Wild Nature
A new project launched later this year will tackle the nature and climate emergencies, and help boost green recovery from the Covid-19 crisis. Rewilding Britain says bold action is needed to reverse the collapse in UK wildlife, which has left…
Climate Change Programme Board Won’t Meet In Public
In an article in HIP 150 (Climate Emergency: Ambitious Target, “Paused” Programme) in April this year, we reported on the adoption by Hastings Borough Council (HBC) of its Climate Emergency Strategy and Action Plan. The main focus of the Plan,…
Shoes At The Water’s Edge
Last Saturday morning local members of the climate activist group Extinction Rebellion (XR) staged a demonstration at the far end of the pier in which an array of children’s shoes were laid out in pairs as symbols of the risk…
My Part In Developing Climate Strategy
By Cllr Maya Evans Being part of the team developing the HBC climate strategy has sometimes been frustrating. Many ambitious ideas could not be included through lack of funding and limited power to effect behavioural change in both big business…
Climate Emergency: Ambitious Target, ‘Paused’ Programme
The last cabinet meeting of Hastings Borough Council (HBC) took place just a few hours before PM Boris Johnson pronounced the full lockdown on 23rd March. No precise explanation of how it was conducted has been released. But the minutes…
Climate Emergency
Maya Evans Has Her Say In HIP 145 Julia Hilton reviewed the pledges made by Hastings Borough Council (HBC) in its climate change motion passed in February 2019, and concluded that it “does not appear to be taking the declared…