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Divestment motion tabled for Hastings Council – contact your Councillor now!

A fossil fuel divestment motion has been tabled for the Full Council meeting of Hastings Borough Council on Wednesday 13 April (6pm @ Hastings Town Hall). Please put this date in your diary now and contact your Councillor to urge them to support it! Please spread the word and encourage others to attend – the event lives on Facebook here.

Template letters for Labour and Conservative Councillors are available here:

Read more on the Fossil Free Hastings website:

Divestment motion tabled for Hastings Council meeting on 13 April – contact your Councillor now!

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25th March 2016

Energy meeting minutes – Feb 18 2016

Includes discussions about projects to take forward.

TTH Energy group minutes 18 Feb 16

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29th February 2016

First Pot Luck Dinner a great success!

A great evening was had by everyone who made our first Pot Luck Social. Thanks to all for making it so special! Great food and exceptional company. Many new faces too.

There was a short session to tell people about transitioning and what the group in Hastings and St Leonards have achieved over the last year.

We discussed ideas for the future and ways the group can develop. Contributions included an update on the Greenway Group plans for Ore Valley, news on the Blueprint project for St Leonards and Zoom Arts new space at St Leonards Warrior Sq station.

A superb evening at Transition Town pot luck meal.Great to catch up with so many people.
C.Ridge

Nice to meet you all tonight. Here’s the recipe for the love cake fans, before I forget.
http://www.stylist.co.uk/life/recipes/sri-lankan-love-cake-recipe
C.Dann

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28th February 2016

Fruit tree planting at the community garden

Fruit trees donated by Keeper’s Nursery were planted last weekend at the community garden. Newly planted and young trees require frequent watering and we’ve been able to take a supply from the Southwater Community Centre. We’re really pleased to have support from the centre, although we hope to be installing water butts and collecting run off from a gulley on the slope near the tunnel.

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28th February 2016

Garden plan for the community garden

We are very excited to report that we have a plan for the community garden spaces next to the north platform at Warrior Square Station.

One of our members, Julia Hilton, an artist and landscape designer has developed the plan which includes a small orchard, fruit bushes, flowers, herbs and vegetables.

On February 21st, volunteers planted a selection of fruit trees donated by Keeper’s Nursery in Kent.

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24th February 2016

Energy meeting minutes – Thursday 28 Jan

It was very inspiring meeting and underlines what a broad range of interest and expertise there is in the community.

The minutes are quite detailed – mainly because we covered a wide range of potential local projects that we could promote, preferably with the backing of Amber Rudd (A divestment fund for energy, a school booklet, a Big Switch, a District Heating or Hospital scheme, an Open Homes event…).

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1st February 2016

Co-wheels coming to Hastings!

Co-Wheels Hastings is soon to arrive in our town! Check out the website and show your support by signing up.

Co-Wheels is an environmentally sound alternative to car ownership, a Pay-as-you-drive car hire scheme. Hire a car when you need it, and not when you don’t. Low hourly rates and excellent insurance cover.

http://www.co-wheels.org.uk/hastings

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9th January 2016

St Leonards Warrior Community Garden clearing days

Transition Town Hastings volunteers kick started the St Leonards Warrior Community Garden Project on Sunday 20th December.

We cut back the grass and bramble on either side of the steps to the north platform and chucked away all the rubbish. We found 5 unopened bottles of beer, two road traffic cones, bits of an old TV, a bucket, several pairs of shoes, a frisbee and at least six bags of recycling. One of the many drinks cans had a sell by date from 1987!

The next session is Sunday 3rd January from 10am-1pm. If you are free, please join us with your garden tools.

Happy Christmas everyone.

Please check our events section for more sessions.

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21st December 2015

Jeremy Leggett talk on The great global energy transition

There was a great turn out on November 26th at the Observer Building to hear Jeremy Leggett talk about the ‘great global energy transition‘.

The donations collected online and on the night raised over £400 for Solar Aid!

Thanks to OST Energy and Energise Sussex Coast for sponsorship, Dublin and Holland for giving the Observer Building for free and doing a great job setting up the event.

You can view or download his presentation here.

Download Jeremy’s book for free.

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3rd December 2015

Climate March London

Several Transition Town Hastings committee members and supporters took part in the London Climate March on November 29th. A day before the Paris Climate Talks, around 70,000 people came together calling for real action on climate change.

See photos from the day on Hastings Online Times.

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3rd December 2015

Transition Town Hastings Discord channel