HIP Environmental News
Council protects nature reserves Colin Fitzgerald, lead member for the Environment said: “Hastings Borough Council has protected the very best wildlife areas in the town by declaring them Local Nature Reserves, …high-quality open spaces for our local community to enjoy.…
Queens Deli Delights
By Hattie Ellis At the cold and wet fag-end of winter, what greater joy than to find a plate of comfort food? Step up, Queens Deli, and its plates of proper corned beef hash. Home-cured beef is stirred together with…
Rye Bay Scallop Week
For the 18th year, local scallops are being celebrated with meals, demos, music and poetry in venues around Rye. From restaurant ceviche to scallops-and-chips, this is the time to discover how to enjoy this seasonal ; Hastings chef Paul Webbe…
Reflexology Feet Feat Is ‘Toetally’ Sensual
Neil del Strother talks us through his first reflexology appointment. The word ‘sensuality’ sums up my experience of Reflexology treatment, I had no idea my feet were quite so sensitive. “You can treat anywhere in the body through your feet,”…
SEASONAL SEAFOOD
Coral Spaghetti By Adrian Ferrer The often-ignored scallop corals are championed here. Much like our native crabs with their white and brown meat, the scallop contains two very different flavours and textures. The corals have a truly unique taste, deeper…
A Light Bulb Moment
How to recycle them? – HIP tries to shed some light on the question “Can light bulbs be recycled?” asked a HIP reader? An awful lot of defective bulbs are discarded each year – where is the proper place to…
What To Do With Hard-to-Recycle Items
TerraCycle offers free recycling programmes funded by brands, manufacturers, and retailers to help collect hard-to-recycle waste. There are local Terracycle collection boxes – earning charity donations – in the following local locations: • Wonderfill – refill shop 35 King’s Road…
Waste Not, Want Not?
Reviewing food waste app Too Good to Go By Pasha Milburn At the beginning of the new millennium and with increasing awareness of the impending environmental crisis, many of us are becoming more concerned about the knock-on effects of the choices…
Small Is Beautiful – And Cheaper
Kent Barker looks at the cars most responsible for greenhouse gasses and particulates, and discovers that leaving the EU means manufacturers may have to take gas-guzzlers off the forecourt. Are you thinking of purchasing a new car? Perhaps trading in…
Don’t Miss Energy Awareness Week
Energise Sussex Coast (ESC) is organising a week of free energy awareness activities between 20th-27th ; “Many people are considering how to save energy in the home, whether that’s because of the high winter heating bills or the environmental costs…