West Sussex

West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering East Sussex (with Brighton and Hove) to the east, Hampshire to the west and Surrey to the north, and to the south the English Channel.

With an area of 1,991 square kilometres (769 sq mi) and a population of over 800,000, West Sussex is a ceremonial county, with a Lord Lieutenant and a High Sheriff. Chichester in the south-west is the county town and the only city in West Sussex; the largest towns are Crawley, Worthing and Horsham.

Over half the county is protected countryside, offering walking, cycling and other recreational opportunities. {{W|West Sussex


West Sussex community action

Sustainability initiatives

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♥ Biodiversity

Sussex Wetland Landscapes Project - Sussex Wildlife Trust

Community energy

Ferry Farm community solar, added 16:44, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

Meadow Blue Community Energy

REPOWERBalcombe, community project to generate enough clean, renewable energy locally to meet all of the village’s electricity needs.

Food activism

Tuppenny Barn

Sustainable transport activism

Walking: Wikipedia: Footpaths in West Sussex (category), South Downs Way

Waterways: The River Wey and Wey Navigations Community Site, non-commercial site of over 200,000 words all about the River Wey including information and images about the source of the Wey at Black Down in West Sussex - The Wey & Arun Canal Trust - Wikipedia: Wey and Arun Canal

News and comment

2016

West Sussex community solar farm delivers 5MW to grid, Jun 28 [1]

2015

Balcombe 'fracking village' gets green light to go 100% solar, october 1 [2]

Crawley Council sees itself as a carbon cutting champion, August 10 [3] The council is keen to hear public suggestions for CO2 reduction across the town and is asking people to get their thinking caps on and email in bright ideas.

2014

Local Food in Chichester; Report published online, May 5 [4]

Events

2014

April 12 - 13 Eco Open Houses Worthing

Campaigns

  • A green new deal for Gatwick, greennewdealuk.org, 25 November 2020
  • Save Our South Coast Alliance an alliance of individuals and groups involved in promoting the environment, community, and economy of Chichester’s coastal plain. "...excessive centrally allocated housing quotas handed down from government threaten our ability and ambition to protect our communities, environment, wildlife and economy from the inevitable impact of climate change on our low lying coastal plain." added 17:46, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

See also


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References

  1. ↑ businessgreen.com
  2. ↑ The Guardian
  3. ↑ crawley.gov.uk, press release
  4. ↑ Transition Chichester
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