Our TTW Worthing Repair Café took part by submitting data for their 2023 report, which you can read here: https://www.ttworthing.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024-The-BIG-FIX-Repair-Cafe-Report.pdf
The winner this year is a great film from Cornwall’s climate group – Cornwall’s Climate Stories a three part film:
“Under the Surface”- explores how rising awareness of plastic pollution might be overshadowing the more urgent issue of climate change’s impact on Cornwall’s marine life. Hosted by Claire Wallerstein, it features experts discussing the effects on basking sharks, plankton, seals, and seabirds, while highlighting local efforts to restore the marine environment.
“Plenty More Fish?” narrated by fisherman Ben Church, examines how climate change is affecting Cornwall’s fishing industry, from shifting fish species to more acidic waters. It also highlights innovative solutions, such as zero-carbon fishing boats and tackling invasive species.
“Living on the Edge” Cornwall’s coastline, known for its dramatic waves, faces growing threats from rising sea levels and worsening storms due to climate change. Ultra-runner Emma Hazeldine guides viewers along the Cornish coast path, exploring communities already feeling these impacts and uncovering responses to the challenges ahead.
Claire Wallerstein will be there to do the Q&A after the story and it would be great for her to connect with members of our group.
There is also a Short Film night on Saturday 14 Sept from 8pm – https://wtm.uk/events/between-the-blue-green-film-festival-short-film-screening-15/
The annual Green Dreams Festival is a brilliant event showcasing the great work that community groups are doing in our town. Workshops, activities and entertainment for all the family and FREE entry! We hope to see you there.
As usual our amazing team of volunteers will be on hand to share their skills and help you to repair your clothes, toys, bicycles, laptops, computers, small household electrical/electronic items, small items of furniture, costume jewellery and restringing necklaces and knife/scissor sharpening.
Refreshments of hot and cold drinks and cakes will be available at a small cost.
Please book via the online booking form here:
www.ttworthing.org/repair-cafe/#repair-booking-form
Any questions, please do email us at:
[email protected]
Speakers were:
Anna McIvor of Transition Cambridge with the Cambridge Resilience Web
Margaret Smith with the Mersey Green Map project
Pauline Cory of Transition Town Worthing with our Worthing Sustainability Map
Martin Hood of Green Durham with the Green Durham map project.
The event was recorded and you can watch it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYf1kj-vzN8
Please see poster and programme for details, but we have a great line up of community stalls, some great street food and drink and there’s a wide range of entertainment and workshops all day – something for all ages and for families. Do check out the programme. (Timing may change slightly, but this is the programme as it stands at the moment!)
This festival is designed to showcase what some of our wonderful community groups and small businesses do locally to support nature, the environment and our town, so please do come along and enjoy the fun! Massive thanks to our fellow committee members and all our sponsors, but in particular to South Downs Leisure who very generously allow us to use this prestige site for free, and whose staff give their time freely to help all year on the committee, and on the day.
This event will move indoors if it’s raining so come whatever the weather, we will all be there!
One of the community partners is using it to create a resource map for the homeless; it’s very inspiring to see the myriad ways in which people are using this technology in order to help others and the planet.
One Planet have redesigned their website and it’s now much more user friendly and easy to navigate:
https://our.oneplanet.com/. Do have a look around. TTW’s plan is featured (under Case Studies) and a video about how TTW got involved in this (under Community Partners).
If you would like to know more, do email Pauline at [email protected].
On 19th April, Sussex Green Ideas looked at how oneplanet.com technology is developing a Community Partnership arrangement so that local & environmental groups can utilise the full extent of the platform and services without cost being a barrier.
Here is a very informative and helpful recording of that event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ET44ej568o (which features TTW and CREW) and explains how this technology can enable community groups to map their strategic outcomes, actions and indicators with other groups, councils, businesses etc to form an “ecosystem” creating a framework for potential collaboration.
TTW’s project to map Sustainable Worthing has led to a collaboration between other organisations in the UK and One Planet, to develop the system further. It is now being used by local governments including Horsham District Council and eco businesses like https://www.compostclub.online/ to connect people to organisations via a Community Action Map and Ecosystem Plan. This little video gives you an overview of how it works: https://youtu.be/CN6k8_goXY0
If you’d like to find out how you can easily reduce your own personal carbon footprint, or that of any organisation, group or business, TTW have created an online map to enable our community to find out what is going on locally and where, regarding living more sustainably: https://www.ttworthing.org/resources/ – just scroll down for instructions about how to use it and you can even create your own free map if you wish!
If you’d like to find out how you can easily reduce your carbon footprint and support the environment, this workshop can point you in the right direction. TTW have created an online map to enable the community to find out what is going on locally and where, regarding living more sustainably. You can even create your own free map if you wish.
Demo given but you might like to bring your laptop or tablet to access the map on your own device.
Free workshop, light refreshments provided. Booking essential please.
To be held at CREW, Climate Resilience Centre Worthing, 8/9 South St, Worthing BN11 3AL on Saturday 1st April from 1pm-3.30pm (which includes a short break for refreshments).
To book a place please go to:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reduce-your-carbon-footprint-exploring-the-sustainable-worthing-map-tickets-561571544607
TTW will have a couple of stalls for Seed and Plant Swapping (you can also buy them) at the Sustainable Market on Sat 5th March in the usual place – Freedom Works Covered Car Park, Stoke Abbott Road, Worthing, BN11 1HJ (opposite the Assembly Hall) from 9.30am – 1.30pm. Do bring your plants and seeds to swap if you have any. There will be the usual traders as well as some local community stalls.