trainee grower…
Air of Certainty
The environmental impact of UK ‘staycations’ in Hastings While the pandemic continues to delay the economic recovery of many UK tourist destinations, the impact it will have on traveller behaviour maybenefit seaside towns such as Hastings and St Leonards in…
Environmental Hot Air
Kent Barker examines the political parties’ commitments on the environment leading up to May’s local elections. This November Britain hosts the most important climate change conference since the 2015 Paris summit, so you might have hoped and expected the environment…
Volunteers needed for Get Growing’s free grow-your-own project
Over 1,000 ‘grow-your-own’ kits will be delivered to residents, schools and care homes as part of the Hands of Hope charity’s ‘Get Growing’ project. The free kits give people the opportunity to grow their own food in whatever space they…
Funding boost for Hastings leisure centres
Summerfields and Falaise leisure centres have moved a step closer towards reopening after the government pledged £180,000 from its National Leisure Recovery Fund to Hastings Borough Council. The leisure centres have been closed following Covid-19 restrictions, but 266 local authorities…
The Green Shoots of Spring
There’s an old saying that ‘the answer lies in the soil’. During WW2 people were encouraged to ‘dig for Victory’; during the Year of Lockdowns people headed for their gardens for something to do, to keep fit, to stay sane.…
Back to school
Mental wellness website helps youngsters Children in East Sussex returned to school on Monday 8th March after what is now almost a year of disrupted learning. It’s been a difficult time for many people, but for youngsters, with their futures…
Virtual Covid Ward Eases Pressure on East Sussex Hospitals
The families of those recovering from coronavirus have praised a new virtual Covid ward which monitors a patient’s oxygen levels in their own home, and consequently frees up hospital beds. A carefully selected group of hospitalised patients recovering from Covid…