Tag archives for environment
Water Compensation Reviewed
PAUL McLAUGHLIN In a bruising exchange with local Labour MP Helena Dollimore in Parliament, the CEO of Southern Water, Lawrence Gosden, pledged to review the decision not to pay compensation to…
Golden Age of Sewage
In a recent speech, the Environment Secretary, Thérèse Coffey, admitted there was ‘no way’ the government could end sewage spills. HIP has obtained a transcript of a conversation between her…
In the community
Another Candle Goes Out by SEAN JORDAN, local LGBT+ ; Photo: Sean Jordan On the evening of Wednesday 15 February, Hastings residents gathered outside Goat Ledge for a vigil to…
Something is Brewing
by EVELINE TILSLooking at the growing list of strikers it’s heartening to know that more and more people see we need a drastic change in the way society is structured.…
Opt Out and Meet The Neighbours
By Susan McFie Many local residents are furious over the dumping of sewage into our coastal waters. Many more are rightly concerned about the spraying of their streets with a…
Poison Pen
Hastings once had another community newspaper, Poison Pen. DAVE YOUNG investigates its anarchic ; The alternative press has a venerable history in the UK. From the radical pamphlets of Victorian…
Bookbuster Review: Electrify!
by TIM BARTONThere’s many a slip between a cup and a lip, indeed. Griffiths has subtitled his book ‘an optimist’s playbook for our clean energy future’. He is at pains…
Marine Conservation Zone Consultation Workshops
Have your say! Come along to the Beachy Head East Marine Conservation Zone community workshops. Sussex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) are about to start their public consultation process…
Santa’s Naughty List
Alex W is a Hastings resident. He is just six years old. Alex has several environmental concerns and decided to address them to the Prime Minister. He is still waiting…
An Inconvenient Apocalypse
Bookbuster Review of the above title by Wes Jackson & Robert Jensenby. Published by Notre Dame Press, rrp £, available to order from Bookbuster, £20 each. Review by Tim Barton."...and…
Porky Parable
By Robin Holtom Reading that the People’s Republic of China is building a 26-storey factory farm for 650,000 pigs, I am reminded of Charles Lamb’s essay on Roast Pork. “Mankind,…
Recycling Batteries and Soft Plastics
Incorrect disposal of household batteries is blamed for a spate of recent fires at local waste sites. There have been nine fires at such sites in the county so far…
Sewage Debris: Some Home Truths
Andy Dinsdale, founder and CEO of local environmental company Strandliners, calls for more awareness of sewage-related debris. Water quality has been in the news recently, following numerous sewage discharges polluting…
Sleepwalking to Catastrophe
We must stop economic growth fuelling ecological collapse before it really is too late argues Richard Price. Hastings resident Peter Butchers has fished for prawns and mussels in the local…
Public Shit Storm
Sewage spills on beaches: who’s to blame? Beaches at Bexhill and Normans Bay were closed for around 48 hours on 18 and 19 August after over million litres of water, which…
A System Designed to Overflow
Most of Britain’s sewerage system – operated by Southern Water amongst other water companies since privatisation in 1989 but previously under public sector direction – has always, from its origins…
Introducing Town Grown – a network of local food growers
By Hannah Robbins and Anna Locke Town Grown is a new project set up to support and stimulate food growing across the Hastings area. Its aim is to help anyone…
Local group campaigns in support of Climate Bill
The Climate and Ecological Emergency (CEE) Bill, which is due to have its second reading in Parliament on 29th October, has been drafted by scientists, legal experts, ecological economists and…
Fudging the Climate Issues
Well-established climate change campaigners Divest East Sussex (DES) designed a symbolic artefact this week to make a political point to East Sussex County Council (ESCC) – a giant fudge ;…
OPINION: We Need This Bill To Pass
By Richard Price Nearly 14,000 scientists recently warned that Earth’s vital signs are rapidly worsening. On 9th August, the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a press release to…
Oval Concert Turns Litter Fest
A music event held on the afternoon and evening of Saturday 7th August, the Southern Sunset Festival, left Bohemia Road and surrounding areas festooned with rubbish. Local residents have complained…
Eco homes for Battle
Design details for ac development, including 70 affordable homes, on the Blackfriars site in Battle have been revealed by Rother District Council. The scheme – 200 properties on a sloping…
DR ENERGY
Welcome to our new Dr Energy column written by the team at Energise Sussex Coast. In each issue of HIP, we will answer your home energy related questions. We hope this…
What’s on your mind?
We would love to hear from write to: Please be aware we may need to edit letters for reasons of space and we will only withhold names if this is…
Enhance Your Environment
Free to enter urban design competition Should buildings mimic their surroundings or should they be distinctive and challenge us visually? Hastings Urban Design Group (HUDG) is running two competitions seeking…
An Editor’s Welcome
Voicing Thoughts on ‘Thoughts and Voices’ Thoughts and Voices is a new space in HIP subtitled ‘Comment and Opinion on Matters That Matter’ and designed to house, well, exactly this!…
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…
GE2019
As the General Election approaches, the hustings are bustling, sleigh-bells ring in the distance, and spectres of Christmas past, present and future loom long over the upcoming winter - the…
Flood Money Spurs Council Development
On 8 July the cabinet of Hastings Borough Council (HBC) approved proposals for the first new housing development to be carried out in its own name for more than 20…
Wonderfill Just One Month In – Already Having An Impact
By Rod Webb Wonderfill isn’t yet a month old but Hannah Robbins, who both owns and runs the shop, is already responding to feedback from her customers. Opened as the…
Not An Overnight Process
MP calls for an end to UK’s unfair allocation of quota Getting a fairer deal for under ten-metre fishing fleets around the country is “not an overnight process” according to…
An Eco-Warrior is born
Sustainability on Sea (SoS) meets Wendy Goodsell. By Rachel Holtom On weekdays, Wendy Goodsell works with the Parchment Trust, assisting young people with special needs. At weekends her concern is for…
Heavy Horses Return to Bruising Bracken
HBC reports on a countryside management open day and horses removing troublesome bracken sustainablyHastings Borough Council has invited Frankie Woodgate and her heavy horses back to Hastings Country Park in…
The Best Plaice to Buy
Quality, value and better for the environment. Emma Harwood reports A campaign to create a Hastings Fish brand to encourage residents and tourists to buy fish caught locally and sustainably has…
Innovative Land Management Harnesses Traditional Methods
What follows is a short press release from Hastings Borough Council. Frankie Woodgate and her heavy working horses Yser and Tobias returned to Hastings Country Park last week. Their traditional…
Planting Fruit Trees to Fight Cancer
What follows is a press release from Hastings and Rother Cancer Awareness Project. The Project works with local people to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer. Local people…
No Plastic Shop started in Hastings
With environmental pollution from plastic waste an ever-increasing concern, many are seeking ways to reduce their impact. One such person is Hastings-based Izzy Crouch, who noticed the plastic pollution on…