The Sustainability on Sea team

Hastings sustainability festival receives bumper lottery boost

The Sustainability on Sea festival, a week-long celebration of local sustainability initiatives, has been awarded £9,600 from the National Lottery Community fund. The festival organisers say that the September event, now in its second year, is set to be larger than the first with more organisations, business schools and individuals taking part, all with the aim of helping the people of Hastings and St Leonards live more sustainably.

Recent funding wins, including £2,787 from ethical beauty brand Lush, are being used to help raise the profile of the festival and to support the local organisations taking part as well as attracting a more diverse audience from a larger catchment area.

The theme for Sustainability on Sea 2019 is ‘What we can do’. This reflects the growing public concern about sustainability issues and offers practical suggestions of changes individuals and communities can make towards a combined environmental impact.

Sarah Macbeth, one of the festival organisers says, “It’s not just the funding that is helping grow this year’s festival.  In our conversations with businesses and members of the public there’s much greater awareness of sustainability issues like climate change and plastic pollution than ever before.

“It feels like the community really wants to do something but as individuals our efforts might not feel significant. This festival is about coming together, celebrating what is already being done and showing how the community can make a difference.”

She adds, “We want to celebrate and promote as many projects as possible with this year’s festival. There is still time for businesses, organisations and individuals to enter an event and become part of the programme and campaign. Registration information can be found on the festival website, www.sustainabilityonsea.org.”

Blue Rumour

Sustainability on Sea runs all week from Saturday 21st –Sunday 29th September 2019 with activities and events around Hastings and St Leonards culminating with an all-day Big Green Fair at the Stade on the 29th. Great food, inspiring speakers, stalls, workshops and entertainment for all ages including local band Blue Rumour.

Below is a comprehensive list of activities taking place over the course of the festival. Click on an event for further details. N.B. All events are free unless marked otherwise.

Event	Venue	Date
FISHING FOR GENERATIONS EXHIBITION	Hastings Museum and Art Gallery	21 – 29 September
FAMILY WORD WALKS	Church Wood, St Helens Wood and Gensing Gardens	21 – 29 September
REWILD COMMUNITIES AT CHURCH IN THE WOOD	Church in the Wood, Church in the Wood Lane, Hollington St Leonards	21 September
STONELYNK ORGANICS APPLE DAY	Fairlight Village Hall Broadway Fairlight	21 September
GREAT BRITISH BEACH CLEAN –BEXHILL	Bexhill Sailing Club, De La Warr Parade Bexhill	21 September
HEALTHY LIVING FAIR	Alexandra Park	22 September
FOREST GARDENING TALK	Bohemia Walled Garden, Bohemia Rd Hastings	22 September
HASTINGS CAR FREE DAY STREET PARTY	Hastings Seafront, Eversfield Place	22 September
GREEN FINGERS COMMUNITY GARDEN PROJECT	Y Centre, St Pauls Road, St Leonards	22, 25, 29 September
Kundalini Yoga
KUNDALINI YOGA AND MEDITATION CLASS £9 Admission	Wellington Centre, 44 Wellington Square Hastings	23 and 26 September
THE BIG WEAVE: WEAVING MATS FROM PLASTIC BAGS	Y Centre, St Pauls Road, St Leonards	24 September
CRAFTS AND SCULPTURE UPCYCLING WORKSHOP	Ore Community Centre, 455 Old London Road Hastings	25 September
HERB WALK WITH BEN FAIRLIGHT EDWARDS	East Hill Lift Upper Station, Rock-a-Nore Rd Hastings	25 September
UPCYCLING CRAFTS AND BEE HOTEL WORKSHOP	Ore Community Centre, 455 Old London Road Hastings	25 September
Beeversity
BEEVERSITY	Hastings Countryside Park Visitors Centre, Woodland Educational Site Lower Coastguard Lane, Fairlight, Hastings	25 September
OUR SUSTAINABLE PLANET Free – donations welcome	Hastings Museum and Art Gallery	26 September
HAVE FUN RECYCLING WITH TEXTILES	St Nicholas Centre, 66 London Road St Leonards	26 September
WANT TO TRY SOMETHING NEW?	Warrior Square Surgery, Marlborough House, Warrior Square Surgery Saint Leonards	27 September
FUNGI WALK WITH GEOFF DANN IN ALEXANDRA PARK £3 Admission	Alexandra Park	27 September
SURPLUS SUPPER CLUB Pay what you can – booking needed	Home Ground Kitchen, Gotham Alley Hasting	27 September
REWILD COMMUNITIES AT ROBSACK WOOD	Robsack -Meet outside One Stop – 2 Bodiam Drive, St Leonards	28 September
REWILD COMMUNITIES IN HOLLINGTON	Hollington Woodland (Tile barn wood)	28 September
Non recyclable plastic collection
NON RECYCLABLE PLASTIC COLLECTION	St Leonards Warrior Square Station St Leonards	29 September
BIG GREEN FAIR AT THE STADE, HASTINGS	Stade Open Space, 20 Rock-A-Nore Rd Hastings	29 September
SOFT NOISE STITCHERS	Stade Open Space, 20 Rock-A-Nore Rd Hastings	29 September

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