What’s On?
Your guide to what’s on in and around Storrington. There are many community groups, organisations, societies and sports clubs which meet regularly and hold public events. These listings are created by them and include film shows, markets, live music, and other community events.
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Environment Day at the Shoreham Centre
A choice of guided walks in the morning (New Salts Farm: 9.30am & 11.30am and Steyning Downland Scheme: 9.30am) to showcase some community projects, followed by an afternoon summit of talks and round-table discussions (including Jon Alexander discussing his book “Citizens”). The key message is to change mindsets from being an exploiting Consumer to a contributing Citizen: that way we change everything in the way we approach life and our attitude and connection with the natural world.
Environment Day: Guided Walks – New Salts Farm 9.30am
Environment Day : Guided Walk – Steyning Downland Scheme 9:30am
Environment Day: Guided Walks – New Salts Farm 11.30am
The afternoon program described below has been postponed
How to engineer change and strengthen resilience.
Session 1: Citizens: Jon Alexander discusses his book with broadcaster Jane Mote. He argues the ‘Consumer Story’ that has dominated society for the last eight decades is in collapse, but the ‘Citizen Story’ is rising in every aspect of society. Read Jon’s book “Citizens“.
Session 2: Breakout groups: with examples of community action on:
- Renewable energy
- Regenerative agriculture
- Urban greening
- Forest Gardens and Forest Schools
- Respecting Water
- Sussex Green Living
Session 3: Going Zero: author Kate Hughes shares her story of an ordinary family’s journey to a zero-waste and sustainable lifestyle.
Session 4: Developing a New World View: – Tony Whitbread
Plenary Session: led by the President of Sussex Wildlife Trust.
5pm: Close of Environment Day
Further information at:
https://shorehamwordfest.com/event/environment-day-summit-citizens-not-consumers/
“The Story of Our Flower Meadow” an online talk by Sarah Abercromby, presented by Sussex Wildlife Trust (Storrington & Arun Valley Regional Group)
A local resident will share with us her journey of a wildflower creation at their home in Storrington, Pulborough. In the last 75 years a staggering 97% of flower-rich meadows have been lost. Across our landscape, we are fortunate that small fragments of wild meadows and grasslands still survive. Sarah is a strong advocate for the re-establishment of wildflower meadows in our area.
Please join us online to hear more of her personal journey with Q&As afterward.
Sarah Abercromby:
A couple of years ago, my husband and I were encouraged to sow a wildflower meadow on an area of land we had recently acquired, which had previously been used for grazing horses. We had no previous knowledge of botany, the local flora, or how to go about creating a wildflower meadow and we had a lot to learn in a short time. During the first summer of flowering, we were totally captivated by the sea of colour and its magnetic effect on both humans and wildlife, encouraging us to continue the development of the meadow and a variety of different habitats. This presentation will follow our story and then will be followed by discussion and a Q & A session hosted by people with proper knowledge of this topic!
I am delighted to share the story behind the creation of our wildflower meadow. My primary goal is to enlighten those folk who are considering a similar venture and help you avoid some of the pitfalls we encountered. I also hope to inspire uninitiated people like us who have a small area of unused land, to sow a wildflower area not only to benefit wildlife, but also to help them understand the value of nature to us all.
This is a free online event.
Thursday, 24 November 2022, 20:00 – 21:30
Join us for this interactive nature quiz about butterflies, other pollinators and wildflowers! No prior knowledge is needed – just come along for the fun!
Book up your free ticket for this online event now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/483084056417
Submitted to the Storrington Community Website using the Event contact form.
The Sussex Wildlife Trust Regional Group member’s meeting is on Saturday morning 3rd June (10am-1pm).
The AGM business is followed by an update on our 4 projects (Green Spaces for Nature, Swifts, Churchyards and Himalayan balsam invasive species).
Dr Tony Whitbread will give us a talk on the SWT Nature Reserves and we then amble around the Woods Mill Nature Reserve – headquarters of the SWT.
We offer home-made refreshments half-way.
Please book in advance: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/558893925777