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  • Ten ways to become Carbon Literate

    22 July 2019

    Ten ways to become Carbon Literate

    Carbon literacy is an awareness of climate change, the carbon costs and impacts of our everyday life activities, and the ability and motivation to reduce emissions - are you Carbon Literate?

     
  • Sussex Wildlife Trust project shortlisted for National Award

    17 July 2019

    Sussex Wildlife Trust project shortlisted for National Award

    Our Wild Side of the Tracks project, based at The Deneway Nature Reserve in Brighton has been shortlisted at this year’s ScottishPower Foundation Awards

     
  • Donation from local co-operative to help protect sealife

    16 July 2019

    Donation from local co-operative to help protect sealife

    Sussex, Hampshire & Isle of Wight​ and Dorset ​Wildlife Trusts are saying a big thank you to a regional co-operative - Southern Co-op - after a generous donation will help protect our local sealife.

     
  • Summer Holiday Clubs 2019

    12 July 2019

    Summer Holiday Clubs 2019

    Sussex Wildlife Trust is leading fun-packed outdoor activity days for children across the county throughout the school holidays.

     
  • A UK first: Shieldbug family new to the UK found at Sussex Wildlife Trust nature reserve

    11 July 2019

    A UK first: Shieldbug family new to the UK found at Sussex Wildlife Trust nature reserve

    Exciting news as our Senior Ecologist, Graeme Lyons, has found a Shieldbug family new to the British Isles at Marline Valley in Hastings

     
  • Wilder Future T-shirts

    11 July 2019

    Wilder Future T-shirts

    ​Our new T-shirt designs have been inspired by our Wilder Future Campaign, which sees the much-loved characters from Kenneth Grahame’s children’s classic, The Wind in the Willows, facing up to the threats of the 21st century.

     
  • Care versus Control

    10 July 2019

    Care versus Control

    Can a movement with more focus on care rather than control of nature help reconnect humans to the world around us?

     
  • Chalk Grassland

    06 July 2019

    Chalk Grassland

    There are few sights more spectacular than a wildflower meadow in full bloom. Packed with nectar-rich flowers and humming with insect life, these botanical hotspots will soon be looking their best and today, 6 July, marks National Meadows Day - a celebration of our glorious grasslands and the wealth of wildlife they support.

     
  • My Front Lawn : “Plant it and they will come”

    05 July 2019

    My Front Lawn : “Plant it and they will come”

    For National Meadows Day 2019 I’m singing the praises of my favourite wildflower meadow - my front lawn.

     
  • The Secret Wildlife Festival - What a scorcher

    04 July 2019

    The Secret Wildlife Festival - What a scorcher

    Guest blogger Tim Bullen from The Secret Campsite, reviews The Secret Wildlife Festival, which raised over £2500 for Sussex Wildlife Trust

     
  • Caterpillars

    04 July 2019

    Caterpillars

    Caterpillars come in a huge variety of colours, shapes and sizes but there’s one thing that these Lepidopteran larvae all have in common: they’re very hungry.

     
  • 365 Days Wild

    01 July 2019

    365 Days Wild

    June flew by and 30 Days Wild is over for another year. We hope you loved every minute of your wild adventure. Thousands of people have taken part all around the UK, with over 3000 in Sussex alone.