‘2040 – join the regeneration’ – a compelling film by award winning director Damon Gameau. 2040 is an entertaining documentary that looks to the future, but is vitally important now if we are to tackle the climate crisis! It explores rapidly shifting the best solutions we already know about into the mainstream. The film offers […]
Saturday 13 April, 3pm to 5pm, Tilling Green Community Centre, Rye – An introduction to, and discussion of, Rother District Council’s updated Climate Strategy.
Zoom talk by Barbara Echlin who is speaking on: Decarbonising a 1970s home: a personal story of insulating and installing solar power and a heat pump. Barbara is a REG Trustee and national Vice Chair of Green Christian. Barbara will share her thirty year journey to low carbon living from a domestic perspective. Hear about […]
Neil Kermode OBE is Managing Director of the European Marine Energy Centre,Orkney which is pioneering the transition to a clean energy future with wave andtidal power. Established in 2003, the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Ltd isthe world’s first and leading facility for demonstrating and testing wave and tidalenergy converters – technologies that generate electricity by […]
Visit the REG stall at Rye Love Our Rother: From Pollution to Solution. 10am to 2pm. Rye Community Centre, Conduit Hill. Discover how to reduce, re-use, repair and refill all year round, not just for Valentine’s Day. More information from strandliners.org
Zoom Talk by John Archer who is speaking on the significant importance of Dark Skies. Samantha Nicholas from the High Weald Unit at Flimwell will introduce the evening. John Archer is Chairman and Trustee of the Crayford Manor House Astronomical Society and a member of REG. Samantha Nicholas has been Team Support Officer at the […]
How can we create safe walking, cycling and wheeling routes locally? Join our networking event the Greenways Café to find out. 5PM EVERY WEDNESDAY Topic: Greenways CafeTime: Dec 6, 2023 05:00 PM LondonEvery week on Wed, until Jan 17, 2024https://us05web.zoom.us/j/86793154964?pwd=NpLgEYRUmg2G0alX1Y1G3apZUlLeEv.1Meeting ID: 867 9315 4964Passcode: 914623 See you there! Nick Hanna http://www.sussexgreenways.org
Get a drink from the bar and join us in the Benson Room at The George Inn from 6.30pm for canapes and chat. Dena Smith Ellis now of Rye, is a former Organisation Lead with Blue Zones Project© in Hawai’i, where she coached worksites, restaurants, grocery stores, faith-based organisations, schools, and individuals on how to […]
Wednesday 27 September: 7.15pm (refreshments from 7pm) Jenny Bowen from Natural England will talk on: The Charles III Coast Path Venue: Beulah Hall, Clifford Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 1QA (a few minutes walk from Bexhill railway station). The King Charles III England Coast Path is a new walking route following the entire English coast – over […]
Tim’s description of what they are doing at Pickham Farm: ‘At Pickham we are currently running a herd of largely Sussex cattle that suckle their calves that are weaned at 10 months and will hopefully be fattened and sold locally as pasture fed beef. Two years ago we saw the benefits of rearing our cattle […]
Join us – in person – at Rye Community Centre, Conduit Hill Rye TN31 7LE for a Sustainable Fashion Choices Question Time Panel. On the Panel are: Carolyn Denham and Michael Jones (Merchant and Mills fabric store in Rye dealing in only natural fibres); Jill Norman (Climate Ambassador for the WI); Frank Langrish (an expert […]
Join us – in person – at Rye Community Centre, Conduit Hill Rye TN31 7LE for a showing of the film: Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Future. Living the Change explores solutions to the global crises we face today through the inspiring stories of people pioneering change in their own lives and […]
Dena Smith Ellis is a dual board-certified international health and wellness coach, holistic life guide, coaching mentor, and Reiki master. Her lifelong passion for natural and sustainable living has fuelled her purpose-driven career coaching hundreds of clients from over 120 countries. Living in a time when global pandemics, climate change, racial tension, and political unrest are […]
Dr Lucie Bolton – Environment Strategy Officer. Lucie is responsible for the development and delivery of Rother District Council’s Environment Strategy and Climate Action Plan. This is a district-wide plan to reduce emissions and meet the ambitious target of being a carbon neutral district by 2030. Elize Manning – Projects Officer (Environment). Elize is responsible […]
David MacDonald, Chartered Financial Planner and founder of Path Financial David set up Path after a period of deep self-reflection about our destruction of the environment. Shocked by the unprecedented climate and ecological emergency and the disastrous path towards extinction we face, he realised that a huge impact to be made by revolutionising the investment […]
A talk from Graham Ellis on How we can live more simply so that others can simply live, preceded by the REG Annual General Meeting (AGM). Get a drink from the bar and join us in the Benson Room at The George Inn from 6.30pm for canapes and chat. For thirty years Graham lived totally […]
For anyone who missed September’s talk by Huw Merriman MP, Chair of The Transport Select Committee and MP for Bexhill and Battle, Malcolm Turner of BEG has kindly provided a summary below. Held in St Mark’s Hall, Little Common, Bexhill-on-Sea at Friday 30th Sep 2022 7pm-8:30pm The Rother Environmental Group and the Bexhill Environmental Group […]
We are delighted to return to The George in Rye for this annual in person event. More details to follow. Post covid the AGM presents an opportunity for members to join the committee to determine the future direction of travel for our influential Rother wide organisation. Right now, we would love some new volunteers to join […]
Mike is Senior Energy Lead at Citizens Advice 1066 (Hastings & Rother). Mike will talk us through the practical and behavioural steps that can be used to reduce energy usage and bills, how to spot the signs of fuel poverty in households and how to signpost them to help and advice. There will be time […]
St Mark’s Hall, Little Common, Bexhill TN39 4BZ. Talk by Huw Merriman MP, Chair of the Transport Select Committee and MP for Bexhill and Battle on How to reduce UK transport carbon emissions from 27% to zero by 2050. The talk will be followed by a questions and answers session. So come with your ideas and your […]
REG Walk around the Rye countryside, led by REG trustee Susan Wilson. Come and enjoy stunning views from the hills surrounding Rye. We start from Rye railway station at 6pm. The circular walk is about 3.5 miles and will take two to two and a half hours. Please come about 15 minutes before so you […]
Talk by Barry Woodham and Rob Butson on The Quality of Our Bathing Water. Sea bathers were advised recently that our bathing waters were polluted. REG are delighted that on 31st May we welcome Rob Thurston and Barry Woodham who will explain the efforts Southern Water make to ensure our seas are safe for bathers. […]
Talk by Barry Yates on Rye Harbour Reserve at 52. Barry Yates is the Manager at Sussex Wildlife Trust’s Rye Harbour Nature Reserve He has worked there for 37 years. The talk will cover why the nature reserve is important for wildlife and people and look at some projects, including the Discovery Centre. Please join […]
Come and explore northern Rother with Rother Environmental Group, walk led by Caroline Donegan. Do join me for a 4.5 mile walk around Ticehurst 12th March. The meeting place is in the car park at Pickforde Lane, Ticehurst TN5 7AS, in the village centre at the back of the Bell pub, signposted opposite the village […]
Talk by Sally Ashby on Kelp and Marine Conservation in a Climate Crisis. Sally Ashby is Sussex Kelp Lead for Sussex Wildlife Trust. The Sussex Kelp Restoration Project is an ambitious and hope-filled project that aims to restore the nearshore marine ecosystem, build climate change resilience and support healthy productive seas for future generations. Sally […]
Sam Thomas is a National Trust Ranger working at Sissinghurst Castle Garden. He will present a talk about the countryside management of the wider estate and how our sustainability and environmental aims and objectives are adapting to climate change. Please join us on Zoom from 7.15pm onwards. The talk will start at 7.30pm, and there will […]
Cllr Paul Redstone is County Councillor for Northern Rother since May 2021. He is a member of various committees including the Pension Committee and Place Scrutiny. The Place Scrutiny Committee covers transport and environment, economic development and regeneration, community services and corporate functions. Paul has a long time interest in addressing climate change through our […]
2022 programme of our talks and activities coming soon…
Speaker: Anna Hollyman. COP26 was billed as our ‘last chance’ of avoiding catastrophic climate change, and reports vary as to how successful it was in its goal of ‘keeping 1.5’C alive’. We will discuss what was achieved and next steps in the context of the built environment – it would be great to hear your views. Anna […]
Speaker: Geoff Barnard, Steering Group member of the South East Climate Alliance (SECA). This talk is jointly organized by REG and Bexhill Environmental Group. In November the United Nations Climate Conference (COP26) will be held in Glasgow. Targets agreed at this conference will determine global efforts to respond to the Climate Emergency. Geoff will talk […]
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