Just Transition 20/30: Our Action Plan for 2020

On Saturday, 1 February, 30 Transition Town members came together at the White Rock Hotel to explore, debate and agreed on some exciting new priorities for 2020. We agreed to focus on some exciting new projects – details below.

If you’re interested in knowing more or want to get involved,  please do get in touch at info@transitiontownhastings.org.uk and feel free to spread the word !!!

A Green Hub for Hastings and St Leonards

A real or virtual hub that provides space to connect – bringing together individuals and groups keen on creating a more sustainable and integrated community. Similar conversations are taking place within The Common Treasury, in XR and at Energise Sussex Coast (ESC) so this is a great opportunity for collective action! Talk to Kate Meakin or Julia Hilton for info.

A Library of Things:

Initially introduced at The Common Treasury in October, it’s a great idea that has members keen to get one happening in Hastings. Why buy, if you can borrow? If you want to know more, check out

https://www.libraryofthings.co.uk/ or talk to Ursula McLaughlin or Sherry Clark.

A Hastings Woodland/ Planting Trees

Planting trees was a popular priority  – in town and country! Kate Meakin, Mary Dawson and Ken Davis are our champions.

Field Trips and Feasts

A series of learning journeys to places that inspire (Great Dixter and The Bevy got special mentions) and our always-popular potluck dinners. More events that bring us together for food and fun. Talk to Sherry Clark if you have any suggestions!

Map the Territory

From Living Streets to empty buildings, members are keen to contribute to creating an inventory of what’s there, what can be done and who is doing what – to help bring like-minded people and groups together. Sarah Macbeth and Julia Hilton are the go-to-gals for this one.

Hollington Gardens Friends:

A new initiative that matches keen volunteers with neglected family gardens. Lynn Savage or Maya Evans can tell you more.

We also agreed to continue to invest in existing projects & partnerships:

  • The Community Garden at Warrior Square Station (talk to Chris Petts, Alan Jeffries, Mick Studd or Michelle White)
  • The Big Lunch  – this year on Sunday, 7 June in Warrior Square Gardens (Talk to Sherry Clark)
  • Refill points around town, where you can fill up your reusable water bottle (Talk to Hannah Robbins at Wonderfill)
  • The Common Treasury of Adaptable Ideas(on Climate Action) (Talk to Sherry or Julia Hilton)
  • Activities related to Sustainability on Sea (Talk to Kate Meakin or Sarah Macbeth)
  • Sustainable transport, architecture and urban-planning (Contact Ken Davis or Julia Hilton)

A few projects have been put on hold – for now. We just can’t do everything!

  • Sustainability on Sea will happen next in Spring 2021, following on from a hopefully successful and inspiring COP26 in Glasgow in December
  • Car Free Day: after a great turnout in 2019, despite adverse weather, we are still looking for volunteers keen to take this forward in 2020 or 2021. The newly-formed Living Streets group is also keen to get involved in street
  • Swap shops, a local currency scheme, a network of initiatives around Sussex and beyond.
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The plaque for our Seaside Mosaic has now gone up!

This concludes the project to which so many lovely members of the public contributed. It makes the square in front of St Leonards Warrior Square Station look so much more vibrant and welcoming.  And it’s so wonderful to see children and adults looking for the piece that they completed and take pride in it… Thanks again to all those who helped – we have helped make St Leonards look even better!

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SOS festival programme is LIVE!

The printed programme is hot off the press! Look out for it around town over the coming weeks or download a PDF version here. SoS_Programme_digital Download

With more than 60 events and activities across 9 days the festival spans Hastings and Rother, from Winchelsea in the East to Bexhill in the west.

With each event taking a different approach to promoting a sustainable future the programme has something for all ages and many activities are free to attend.

Highlights include the Car Free Day street party (Sunday 22nd September, 12pm until 6pm) as Hastings marks the international event for the first time, turning the seafront road into community space for socialising, alfresco dining, entertainment and play.

The festival culminates in The Big Green Fair at the Stade (Sunday 29th September, 11:00am – 6:00pm) bringing together a wide range of local stallholders in an ethical marketplace, a programme of talks on sustainability issues, craft and culinary workshops, great food, entertainment and info stands for various local environmental campaigns.

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Come and celebrate the ‘opening’ of the community mosaic

We’re celebrating the completion and final installation of the seaside themed mosaic created by the community.
We are having a little celebration on Saturday 24th Aug from 3-5pm in front of Warrior Square Station, come with your smiles and we will supply refreshments. If it’s raining we will be in Zoom Arts.

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Deadline for entry in SOS printed programme August 5th. It’s free!

There is now limited time left to add your project, event, action, offer to our sustainable festival programme for free! Register today at www.sustainabilityonsea.org.uk/register-your-event

Check out events so far at www.sustainabilityonsea.org.uk/events
SOS 2019 takes place Sept 21-29 across Hastings/St Leonards/Rother.
#Hastings #bexhill #stleonards #sustainability #community #actlocal #thinkglobal #climatecrisis #transition #transitiontown #2019 #SOS #festival

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Mosaic building this week!

We’ve made a start on the community mosaic, involving local school children, Gizmos children’s club, clients from the Seaview Centre and volunteer local residents. Here are some photos to give you a flavour of how it’s looking.

There is still a lot to do! Please help us complete this lovely piece of community artwork – lots of times you can pop into Zoom Arts this week:
Mon 15 July 2.30–4.30pm
Tue 16 July 1.30–4.00pm
Wed 17 July 2.30–4.30pm
Thu 18 July 2.30–4.30pm
Fri 19 July 10.00–12.30pm and 1.30–4.00pm

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Mosaic beach walk

We had some great feedback on the beach walk on June 3rd where locals looked for things to draw for the mosaic design.

Here are a few photos and a poster with the times and dates of the mosaic making workshops.

We hope to publish the design developed by Emma Harding very soon.

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Register an event for free for Sustainability on Sea 2019

www.sustainabilityonsea.org.uk/register-your-event/

The time has come for businesses and local groups to get involved with our eco-friendly festival: Sustainability on Sea.The festival will take place between Saturday 21st-Sunday 29th September 2019, culminating in an all-day Big Green Fair with stall holders, information stands, talks, activities for children and entertainment.

The theme this year will be “What we can do” showcasing the meaningful things we can all do to live more sustainably.

Last year we had a whole mix of events from speaker events, beach cleans, walks, bike rides, work- shops and family fun days.

It’s a chance for individuals to share their interests and get others involved, for businesses to organise events to bring new customers through the door and for green organisations to showcase what they do.

We welcome all ideas! Here’s some more inspiration:

  • A day of learning about climate change at a youth group or school.
  • Planting a community space.
  • Walks and cycle rides.
  • Litter picks and tackling plastic waste.
  • A day of sustainable food at your café.
  • Plant based food cookery lessons.
  • Launching a campaign.
  • Eco fashion show.

What people thought of last year’s Sustainability on Sea Festival:

“Well organised lots of information” “Great! Lots of useful info, goodies and optimism”  “All  stalls very interesting – not too texty or selling”  “Loads for kids, very interested in electricity and bikes” “Really useful – good to see a very diverse range of groups” “Absolutely excellent! Lovely to see the level of optimism” “10/10 would come again”

We’ve had an extremely positive response to our call out already. Local people are very aware of the issues around climate change and are keen to get involved in the festival.

Read the FAQs for more info.

To get involved please email: info@sustainabilityonsea.org.uk or call Kate on 07840 485344. Or simply sign up today:

www.sustainabilityonsea.org.uk/register-your-event/

Deadline for inclusion: 20th July 2019

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Mosaic project underway!

Things are getting exciting now that we have collected all the drawings from the community. They will be the foundation for the design created by Emma Harding, the mosaic artist. Watch this space…

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Volunteer to help with mosaic workshops

We’ve been working hard fundraising and we are very happy to say we (that’s the community/public/everyone!) are going to create the Mosaic at Warrior Square Station this summer.

This will consist of 11 days of workshops from 10th-19th July at Zoom Arts (right by the station and the mosaic site).

We would love your help at the workshops.

It would be easy things like:
Getting room ready
Doing some of the mosaic- most important!
Watching that people don’t put their grubby hands on the artwork!!!
Keep an eye on things not getting too messy in general
Sweeping floor occasionally
Keeping table and work area clean & regularly wiped
Showing people where toilets are
Equipping people with aprons/shirts etc
Giving out refreshments

Also there is a Beach Walk early June to help with the design.

We are having a prep & training session for volunteers on Thurs 11th July from 7-9pm– can you come along?
Email info@transitiontownhastings.org.uk.

(Illustration of mosaic is not final design)

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