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Your Lewes Climate Hub now at Lewes House!
The new location at Lewes House on the High Street has displays and a programme of talks, drop-in events and activities for all the family. Plus the Hub is sharing the ground floor with Ovesco community energy, which has a dedicated Energy Room for free, impartial advice on energy bills, installing renewable energy, home insulation, energy efficiency and more.
Open weekly, 11am-3pm, Wednesday to Saturday.
If you’re interested in supporting the Hub (including opportunities to volunteer) or would like to hire the space, contact .
What’s on this week:
FREE Wednesday 22, Thursday 23
and Friday 24 March:
River Mapping – 11am-3pm
Come and take part in Love Our Ouse’s river mapping project to explore how our river matters to you. Help build up knowledge of the River Ouse by pinpointing the locations, features and activities that you love on the giant river map.
PLUS: Strandliners and Nature Links
This is your Lewes Climate Hub, we hope to see you soon!
Below: some photos from our opening day on Saturday 18th March










Be informed, get inspired
When it comes to climate change there is a room for everyone to contribute. Learn about steps you can take, projects and campaigns to get involved in. Find like-minded people to start a project of your own.
You can also find practical advice, from switching to renewable energy to food-growing to making your home more energy efficient – Lewes Climate Hub can signpost you to advice, support, talks and workshops to help you take action in your own household, business or organisation.
We’re here for everyone
Whether you’re an individual, a family, a local business or an interest group, we are strongly committed to supporting those who haven’t typically been included in conversations on the climate and environment.
Your voice matters – so drop in, email us and share your thoughts and ideas on how we tackle this emergency together and create a community that can withstand the impacts of climate change.
If you are part of a local community group that would like to be an affiliate of Lewes Climate Hub, contact us at
What does climate change mean for Lewes?
Rising temperatures, loss of species and more extreme weather patterns have serious implication for us here in the south east of England. In Lewes, we are thoroughly aware of the effects of flooding, having lived through the local floods of 2000.
The wetlands to the south of Lewes used to be a sea inlet, and could be again as climate change leads to rising sea levels. Food production and water supplies may be threatened by changing weather and the loss of natural pollinators. The residential and other buildings in our area, many built centuries ago, are unsuited to higher temperatures. But we cannot simply wait for governments to take action: to be resilient against climate change and help reduce its worst effects, we all have to work together as a community.
What about our local councils?
One of our key aims is to promote and support (and, where necessary, challenge) the sustainability goals of our town, district and county councils. Wherever possible we aim to work closely with our councillors to help our community take real and effective action on climate change. For example, we hope to be instrumental in helping Lewes District reach its goal of generating “net zero” carbon emissions by 2030.
Climate
Transition Town Lewes
Extinction Rebellion Lewes
Friends of The Earth, Brighton and Hove
Lewes Railway Land Wildlife Trust
Lewes Swift Supporters
Lewes Urban Arboretum Project
Sussex Wildlife Trust
Wildflower Lewes
Brighton and Lewes Downs Biosphere
Bee Lines
Forest bathing
Woodland Trust campaigns
Re-wilding rojects
Ovesco community energy
Ouse Valley CARES
Community Energy South
Human Nature: The Phoenix Project (North Street)
Lewes Living Streets
Friends of Lewes
SCATE (South Coast Alliance for Transport and the Environment)
Co-wheels car club
Electric car and bike show (TTL)
Electric bus Barcombe (Ovesco)
Cycle Lewes
Sussex Flow Initiative
Love Our Ouse
The Marine Conservation Society
Plastic Free Lewes
Lewes repair Cafe
Lewes Library of Things Facebook page
Dolly clothing
SuperLooper baby clothing library
Litter free lewes
Common Cause Co-operative
Friday Food Market
Lewes Farmers Market
Lewes Community Allotment
Compost Club
Ringmer Community Orchard
Lewes Town Council allotments
Stanmer Organics
Lewes House Garden Project
Compassion in World Farming
Lewes Food Banks (TTL)
Lewes District Food Partnership
Brighton and Hove Food Partnership
Lewes Pound
Circular economy (TTL)
Divest East Sussex: campaigning for ESCC to divest their pension fund from fossil fuels
Keep It In the Ground Lewes email here
Lewes Living Wage
East Sussex Credit Union
Ethex
Green Jobs
Make My Money Matter
ShareAction
Triodos Bank
WellbeingWellbeing in nature – Lewes Railway Land Wildlife Trust
Lewes nature and wellbeing groups and activities www.wellbeingtree.org
Wellbeing gardening projects in Lewes www.commoncause.org.uk/lewes-house-garden
Climate Cafe group workshops facilitated by Guy Gladstone, Lewes, Seaford, Newhaven and Eastbourne
Creative workshops, wellbeing and the environment www.movingsounds.org/eco-action-projects
Lewes Food Banks (TTL)
Losras (Lewes Organisation in Support of Refugees and Asylum Seekers)
Make Votes Matter
Lewes open door
Apologies for any omissions. You can send suggestions here
Whats happening?
Highlights below, find all events and calendar here
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Read MoreVideos: talks & events
Catch up with recent online talks and events by clicking the links below (YouTube, Vimeo)
Nevill 2030 – Living a Conscious Life
Talk: Climate and Conservation refugees
Climate Crisis: A legacy of racism and colonialism
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