Community action/Eastbourne
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| Location | Eastbourne, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 50° 45' 59.17" N, 0° 16' 41.36" E |
The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across Eastbourne.
News
[edit | edit source]Eastbourne
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Earth
Resist The Devil We Know, Alternative Editorial (Apr 14, 2024)
- Campaigners win massive grant for trees to transform Eastbourne's streets, Nov 2, 2021...lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk
- Rights of Nature movement grows, with the Wye and Ouse subject to new protection charters, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Jun 18, 2026) — Nature sits at the heart of several new sets of rights and charters; it’s even headlining a festival this summer. Is the way that we view and value Nature within our political and cultural frameworks at a turning point? asks Hannah Marsh
- South East hosepipe ban comes into force, BBC News (Jul 18, 2025)
- Council champions 'pioneering' Rights of River Charter to protect 'landmark waterway', lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk (Jul 09, 2025) — Charter will 'enshrine importance of River Ouse for generations to come'
- Plans for major overhaul of councils halted, BBC News (Sep 07, 2026)
- Sardines are having a moment but could this humble fish turn the tide for the UK’s local fisheries?, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Sep 03, 2026) — Can the UK learn from Iberian traditions and turn its booming love for tinned sardines into a lasting win for coastal communities?
- Andy Burnham announces thousands of new homes, but is the government much closer to its target?, theconversation.com (Sep 02, 2026)
- European farmers face ‘unprecedented crisis’ after successive heatwaves, theguardian.com (Aug 17, 2026)
- Europe’s rivers are running dry, and the knock-on effects are disastrous, Yiannis Baboulias, theguardian.com (Aug 05, 2026)
- How Australia combines modern tech and Indigenous knowledge to fight wildfires, BBC News (Aug 01, 2026)
- Climate solutions most likely to reach ‘positive tipping points’ revealed by scientists, theguardian.com (Sep 10, 2026) — Global shift towards clean electricity could trigger ‘cascade’ of progress, helping reduce air pollution, cut waste and revive oceans
- Why I choose to build commons, rather than being an ‘activist’, growingcommons.substack.com (Sep 06, 2026) — And why I think you should, too, Dil Green
- What Brazil’s supercentenarians can teach us about living to 120, positive.news (Sep 02, 2026)
UK and international events
[edit | edit source]UK events
Sep 7 - 11, 2026 (Mon-Fri) — Zero Waste Week, zerowasteweek.co.uk- Sep 11 - 20, 2026 (Fri-Sun) — Heritage Open Days, celebrating our fantastic history and culture. Your chance to see hidden places and try out new experiences – all of which are FREE to explore, heritageopendays.org.uk
- Sep 18 - 27, 2026 (Fri-Sun) — Great British Beach Clean, mcsuk.org
Global or international events
- Sep 15, 2026 (Tue) — Free Money Day, Global invitation for people to explore, in a liberating and fun way, what it might be like if our relationship to money was a little different. Sep 15, annually, freemoneyday.org
- Sep 18, 2026 (Fri) — Park(ing) day, global, public, participatory project where people across the world temporarily repurpose curbside parking spaces and convert them into public parks and social spaces to advocate for safer, greener, and more equitable streets for people, myparkingday.org
- Sep 21-27, 2026 (Mon-Sun) — Global Week Of Action For Peace And Climate Justice, climatemilitarism.org
- Sep 21, 2026 (Mon) — International Day of Peace, Globally shared date, Sep 21 each year for all humanity to commit to Peace above all differences and to contribute to building a Culture of Peace, internationaldayofpeace.org
2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events
Cosmolocal discovery club
Each week 3 different short videos from across the UK or world.
Community action/Moray, Rewilding Scotland, Community action/Wiltshire / ...This week's featured Global videos / ... read more about Cosmolocalism
Eastbourne video
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Community energy
[edit | edit source]- Eastbourne Community Energy on facebook.com
Climate action
[edit | edit source]- Eastbourne Climate Coalition, “Working together to create a better world for ourselves and future generations.”, added 17:32, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
- E-Hive, pop-up Climate Emergency Hub in the Beacon, 1st November until 13th December, 2022
- Eastbourne Eco Action Network, Community Interest Company and network "united by the same goal – to turn Eastbourne carbon neutral by 2030 and to make it one of the best places to live in the UK", added 16:54, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
Trees, woodland and forest
[edit | edit source]- Trees for Eastbourne, added 17:20, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
Cycling activism
[edit | edit source]- Bespoke Cycle Group, Safer Cycling in Eastbourne, link checked 16:20, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
Education for sustainability
[edit | edit source]- EcoEd2030, collaborative network helping Eastbourne's schools and other education institutions reduce their carbon footprint and access eco-resources and ideas, as part of Eastbourne's Carbon Neutral 2030 campaign. added 13:43, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
About Eastbourne
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From Wikipedia:Eastbourne
Eastbourne ( ) is a town and seaside resort in the East Sussex county of South East England. It lies 19 miles (31 km) east of Brighton and 54 miles (87 km) south of London; it is immediately east of Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain and part of the larger Eastbourne Downland Estate. It is also a local government district with borough status.
In June 2019, the population of Eastbourne was estimated to be 104,042. W
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| Authors | Phil Green |
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| Cite as | Philralph (2022–2026). "Community action/Eastbourne". Appropedia. Retrieved September 13, 2026. |