Viva Brighton Issue #77 July 2019

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ADVERTORIAL Use It or Lose It! Free Support to Help You Save the Planet Everyone wants to do their bit to stop climate change but it can be difficult to know where to start. That’s why, when the Sustainable Business Partnership CIC developed the Utilise Plus programme, we wanted to offer various services that help businesses to save energy no matter where they are on their sustainability journeys. Whether you’re keen to learn more at one of our free events, want to identify smart solutions for your organisation with a fullyfunded energy audit, or want to take action with a grant-funded energy-saving installation, the Utilise Plus programme has something for everyone. greenhouse gas emissions each year. What’s more, their annual energy bills will decrease, on average, by 27%, saving them money year after year. Utilise Plus will run until the end of September <strong>2019</strong> so make the most of this funding while it lasts – use it or lose it! Whichever stage your organisation is at, get in touch with the Sustainable Business Partnership CIC and see how the Utilise Plus programme can help you. Saving energy is not only good for your organisation’s cash flow but also good for the environment – win-win! Just make sure you act fast while this free support is still available! Visit: www.sustainablebusiness.org.uk Call: 01273 964239 Email: info@sustainablebusiness.org.uk Funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Utilise Plus has already supported hundreds of small and medium sized enterprises throughout Sussex since launching in late 2017. So far, we’ve helped these organisations make an estimated, combined saving of over 700 tonnes of
FEATURE ............................. Sussex Roots Seeds of knowledge A different kind of learning takes place on a patch of land at the University of Sussex. Take a stroll through the neat lawns and the boxy brick architecture of the Falmer campus, and you may stumble across a fenced-off area (to keep out the local rabbits) that is teeming with edible and colourful vegetation. This, the student-run allotment, where a wildly spiky artichoke plant, its stems heavy with new fruit, rubs shoulders with raised beds bursting with potatoes, leeks, onions, garlic, chard, broad beans and cauliflowers; where defunct metal filing cabinets harbour soft fruit bushes; and where an exotic kiwi fruit tree and a grape vine are entwined in iron bedsteads. Everywhere you look, something interesting is growing, often from receptacles that once served other purposes (toilets, chimney pots, old boots). They’ll try all sorts. For two years watermelons successfully swelled in the spacious poly tunnel. The students’ Roots Society has been going for six years and has some 50 members, with several turning up every week to water, weed, sow seeds and harvest the crops. They’re guided by Jaci Driscoll, a horticulturalist with a specialist knowledge in biodiversity and permaculture (no pesticides here), who works for the University’s estates team. “Biodiversity is free,” she points out. “It doesn’t hurt the planet, and it’s good to be able to educate people about not using poison. Without the poison you will never be pest free – our watermelon plants got eaten this year – but you can try to manage them.” She does this by encouraging wildlife (not rabbits) into the allotment. Flowering plants attract pollinators, feeders and water baths bring in birds who will eat whatever tasty bugs they might find. The students get a lot out of the allotment – and not just a share of the home-grown organic vegetables. “I love seeing their excited faces when we’ve created a good batch of compost,” says Jaci, “or when a seed they have planted finally sprouts. “This also gives them a break from their studies and staring at a screen. I’m watching them making friends, and sometimes having romances.” Roots Society organiser Connor Sullivan affirms that the allotment brings many rewards. “I’ve just finished my Zoology BSc, and now I’m really interested in the relationship between producing food and wildlife. I’ve been able to learn loads about horticulture and permaculture from Jaci. “It’s also been nice to get away from everything else that’s going on. I love wildlife photography and the plot is a great place to practise.” His fellow students have identified other benefits. One revealed it had helped her overcome mental health issues at the start of her course. Another said it was where she felt most at home. Another dug deeper still. “This is about reconnecting ourselves to the land and nature we have been detached from by a logic of market-driven consumer culture that pillages the earth. This is about opening ourselves up to an entirely different – and rich – bank of knowledge and diverse ontologies.” Food for thought, indeed. Jacqui Bealing ....95....
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