On 29 November, the People’s March for Climate, Justice and Jobs will be taking place in London on the eve of the crucial Paris climate change conference. Around the world people will gather together to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. Transition Town Hastings members invite you to travel with them to London to take part.
Combe Haven Defenders have called on Rother District Council to put Sea Change Sussex’s application to build the North Bexhill Access Road on hold until it has a business case and funding in place. The Council says it is bound to hear the application before year-end. Nick Terdre reports.
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, and the secretive manner in which it is being negotiated, have aroused widespread opposition, with more than half a million in the UK signing a petition calling for it to be abandoned. Here members of Global Justice Bexhill and Hastings and the Bexhill Fairtrade Group explain why they joined in a day of action against the treaty earlier this month.
There’s a new anti-fracking/pro-renewables group of local creatives called ‘Don’t Frack With Sussex’, who are carrying out creative actions in the run up to the Paris Climate Change talks. Posted by HOT’s Zelly Restorick.
Hastings and St Leonards on Sea is home to a number of skilled print-makers – and here’s an opportunity you might be interested in – to exhibit at the gallery,
Local opponents of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) held a short meeting with Hastings and Rye MP Amber Rudd last Saturday to make her aware of the strength of feeling against the secretly negotiated pact. HOT team member, Nick Terdre, opposes TTIP and took part in the meeting. Fellow HOT writer, Zelly Restorick, asks him about his experience.
The Black Huts Festival is back for its fourth year; a festival of music, poetry, reading and film at the Electric Palace and the Beacon. HOT’s Lauris Morgan-Griffiths went along to the Fundraiser to see what it was all about.
Here’s a message received from Friends of the Earth this morning, about the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and our local MP, Amber Rudd’s plans to cut solar support. HOT’s Zelly Restorick passes on the message.
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