| 31 |
Gorgeous George Street Artisans Market |
| Jul |
No longer just a Farmers' Market the new market has been transformed into a festival of the best locally produced Food, Drink, Arts, Crafts, Home, Fashion and Beauty products that Sussex can offer.
For more information contact Common Cause on 01273 470900. Please support your local economy.
| 01 |
The Green Centre Summer Fair - 12 till 4pm |
| Aug |
You are invited to attend our Summer Fair. We begin at 12 noon and welcome you with the sounds of a live Brazilian Band - enjoy complimentary refreshments including Fair Trade Tea & Coffee or Juice and a slice of home-made cake (organic & Fair Trade ingredients when available).
Visiting us today is the Climate Connections Exhibition co-ordinated by Oxfam and Brighton Peace & Environment Centre and featuring The Green Centre.
Community artists Clowd9 and local artist Jane Hawley are offering free art workshops in the garden or you can enjoy a host of garden games.
Shop in our 2nd hand market and try your luck in our raffle. Tickets available now - 25p each.
Lughnasadh also known as Lammas is a Pagan Festival. It is a harvest festival and one of the Pagan festivals of Celtic origin which split the year into four. Click here to understand more about how this festival is connected to the environment.
Check out Pagan Links for events and more about Pagan Festivals.
| 01 |
Brighton and Hove Farmers Market |
| Aug |
The Brighton and Hove Farmers Market is the best place in town
to pick up locally sourced goodies, with a hugely diverse range of
produce on sale! Featuring the new Orgasmic Food Zone!
This month market takes place at Ralli Hall, just off Hove Station from 10:00 - 15:00 ... all are welcome!
| 02 |
Brighton Council - Bottle Top Pick Up |
| Aug |
Please make sure all your bottle tops and clean foil are at your collection points no later than 4pm on this day.We will collect from Hove Town Hall first, then Kings House and finally Brighton Town Hall. Please separate bottle tops and foil.
Many thanks for your continued support.
10:10 is a national campaign designed to promote achievable ways to reduce your carbon emissions by 10% in 2010.
The Green Centre supports this campaign and amongst our actions we are encouraging you to switch of your TV every Tuesday between 10pm and 10am the following day. Here's 3 good reasons why!
- Reduces energy and therefore supports the environment.
- It's good for your health. Your immune system functions optimally if you go to sleep at 10pm. It's all part of our natural sleep cycle. As we sleep, physical repair takes place between 10pm and 2am. Our immune cells patrol our bodies eliminating cancer cells, bacteria, viruses, and other harmful agents.
- Who knows what else might happen!
And remember you are trying to develop a new habit. Psychologists claim that it takes 17 repetitions for something to become a new habit so persevere!
| 03 |
Reduce/Re-use/Recycle |
| Aug |
Drop in the centre between 10 and 5 and bring your unwanted items which we will re-use or recycle. Stay for a chat and a cuppa - we sell a wide range of Fairtrade teas (£1) and coffees (£1.50).
We accept;
Aluminum foil and small pieces of scrap metal (copper, brass, lead), bedding, books, bric-a-brac, clothes (including those ripped or stained), elastic bands (Red Royal Mail), foreign and old currency, household items, milk bottle tops (plastic), used postage stamps, tetra paks, textiles (bedding, clothes, linen, towels, etc), toys and unwanted gifts.
We sell;
Bric-a-brac, clothes and accessories, toys, etc.
We are a Community Interest Company (not-for-profit). All proceeds go towards the cost of running the centre (rent, utilities, volunteer costs, community project costs, etc). We support the following charities through our recycling schemes; Disasters and Emergency Committee (DEC), Lupus UK, Guide Dogs for the Blind and Survival.
| 05 |
Reduce/Re-use/Recycle |
| Aug |
Drop in the centre between 10 and 5 and bring your unwanted items which we will re-use or recycle. Stay for a chat and a cuppa - we sell a wide range of Fairtrade teas (£1) and coffees (£1.50).
We accept;
Aluminum foil and small pieces of scrap metal (copper, brass, lead), bedding, books, bric-a-brac, clothes (including those ripped or stained), elastic bands (Red Royal Mail), foreign and old currency, household items, milk bottle tops (plastic), used postage stamps, tetra paks, textiles (bedding, clothes, linen, towels, etc), toys and unwanted gifts.
We sell;
Bric-a-brac, clothes and accessories, toys, etc.
We are a Community Interest Company (not-for-profit). All proceeds go towards the cost of running the centre (rent, utilities, volunteer costs, community project costs, etc). We support the following charities through our recycling schemes; Disasters and Emergency Committee (DEC), Lupus UK, Guide Dogs for the Blind and Survival.
Do you spin? Would you like to learn? Come and join our new group every Friday morning from 10.00am to 1.00pm at The Green Centre, 39 Manor Hill.
To book your place please contact Sue on 07818 801965 or 01273 277336.
For more about this fantastic project please check out Knitting the Map
| 09 |
Mini Beast Wild Park Health Walk |
| Aug |
Mini-beast themed walks in Wild Park over the holiday period to get your little monsters out and about in the fresh air and greenary of the park with activties including the finding and identification of some natural little beasties!
Meet at the Wild Park Café at 10AM, just off Lewes Road.
10:10 is a national campaign designed to promote achievable ways to reduce your carbon emissions by 10% in 2010.
The Green Centre supports this campaign and amongst our actions we are encouraging you to switch of your TV every Tuesday between 10pm and 10am the following day. Here's 3 good reasons why!
- Reduces energy and therefore supports the environment.
- It's good for your health. Your immune system functions optimally if you go to sleep at 10pm. It's all part of our natural sleep cycle. As we sleep, physical repair takes place between 10pm and 2am. Our immune cells patrol our bodies eliminating cancer cells, bacteria, viruses, and other harmful agents.
- Who knows what else might happen!
And remember you are trying to develop a new habit. Psychologists claim that it takes 17 repetitions for something to become a new habit so persevere!
| 10 |
Reduce/Re-use/Recycle |
| Aug |
Drop in the centre between 10 and 5 and bring your unwanted items which we will re-use or recycle. Stay for a chat and a cuppa - we sell a wide range of Fairtrade teas (£1) and coffees (£1.50).
We accept;
Aluminum foil and small pieces of scrap metal (copper, brass, lead), bedding, books, bric-a-brac, clothes (including those ripped or stained), elastic bands (Red Royal Mail), foreign and old currency, household items, milk bottle tops (plastic), used postage stamps, tetra paks, textiles (bedding, clothes, linen, towels, etc), toys and unwanted gifts.
We sell;
Bric-a-brac, clothes and accessories, toys, etc.
We are a Community Interest Company (not-for-profit). All proceeds go towards the cost of running the centre (rent, utilities, volunteer costs, community project costs, etc). We support the following charities through our recycling schemes; Disasters and Emergency Committee (DEC), Lupus UK, Guide Dogs for the Blind and Survival.
| 12 |
Reduce/Re-use/Recycle |
| Aug |
Drop in the centre between 10 and 5 and bring your unwanted items which we will re-use or recycle. Stay for a chat and a cuppa - we sell a wide range of Fairtrade teas (£1) and coffees (£1.50).
We accept;
Aluminum foil and small pieces of scrap metal (copper, brass, lead), bedding, books, bric-a-brac, clothes (including those ripped or stained), elastic bands (Red Royal Mail), foreign and old currency, household items, milk bottle tops (plastic), used postage stamps, tetra paks, textiles (bedding, clothes, linen, towels, etc), toys and unwanted gifts.
We sell;
Bric-a-brac, clothes and accessories, toys, etc.
We are a Community Interest Company (not-for-profit). All proceeds go towards the cost of running the centre (rent, utilities, volunteer costs, community project costs, etc). We support the following charities through our recycling schemes; Disasters and Emergency Committee (DEC), Lupus UK, Guide Dogs for the Blind and Survival.
Do you spin? Would you like to learn? Come and join our new group every Friday morning from 10.00am to 1.00pm at The Green Centre, 39 Manor Hill.
To book your place please contact Sue on 07818 801965 or 01273 277336.
For more about this fantastic project please check out Knitting the Map
10:10 is a national campaign designed to promote achievable ways to reduce your carbon emissions by 10% in 2010.
The Green Centre supports this campaign and amongst our actions we are encouraging you to switch of your TV every Tuesday between 10pm and 10am the following day. Here's 3 good reasons why!
- Reduces energy and therefore supports the environment.
- It's good for your health. Your immune system functions optimally if you go to sleep at 10pm. It's all part of our natural sleep cycle. As we sleep, physical repair takes place between 10pm and 2am. Our immune cells patrol our bodies eliminating cancer cells, bacteria, viruses, and other harmful agents.
- Who knows what else might happen!
And remember you are trying to develop a new habit. Psychologists claim that it takes 17 repetitions for something to become a new habit so persevere!
| 17 |
Reduce/Re-use/Recycle |
| Aug |
Drop in the centre between 10 and 5 and bring your unwanted items which we will re-use or recycle. Stay for a chat and a cuppa - we sell a wide range of Fairtrade teas (£1) and coffees (£1.50).
We accept;
Aluminum foil and small pieces of scrap metal (copper, brass, lead), bedding, books, bric-a-brac, clothes (including those ripped or stained), elastic bands (Red Royal Mail), foreign and old currency, household items, milk bottle tops (plastic), used postage stamps, tetra paks, textiles (bedding, clothes, linen, towels, etc), toys and unwanted gifts.
We sell;
Bric-a-brac, clothes and accessories, toys, etc.
We are a Community Interest Company (not-for-profit). All proceeds go towards the cost of running the centre (rent, utilities, volunteer costs, community project costs, etc). We support the following charities through our recycling schemes; Disasters and Emergency Committee (DEC), Lupus UK, Guide Dogs for the Blind and Survival.
Do you spin? Would you like to learn? Come and join our new group every Friday morning from 10.00am to 1.00pm at The Green Centre, 39 Manor Hill.
To book your place please contact Sue on 07818 801965 or 01273 277336.
For more about this fantastic project please check out Knitting the Map
10:10 is a national campaign designed to promote achievable ways to reduce your carbon emissions by 10% in 2010.
The Green Centre supports this campaign and amongst our actions we are encouraging you to switch of your TV every Tuesday between 10pm and 10am the following day. Here's 3 good reasons why!
- Reduces energy and therefore supports the environment.
- It's good for your health. Your immune system functions optimally if you go to sleep at 10pm. It's all part of our natural sleep cycle. As we sleep, physical repair takes place between 10pm and 2am. Our immune cells patrol our bodies eliminating cancer cells, bacteria, viruses, and other harmful agents.
- Who knows what else might happen!
And remember you are trying to develop a new habit. Psychologists claim that it takes 17 repetitions for something to become a new habit so persevere!
| 24 |
Reduce/Re-use/Recycle |
| Aug |
Drop in the centre between 10 and 5 and bring your unwanted items which we will re-use or recycle. Stay for a chat and a cuppa - we sell a wide range of Fairtrade teas (£1) and coffees (£1.50).
We accept;
Aluminum foil and small pieces of scrap metal (copper, brass, lead), bedding, books, bric-a-brac, clothes (including those ripped or stained), elastic bands (Red Royal Mail), foreign and old currency, household items, milk bottle tops (plastic), used postage stamps, tetra paks, textiles (bedding, clothes, linen, towels, etc), toys and unwanted gifts.
We sell;
Bric-a-brac, clothes and accessories, toys, etc.
We are a Community Interest Company (not-for-profit). All proceeds go towards the cost of running the centre (rent, utilities, volunteer costs, community project costs, etc). We support the following charities through our recycling schemes; Disasters and Emergency Committee (DEC), Lupus UK, Guide Dogs for the Blind and Survival.
| 26 |
Reduce/Re-use/Recycle |
| Aug |
Drop in the centre between 10 and 5 and bring your unwanted items which we will re-use or recycle. Stay for a chat and a cuppa - we sell a wide range of Fairtrade teas (£1) and coffees (£1.50).
We accept;
Aluminum foil and small pieces of scrap metal (copper, brass, lead), bedding, books, bric-a-brac, clothes (including those ripped or stained), elastic bands (Red Royal Mail), foreign and old currency, household items, milk bottle tops (plastic), used postage stamps, tetra paks, textiles (bedding, clothes, linen, towels, etc), toys and unwanted gifts.
We sell;
Bric-a-brac, clothes and accessories, toys, etc.
We are a Community Interest Company (not-for-profit). All proceeds go towards the cost of running the centre (rent, utilities, volunteer costs, community project costs, etc). We support the following charities through our recycling schemes; Disasters and Emergency Committee (DEC), Lupus UK, Guide Dogs for the Blind and Survival.
Do you spin? Would you like to learn? Come and join our new group every Friday morning from 10.00am to 1.00pm at The Green Centre, 39 Manor Hill.
To book your place please contact Sue on 07818 801965 or 01273 277336.
For more about this fantastic project please check out Knitting the Map
| 28 |
Gorgeous George Street Artisans Market |
| Aug |
No longer just a Farmers' Market the new market has been transformed into a festival of the best locally produced Food, Drink, Arts, Crafts, Home, Fashion and Beauty products that Sussex can offer.
For more information contact Common Cause on 01273 470900. Please support your local economy.
10:10 is a national campaign designed to promote achievable ways to reduce your carbon emissions by 10% in 2010.
The Green Centre supports this campaign and amongst our actions we are encouraging you to switch of your TV every Tuesday between 10pm and 10am the following day. Here's 3 good reasons why!
- Reduces energy and therefore supports the environment.
- It's good for your health. Your immune system functions optimally if you go to sleep at 10pm. It's all part of our natural sleep cycle. As we sleep, physical repair takes place between 10pm and 2am. Our immune cells patrol our bodies eliminating cancer cells, bacteria, viruses, and other harmful agents.
- Who knows what else might happen!
And remember you are trying to develop a new habit. Psychologists claim that it takes 17 repetitions for something to become a new habit so persevere!
| 31 |
Reduce/Re-use/Recycle |
| Aug |
Drop in the centre between 10 and 5 and bring your unwanted items which we will re-use or recycle. Stay for a chat and a cuppa - we sell a wide range of Fairtrade teas (£1) and coffees (£1.50).
We accept;
Aluminum foil and small pieces of scrap metal (copper, brass, lead), bedding, books, bric-a-brac, clothes (including those ripped or stained), elastic bands (Red Royal Mail), foreign and old currency, household items, milk bottle tops (plastic), used postage stamps, tetra paks, textiles (bedding, clothes, linen, towels, etc), toys and unwanted gifts.
We sell;
Bric-a-brac, clothes and accessories, toys, etc.
We are a Community Interest Company (not-for-profit). All proceeds go towards the cost of running the centre (rent, utilities, volunteer costs, community project costs, etc). We support the following charities through our recycling schemes; Disasters and Emergency Committee (DEC), Lupus UK, Guide Dogs for the Blind and Survival.
| 02 |
Reduce/Re-use/Recycle |
| Sep |
Drop in the centre between 10 and 5 and bring your unwanted items which we will re-use or recycle. Stay for a chat and a cuppa - we sell a wide range of Fairtrade teas (£1) and coffees (£1.50).
We accept;
Aluminum foil and small pieces of scrap metal (copper, brass, lead), bedding, books, bric-a-brac, clothes (including those ripped or stained), elastic bands (Red Royal Mail), foreign and old currency, household items, milk bottle tops (plastic), used postage stamps, tetra paks, textiles (bedding, clothes, linen, towels, etc), toys and unwanted gifts.
We sell;
Bric-a-brac, clothes and accessories, toys, etc.
We are a Community Interest Company (not-for-profit). All proceeds go towards the cost of running the centre (rent, utilities, volunteer costs, community project costs, etc). We support the following charities through our recycling schemes; Disasters and Emergency Committee (DEC), Lupus UK, Guide Dogs for the Blind and Survival.
| 05 |
Brighton and Hove Farmers Market |
| Sep |
The Brighton and Hove Farmers Market is the best place in town
to pick up locally sourced goodies, with a hugely diverse range of
produce on sale! Featuring the new Orgasmic Food Zone!
This month market takes place at Ralli Hall, just off Hove Station from 10:00 - 15:00 ... all are welcome!
Do you ever feel the television is running the lives of you and your children? Do you arrange your evening around a favourite soap or just despair at the amount of TV that your children watch? Have you ever felt left out because everyone else's conversations consist solely of what was on TV last night and you didn't watch? You are not alone!
The week long campaign, 19-25 September, will challenge you to turn off the box! Not only will you spare the environment a week of electricity spent on powering your TV you could also see a stark change in your lifestyle and quality of life!
For more information have a look on the website here.
This day is celebrated when day and night are of equal duration. Click here to understand more about how this festival is connected to the environment.
Check out Pagan Links for events and more about Pagan Festivals.
| 24 |
Fire making; foraging (food & medicine) |
| Sep |
"Fire making; foraging (food & medicine)" is one of a series of practical workshops incorporating nature awareness with Anna Richardson and Ruby Taylor.
Venue: Private woodland near Lewes
Time: 10.30am - 3.30pm
Cost: £30 per workshop
For further information and bookings email nativehands@ymail.com or call 01273 487264
| 25 |
Gorgeous George Street Artisans Market |
| Sep |
No longer just a Farmers' Market the new market has been transformed into a festival of the best locally produced Food, Drink, Arts, Crafts, Home, Fashion and Beauty products that Sussex can offer.
For more information contact Common Cause on 01273 470900. Please support your local economy.
| 17 |
Basketry with hedgerow plants |
| Oct |
"Basketry with hedgerow plants" is one of a series of practical workshops incorporating nature awareness with Anna Richardson and Ruby Taylor.
Venue: Private woodland near Lewes
Time: 10.30am - 3.30pm
Cost: £30 per workshop
For further information and bookings email nativehands@ymail.com or call 01273 487264
Samhain (pronounced 'sow'inn') is a Pagan Festival. Pagans are deeply aware of the natural world and most are most Pagans are eco-friendly, seeking to live in a way that minimises harm to the natural environment.
Samhain marks the Feast of the Dead. Many Pagans also celebrate it as the old Celtic New Year. Click here to understand more about how this festival is connected to the environment.
Check out Pagan Links for events and more about Pagan Festivals.
Winter Solstice is a Pagan event. Pagans are deeply aware of the natural world and most are most Pagans are eco-friendly, seeking to live in a way that minimises harm to the natural environment.
Winter Solstice, otherwise referred to as Yule, is the time when the sun child is reborn, an image of the return of all new life born through the love of the Gods. Click here to understand more about how this festival is connected to the environment.
Check out Pagan Links for events and more about Pagan Festivals.