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Horsham District Council Director of Communities Paul Anderson with the bronze carbon literacy certificate

Celebrating our Bronze Carbon Literacy Award

Horsham District Council’s dedication towards tackling climate change has been recognised by the Carbon Literacy Project with the receipt of our Bronze Carbon Literacy Award.

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Food Waste Action Week 2025

Around a third of the average rubbish bin in West Sussex is food waste - most of which is avoidable. Read our top food waste prevention tips as part of the #FightAgainstFoodWaste campaign.

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Let's make our food choices sustainable

This March we are focusing on how to reduce our food waste to link with two national campaigns: Cultivation Street, celebrating community gardening, and Food Waste Action Week.

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Highlights of 2024 for Wilder Horsham District

Read how the Wilder Horsham District project team have been supporting traditional farming methods, protected endangered species, and generated a huge amount of conservation value across the District.

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Climate and Environment funding reopens for 2025

Our community grant schemes to help tackle climate change, biodiversity loss, or supports wildlife networks across the District, reopens for applications in 2025.

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Thermal Imaging cameras show where your home is losing energy

Community groups are now able to hire free thermal imaging cameras to help show where buildings are losing heat, and therefore energy. 

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Read the Council's 2025-2030 Carbon Reduction Plan

At a Cabinet meeting of Horsham District Council on 20 November, a new Carbon Reduction Plan for 2025-2030 was approved by senior councillors.

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We have extended the Wilder Horsham District project for another three years

This extension will support the vital work for nature recovery and biodiversity in Horsham District until at least 2028.

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Working with beavers to restore river catchments

Earlier this year the Sussex Wildlife Trust's team helped with an incredible beaver enclosure in a 3,500-acre rewilding project south of Southwater.

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One Planet: A new online climate action mapping platform

Community groups are supporting our climate action work by joining us in using a new online climate action platform known as One Planet.

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New stage lighting at The Capitol reduces energy use

The Capitol has recently upgraded its stage lighting to help reduce the venue’s carbon footprint.

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Rescue Me! Recycle Week 14-20 October 2024

This year's Recycle Week is from 14 - 20 October and focuses on rescuing recyclable items from the waste stream.