Eastbourne
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| Location | Eastbourne, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 50° 45' 59.17" N, 0° 16' 41.36" E |
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 Eastbourne.
News
Eastbourne
East Sussex
UK
Europe
Earth
Resist The Devil We Know, Alternative Editorial (Apr 14, 2024)
- Campaigners win massive grant for trees to transform Eastbourne's streets, Nov 2, 2021...lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk
- South East hosepipe ban comes into force, BBC News (Jul 18, 2025)
- Council champions 'pioneering' Rights of River Charter to protect 'landmark waterway', lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk (Jul 09, 2025) — Charter will 'enshrine importance of River Ouse for generations to come'
- Backpack-wearing dogs enlisted to rewild urban nature reserve in Lewes, theguardian.com (Jul 26, 2024)
- ‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement, theguardian.com (Nov 25, 2025)
- ‘Robot’ buses could bring more environmental benefits than public transport with drivers, theconversation.com (Nov 20, 2025)
- How heat from old coal mines became a source of local pride in this northern English town – new study, theconversation.com (Nov 20, 2025)
- Sharing soil, sweat and tears, ffcc.co.uk (Oct 30, 2025) — Are farm partnerships the future? We talk to the team behind Abunda to find out
- Renewable energy investment should come from defence budgets, say retired military leaders, theguardian.com (Oct 23, 2025) — Former European officers say spending on low-carbon power would make nations more resilient to threats from potential aggressors
- Green to Grey, How Europe is squandering the little nature it has left, greentogrey.eu (Oct 01, 2025)
- ‘Robot’ buses could bring more environmental benefits than public transport with drivers, theconversation.com (Nov 20, 2025)
- The Cambodian women rising up to protect their communal land, positive.news (Nov 20, 2025)
- Bees, Community, and Shared Futures, grassecon.substack.com (Nov 20, 2025)
UK and international events
UK events
Nov 10 - 16, 2025 (Mon - Sun) — Living Wage Week, livingwage.org.uk- Nov 13, 2025 (Thu) — Kindness Day UK, Nov 13 annually, aiming to increase the value of kindness in society as well as increase the amount of kind acts that take place, making kindness a greater part in our daily life, kindnessuk.com
- Nov 16 - 22, 2025 (Sun - Sat) — Road Safety Week, brake.org.uk
- Nov 22 - 30, 2025 (Sat - Sun) — National Tree Week, The Tree Council's annual tree celebration. People across the country planting thousands of trees to mark the start of the winter tree planting season. "Trees and hedgerows are some of the most powerful tools we have in the fight against climate change.", treecouncil.org.uk
Global or international events
- Nov 05, 2025 (Wed) — Media Liberation Day, Change the Media, Change the Future, mediarevolution.org
- Nov 06, 2025 (Thu) — Outdoor Classroom Day, celebrating and inspiring outdoor learning and play, outdoorclassroomday.com
- Nov 13, 2025 (Thu) — World Kindness Day, Nov 13, annually, highlighting good deeds in the community focusing on the positive power and the common thread of kindness for good which binds us, randomactsofkindness.org
- Nov 16, 2025 (Sun) — International Day for Tolerance, Nov 16 each year, fostering respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world's cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human, unesco.org
- Nov 19, 2025 (Wed) — International Men's Day, Nov 19, annually
- Nov 28 & 29, 2025 — Buy Nothing Day, en.wikipedia.org
2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events
Cosmolocal discovery club
Each week 3 different short videos from across the UK or world.
Northern Ireland community action, Haringey community action, West Midlands community action / ...This week's featured Global videos / ... read more about Cosmolocalism
Eastbourne video
Community energy
- Eastbourne Community Energy on facebook.com
Climate action
- Eastbourne Climate Coalition, “Working together to create a better world for ourselves and future generations.”, added 17:32, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
- E-Hive, pop-up Climate Emergency Hub in the Beacon, 1st November until 13th December, 2022
- Eastbourne Eco Action Network, Community Interest Company and network "united by the same goal – to turn Eastbourne carbon neutral by 2030 and to make it one of the best places to live in the UK", added 16:54, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
Trees, woodland and forest
- Trees for Eastbourne, added 17:20, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
Cycling activism
- Bespoke Cycle Group, Safer Cycling in Eastbourne, link checked 16:20, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
Education for sustainability
- EcoEd2030, collaborative network helping Eastbourne's schools and other education institutions reduce their carbon footprint and access eco-resources and ideas, as part of Eastbourne's Carbon Neutral 2030 campaign. added 13:43, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
About Eastbourne
From Wikipedia:Eastbourne
Eastbourne ( ) is a town and seaside resort in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, 19 miles (31 km) east of Brighton and 54 miles (87 km) south of London. It is also a local government district with borough status. Eastbourne is immediately east of Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain and part of the larger Eastbourne Downland Estate.
In June 2019, the population of Eastbourne was estimated to be 104,042.
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| Authors | Phil Green |
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| License | CC-BY-SA-4.0 |
| Cite as | Phil Green (2022–2025). "Community action/Eastbourne". Appropedia. Retrieved November 28, 2025. |