The subtle makings of a wild place
16 February 2020
The natural world is a subtle place, pulsing with intricacies and symbioses - often ignored or misunderstood by us. What does it mean to be natural or wild?
Archive of: Fran Southgate
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How to use 'Regenerative Agriculture' to increase soil carbon
04 February 2020
A livestock farmer from East Sussex blogs about how regenerative farming can improve soil health
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Beaver back in Sussex
03 February 2020
After an absence of over 400 years, the beaver is coming back to Sussex.
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Buzzing with ideas
25 January 2020
Fran Southgate shares her thoughts on the Landscape Innovation Conference
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Meet the Experts
11 January 2020
On 23 January, Sussex Wildlife Trust and Sussex University will host our first Conference for Climate Action and Landscape Innovation where we come together to design future biodiversity and climate resilience for the County.
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New Year Revolutions
08 January 2020
As we the start the New Year and a new decade, many of us have already set our intentions for the Year to come. Here at the Sussex Wildlife Trust, our intention is to continue to be one of the most effective advocates for wildlife in Sussex - and because it is the single greatest challenge of our time for people and wildlife, we intend to do our best to tackle climate change.
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Soil - the biodiversity underworld
18 December 2019
Soil is an amazing thing. Without soil we wouldn’t eat much, yet so many of us still see it as just dirt. Healthy soils store more carbon than the world’s oceans, and they are one of the most under publicised, wildlife-rich habitats on the planet.
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Regenerative agriculture and landscape innovation
06 December 2019
There is an urgent need to find high impact, landscape scale, community based solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises. With around 70% of UK land designated as farmland, many eyes have naturally focused on the farming world to come up with the solutions.
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If you only do twelve things for wildlife...
04 December 2019
What are the 12 best things you can do for wildlife?
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Something to crow about
26 November 2019
The results of just a few dedicated volunteers grafting to create natural flood storage in their local woodland were more spectacular than we could have hoped for.