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Case Study: Installing an Air Sourced Heat Pump
by Martin Philips Martin Philips lives in a house near Steyning, parts of which date back to 1480. For some years he has been looking at ways to reduce his carbon footprint. After doing some research, in 2020 he installed an air sourced heat pump to replace an oil...
The Scrap Space
Emily Phillips runs Adur based community arts non profit social enterprise Over the Moon and they are trying to get The Scrap Space up and running which will be a scrap store to redistribute donated clean non-hazardous scrap that can be reused for art, craft, play and...
Green homes guide: Insulation
Insulation: the best place to start Insulation is possibly the easiest and most cost-effective way of reducing your home’s energy consumption. It can help in reducing your bills, save CO2 and will give you and your family a warm comfortable glow knowing that that...
Green Books with Charles Dowding – 4 Feb 2021
For our first Green Books session, we asked gardening expert Charles Dowding to talk about his new book on No Dig Gardening. You can view the talk on YouTube by clicking on the image below: About the book No Dig Gardening is for anyone interested in the no dig...
RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch
Play your part in the world’s largest bird survey this January. Join thousands of people taking part to see the drama unfold on your doorstep, simply spend an hour counting the birds you see in your garden or from your balcony from the comfort of your home in...
Tues 26 Jan: Creating a Local Nature Map + AGM
Hear all about the nature mapping project and how you can get involved Greening Steyning kicked off the New Year with the launch of an ambitious new Nature Mapping Project. The thinking behind it is simple: Unless we know what wildlife and habitats we have now,...
Who Gives a Hoot? Sponsor an owl box
Good news for local owls! Welcome to our Who Gives a Hoot home page! We will be updating it with news of the owl box project as it progresses. The good news is that we raised enough funds over the 2020 Christmas period to install 13 owl nest boxes, we've built the...
I’m dreaming of a conscious Christmas……
Christmas is about being thoughtful. The season for giving, receiving and thinking of others. An opportunity for taking time and realising what’s most important to us. This year especially, we’ve had time to reflect on the things that matter most to us; our friends,...
Green Homes Grant Scheme
What was it, and what went wrong? The Government’s Green Homes Grant scheme was designed to provide financial help towards making your home more energy efficient. But it ran into trouble during the rollout phase and ended on 31 March 2021 with the majority of the...
Creating The Future We Want – The 2020 Cuthman Lecture
Creating the Future we Want - A new story for ourselves, our community and our planet. On the 15th October Paul, co-chair of Greening Steyning, author and environmentalist, was invited to give a Cuthman Lecture via Zoom. It was a great opportunity to outline the 2030...
Tues 24 Nov: Green Drinks – Saving Energy at Home: Ask the Experts Session
A practical Q&A session on how to make our homes more energy efficient Our ageing housing stock is notoriously leaky and inefficient, leading to draughty bedrooms, damp bathrooms, and inflated energy bills. The trouble is most of us know all this already. But...
Creating a positive, climate-friendly vision for 2030
The 2030 Project It's been 10 years since we were set up. At our January 28th Climate Action meeting we looked back to celebrate all that’s been achieved and the past decade (here's a link to Geoff's 'Looking back' presentation). It's a lot! And it's all thanks to...
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