Extraordinary and Challenging Times: a message from our President
22 May 2020
A message from Dr Tony Whitbread, President of the Sussex Wildlife Trust
Archive of: Tony Whitbread
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There is no wealth but life
02 March 2020
If we win the war against nature, we will have crushed the very life support systems on which we depend. This will be our ultimate “Pyrrhic victory”.
So what is driving us towards our own self destruction?
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Ending the war on nature - Rewilding
07 February 2020
Our war against nature is something we are in danger of winning!
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Tree - to plant or not to plant, that is the question
23 January 2020
When is it right to plant trees? And how do we do it right?
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Trees and the climate emergency
13 January 2020
Dr Tony Whitbread tackles the issue raised from his previous blog, as we are in a climate emergency, the priority must be to get the trees in the ground as an emergency action
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The trouble with trees
07 January 2020
The creation of forests and woods can be a major contribution to restoring nature and can draw carbon out of the atmosphere, so helping fight climate change. However, done badly, tree planting and tree regeneration can cause major ecological damage.
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End of the road for Highways England
17 September 2019
Highways England have, once again, served up the same tired old ideas for a bypass around Arundel. Discussed for decades, there seems to have been little progress from a basic mind set that has been shown not to work over and over again.
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Climate emergency and local democracy
29 April 2019
District Council elections are an opportunity to ask your candidates what answers do they have for the climate and ecosystem emergency
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Restore the natural world and help save us from climate disaster
08 April 2019
Restore our battered natural world on a huge scale - far greater than the feeble efforts we’ve seen so far – and this will also draw carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and so help address climate change.
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The last best hope
19 March 2019
Friday 15 March was the day of the biggest climate strike by children and young people yet.