Brighton community action
The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across Brighton. It's an introduction to local networks, groups, and events. Brighton community action resources is a separate page.
News
Our 24-hour climate comic explores what a sustainable future could look like, theconversation.com (Sep 20, 2024) - Five ways community is at the heart of Brighton Festival, positive.news (Apr 24, 2024)
- Reduce, reuse, and repair for Brighton & Hove Circular Economy Week, brighton-hove.gov.uk (Nov 02, 2022)
- The Guardian view on the planning bill: new towns must be for people who need them, Editorial, theguardian.com (Mar 11, 2025)
- Six climate change activists sentences reduced by appeal court, BBC News (Mar 07, 2025)
- Dramatic fall in London’s levels of deadly pollutants after Ulez expansion, theguardian.com (Mar 07, 2025) — People in capital breathing much cleaner air, with significant improvements in capital’s most deprived areas
- ‘Global weirding’: climate whiplash hitting world’s biggest cities, study reveals, theguardian.com (Mar 12, 2025)
- Only seven countries worldwide meet WHO dirty air guidelines, study shows, theguardian.com (Mar 11, 2025) — Governments could clean their air with policies such as funding renewable energy projects and public transport; building infrastructure to encourage walking and cycling; and banning people from burning farm waste.
- Many cities are banning ads for airlines, SUVs and fossil fuels – and yours could be next, theconversation.com (Mar 10, 2025)
Video
Networks and sustainability initiatives
- Brighton & Lewes Downs Biosphere project
- Brighton Peace and Environment Centre
- The Green Centre
- Hanover Action for Sustainable Living
- Sussex in Transition on facebook, society of the University of Sussex that acts as a hub for all other student societies focused on sustainability and the environment.
Each week 3 different short videos from across the UK or world.
Wales community resources, Climate action Scotland, London community resources / ...This week's Global videos
Events
Regular events
- Brighton Green Drinks, Brighton Green Drinks on facebook
Events information
- Green Diary, information from the Green Centre
Community involvement
- Brighton & Hove City Council Petitions Scheme, (PDF, 11 pages)
Localism
Goodmoney CIC, social enterprise based in Brighton & Hove, local gift vouchers.
Climate action
Brighton & Hove climate assembly, brighton-hove.gov.uk
Ethical consumerism
more video: hiSbe video - Buzzbnk Campaign, April 2013
hisBe, independent supermarket standing up for how it Should be
Sustainable transport activism
journeyon, journey planner for Brighton & Hove
Cycling activism
Biodiversity
The Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) is a conservation charity which aims to protect natural life in Sussex. It was founded in 1961 and is one of 46 wildlife trusts across the UK and the Isle of Man and Alderney. As of 2024, it had 38,000 members and manages 2,000 hectares (5,000 acres) of land for nature. It is a registered charity and in the year to 31 March 2019 it had an income of £5.7 million and expenditure of £4 million, resulting in net income of £1.7 million.
The SWT manages twenty-six nature reserves in the county. Nineteen are Sites of Special Scientific Interest, one is a national nature reserve, eleven are local nature reserves, eight are Special Areas of Conservation, three are Special Protection Areas, three are Ramsar sites and seven are Nature Conservation Review sites. Its headquarters at Woods Mill, south of Henfield, is also a nature reserve with a lake, woodland and meadows.
The historic county of Sussex is divided into the administrative counties of East Sussex and West Sussex. The South Downs stretches across the county from west to east. This area is chalk and to the north is the Weald, which is composed of heavy clays and sand. The coast has a succession of holiday towns such as Brighton, Eastbourne, Bognor Regis and Worthing.
Trees, woodland and forest
Roots Movement, connecting communities and nature
Coastal community activism
- Wild Coast Sussex, sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/
- Sussex Kelp Restoration Project, sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk
Arts, sport and culture
Our Future City, video: Our Future City #BeWell Programme on vimeo
ONCA, "ONCA's mission is to inspire creativity and positive action in the face of environmental change."
Social inclusion
- Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project
- Emmaus Brighton & Hove, situated in Portslade village on the South coast of England, four miles from the centre of Brighton. It is the largest Emmaus community in the UK, and its "Second-hand Superstore" is the largest second-hand shop in the South of England....
About Brighton
Brighton ( BRY-tən) is a seaside resort in the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, 47 miles (76 km) south of London.Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods. The ancient settlement of "Brighthelmstone" was documented in the Domesday Book (1086). The town's importance grew in the Middle Ages as the Old Town developed, but it languished in the early modern period, affected by foreign attacks, storms, a suffering economy and a declining population. Brighton began to attract more visitors following improved road transport to London and becoming a boarding point for boats travelling to France. The town also developed in popularity as a health resort for sea bathing as a purported cure for illnesses.
As of 2017, Brighton and Hove had a resident population of about 290,885. Brighton has been described as the UK's "hippest city", "the happiest place to live in the UK", and the "unofficial gay capital of the UK".
External links
- Earthship Brighton
- Brighton 'Waste House': The House That Kevin Built, University of Brighton, Faculty of Arts