For our October event REG are incredibly fortunate to have arranged a presentation from Neil Kermode, Managing Director of the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC). EMEC is a UKAS accredited test and research centre focusing on wave and tidal power development based in the Orkney Islands, UK. The Centre provides developers with the opportunity to test full-scale grid-connected prototype devices in unrivalled […]
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Our initiative for September this year is a little different! Tuesday, September 22nd is WORLD CAR FREE DAY and Rother Environmental Group hopes you will join by avoiding using your car if you can – by walking, cycling or using public transport. During lockdown, many of us appreciated the quiet streets and clean air that […]
2020 has been the year that forced us to stop. A global pandemic, extreme weather, forest fires. This year’s WWF Living Planet Report into the state of nature has just been published and can be found here. It’s not happy reading, but it emphasises how fundamentally important it is that we work together address the […]
REG’s meeting Tuesday 28th July 2020 at 7.30 pm is being held virtually via “zoom”. The meeting is open to all REG members and any interested people. Our speaker is Councillor Katherine Field, Rother District Councillor lead for Climate Change. She will be speaking on ” Climate Emergency and Rother DC-zero” by 2030. She will […]
Please see our formal response to Rother District Council’s consultation on their Draft Environment Strategy 2020–2030 here. Thank you to all our members who contributed to our response, your input was greatly appreciated. Overall we are delighted that the Council is proposing this strategy and arestrongly and enthusiastically supportive of the intentions. We look forward to the […]
On Wednesday March 11th we will be showing the film Merchants of Doubt in the Silver room of The Kino, Rye. This is the first in our new quarterly film nights @ The Kino – Many thanks to The Kino for their support! Merchants of Doubt tells the story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists […]
REG’s programme of events have unfortunately been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, and we have had to cancel, postpone, or move our activities online. We are have a virtual event planned for October and hopefully will host one in November also, we will keep you updated here and via members’ email when these are confirmed. […]
Rother Environmental Group AGM will take place at 7pm on Tuesday 28th January 2020, at the St Mary’s Centre, Lion Street, Rye (next to the Kino). After the AGM business there will be two presentations / talks. Firstly, a brief introduction to the re-wilding project at Knepp Castle, West Sussex by Nigel Jennings. It is hoped […]
Guest post by REG member Marian Harding. The opinions voiced here are not necessarily those of REG – comments welcome! Anyone come across the ‘ditch dairy’ vegan campaign? It featured so prominently on my radar earlier this year that I felt in need of counselling! However it doesn’t seem to have been taken very seriously […]
Jointly organised by Rother Environmental Group and Bexhill Environmental Group, on Wednesday 30 October 2019, Dr Geoff Rayner gave a fascinating talk on ‘Diet and Nutrition Transition and Planetary and Public Health’. There were 3 key themes: Human nutrition – We are what we eat Food growing – with wildlife in mind Climate breakdown – […]
