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 […]

Peter Miles, Chairman Darwell Conservation Area Society Excitingly, our first in-person inside meeting in the spacious Mountfield Village Hall, Church Road, Mountfield TN32 5LG. The Darwell Conservation Area Society has a wide ranging remit concerned with protecting and enhancing the area surrounding Darwell reservoir. Peter will provide an entertaining, high-speed overview of how our AONB came into being […]

Now fully booked. If you want to go on the waiting list in case people drop out please email Nigel at info@rotherenvironmental.org.uk If you have booked and cannot come, please let us know so we can offer your place to someone on the waiting list. A reminder to those joining us: Great Dixter, Northiam TN31 […]