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Help clean the beach on Sunday!

Surfers Against Sewage, the beach cleaning movement, are holding their Autumn Beach Clean on Sunday 29 October. “We will be cleaning the stretch of beach running from Glyne Gap, back towards Hastings. You are invited to take action with thousands of volunteers nationally to help remove and recycle as many tonnes of marine plastic as possible, in order to create plastic free coastlines.” A message from Colin Derbyshire who’s organising this year’s event. Zelly Restorick writes.

Posted 08:21 Wednesday, Oct 25, 2017 In: Campaigns Tags: , , , ,

Nonviolence: a style of politics for peace

Hastings Against War will be hosting a talk from Henrietta Cullinan, a London Catholic Worker, who’s recently back from Afghanistan and will speak about her experiences and Pope Francis’s teachings on peace and non-violence. Rona Drennan writes.

Posted 15:34 Tuesday, Oct 24, 2017 In: Politics Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Benjamin Zephaniah comes to Hastings Storytelling Festival 2017

One of the UK’s best loved poets, Benjamin Zephaniah, is to appear at the Hastings Storytelling Festival in November. Benjamin Zephaniah and The Revolutionary Minds have added an extra date onto their UK tour especially to accommodate the festival and will perform at the White Rock Theatre on Saturday 11 November at 7.30pm. Naomi Robinson writes.

Posted 10:39 In: Performance Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
Agafya Lykova

Hastings film night showcases Siberian recluse

“The only thing from the outside world that had really intruded into Agafya’s otherwise pristine forest was loads of fallen space junk amongst the trees”, says Rebecca E Marshall about the surroundings of an extraordinary recluse called Agafya Lykova, who at the age of 73 lives alone in the Siberian Taiga. Marshall,

Posted 08:09 In: Film Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

When local communities make national noise…

HOT’s Erica Smith gives a personal view about the Save St Leonards Crown Post Office campaign’s meeting last Saturday.

Posted 07:27 In: Campaigns Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

Noise levels rise over post office sell-off plan

The noise around Post Office Ltd’s plans to franchise the St Leonards Crown PO hit new heights at a meeting called by the campaign to save it. The meeting brought together all the interested parties, including the MP, council leader and a Post Office Ltd representative, who reported that no decision had yet been taken on the proposed franchise. HOT reporter Nick Terdre, also a campaign supporter, reports.

Posted 20:30 Monday, Oct 23, 2017 In: Campaigns Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The future of energy storage

If Britain is to reach its energy targets for 2020 and meet the energy challenges that lie ahead of us, flexibility is essential, along with innovative technology and efficient energy systems, according to Jonathan Radcliffe of the Birmingham Energy Institute. Increased battery storage will play a vital role in this strategy.  Zelly Restorick asks Dudley Moor-Radford, managing director of Moixa, some questions about its battery storage innovations.

Posted 09:17 Friday, Oct 20, 2017 In: Energy Wise Tags: , ,

A Sustainable Transport Forum for Hastings

A number of local community groups working on issues relating to transport and the environment have been looking at ways of sharing information, working collaboratively and developing a focal point for consultation and engagement on matters related to sustainable transport. Tony Polain from the Forum writes.

Posted 03:46 In: Energy Wise Tags: ,
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