Healing our Soil
Hastings Compost Community are setting up a pilot scheme for local composting. It is inspired by the scheme in Brighton, run by Brighton & Hove Food Partnership which currently has nearly 40 sites. The idea is to provide an opportunity for…
Spring Cleaning Hastings and St. Leonards
Austerity may have a negative impact on our quality of life but it can also revive community spirit and co-operation. In an earlier article, HIP met the guerrilla gardeners maintaining and improving our green spaces, now Susan McFie talks to…
Common Treasury Is Back!
The Common Treasury of Adaptable Ideas is back in Hastings on 24th October with great speakers and inspiring ideas. This time there’s a big emphasis on the ‘circular economy’ – less waste and sharing resources like the Library of Things…
Local Charities Get Bags of Money
Corporate responsibility might just seem like a fig leaf to cover the excessive profits of large corporations, but it’s still interesting to see how their charitable funding can help at a local level. Supermarkets have a particularly high profile within…
