The Environment Show

Friends of the Level & Organic Gardening Tips for March with BHOGG - 8 March 2011 Environment Show

Hear Ruth Urbanowicz and Mouse Dismore from Brighton and Hove Organic Gardening Group (BHOGG) with Organic Gardening Tips. A monthly edition of the InBrighton Environment Show. The show includes organic gardening tips for the month of March (as it is in the UK), news about BHOGG events and activities and other environment news for the B&H area 

Also hear Matt Cook, Chairperson of the Friends of The Level community group talking about the consultation on redevelopment of this central Brighton Park. And about how you can take part in this and also this Friends of a park group; one of many in Brighton and Hove 

Plus great local, and other, music, including, from Brighton: Pollito Boogaloo, Sparrow and Sharon Lewis

Africa Biodieversity & Friends of the Earth, B&H - On the 1 March 2011 Environment Show

On The Show - Tuesday 1 March 2011 at 5pm & repeated at 11pm (and also on Wednesday 2 March at 6am)  Hear Year 10 students from Dorothy Stringer School in Brighton, Josie and Ioasia, talking about Biodiversity in Africa, with Dr Dan Danahar, after returning from a visit to Ghana in West Africa

Also hear Chris Todd, representative of Brighton and Hove Friends of the Earth talking about successful environmental campaigning locally and also about the Sustainable Brighton events coming up this week

Plus great local, and other, music, including, from Brighton and Hove; Zora and the Tatsmiths

56 minutes in length

On The Environment Show - Tuesday 22 February 2011 at 5pm & repeated at 11pm (and also on Wednesday 23 Feb at 6am) -

- Improvements to council recycling - With Adam Batchelor  

- The Friends of William Clarke Park  

- Wind Powered entertainment - fresh air and exercise with Brighton Kite Festival - 6th March 2011  BKF Fly-in, Saltdean Vale, Just off the A259 behind Saltdean Lido. 3rd April 2011  BKF Fly-in, Saltdean Vale, Just off the A259 behind Saltdean Lido. 1st May 2011  BKF Fly-in, Saltdean Vale, Just off the A259 behind Saltdean Lido. 28th-29th May 2011 Brighton Kite Festival (provisional) - Brighton Kite Festival is a free public event not to be missed and brings some interesting shapes, sizes and colour to Stanmer Park that would not normally be seen there 

- and David Bellamy in Brighton talking about Biodiversity and the Big Broad Leaf Tree Giveaway

Plus great local, and other, music including: Amity, Sparrow, Wide Eyed Order and The Stars Down to Earth

56 minutes in length

Seedy Sunday report and part of one of the talks that took place there - Hear Sue & Neil from Seedy Sunday talking about this Community Seed Swap and Environment Fair - now in it's tenth year - recorded at Hove Town Hall  on Sunday 6 February 2011

Plus more local Environews and  music from Brighton and Hove  from Pollito Boogaloo from here and some snippets of music from beyond B&H (sorry snippets only due to licensing reasons)

50 Minutes in Length

Seedy Sunday report, Local Food classes & events with Harvest Brighton & Hove and BHOGG's Organic Gardening tips for February  - On The Environment Show - Tuesday 8 February 2011

Hear  Sue & Neil from Seedy Sunday talking about this Community Seed Swap and Environment Fair - now in it's tenth year - recorded at Hove Town Hall  on Sunday 6 February 2011

And hear Jess Crocker from Harvest Brighton and Hove talking about this local food project, and the many classes and events they are invovled with in our city. Harvest is encouraging people to grow food and eat locally grown produce

And also hear Ruth Urbanowicz and Mouse Dismore from Brighton & Hove Organic Gardening Group (BHOGG) share their regualr monthly tips for February. Including with tips that even the experienced grower might not have heard. BHOGG is an association that is open to all who wish to grow organically

Plus local environews

And great music, including from Brighton and Hove - The Half Sisters and also The Orange Circus

1 Feb 2011 Environment Show - Seedy Sunday Preview Interview

Hear  Alan Philips from the Seedy Sunday committee talking about this Community Seed Swap and Environment Fair - now in it's tenth year. 1,800 people went to Seedy Sunday last year, at Hove Town Hall. This year's event takes place on Sunday 6 February 2011. This was the first event of it's kind in the UK and has now spread to many other places nationally

Sorry but only snippets of music from the show left in this podcast due to technical difficulties and licensing reasons

35 minutes in length

Climate Connections Exhibition and Sewing for a Greener World

On The Environment Show from Tuesday 11 January 2011 

On The Environment Show - Tuesday 11 January at 5pm & with repeats at 11pm Tues. and 6am on Wednesday 12 January 2011 (The same proceedure as two weeks ago, and the week before that: - some recycled features from last year, but relevant to current news items) 

•  Hear Gianpaolo Boldrini from the Brighton & Hove Climate Connections project and Ruth England from Brighton Peace and Environment Centre talking about the launch of this exciting local initiative - Climate Connections Exhibition in Churchill Square - From Monday, 10 January 2011 - 11:00am To Sunday, 06 February 2011 – 17:00 - Climate Connections large scale exhibition will be in Churchill Square, Brighton for four weeks until Sunday February 06. Go along and read stories of individuals and community groups from different parts of the world and from Brighton & Hove connected by the challenge of climate change

•  And hear Kat Neeser from Sew in Brighton talking about the environmental benefits of sewing and making and mending clothes and about the classes she runs locally. For example: Beginner Pattern Cutting Course - starts Thursday February 17th 2011. 11 consecutive Thursdays 7pm-9pm at The Werks in Hove (off Palmiera Sq) BN3 2BE- The ultimate in 'designer' clothes...! Learn to make perfect fitting clothing patterns by making the pattern for an original skirt to your OWN DESIGN and measurements... then use the same techniques at home to create your own trousers, dresses, tops etc. - In this detailed course you will learn how to create lots of types of designs and styles including hipsters, splits, minis, maxis, panels, waistbands, pockets, seams, gathers, pleats, fit and flare and many more...techniques which can be used for designing shirts, dresses etc too. - There are 8 places left on the course (12 places available in total). Cost for the 11 week course is £130 (split payment option available) THE SEWING BIT - You will need basic sewing skills and have made a garment before to get best from this course. You'll also need access to a sewing machine to sew up your first skirt sample mid-March. If you need a few sewing classes or a sewing achine we run our popular Tuesday night sewing classes in Brighton OR can rent you a machine at our studio in Hove - £5 a session

Plus additional EnviroNews for Brighton and Hove

And great music from our city and the World - including:   Carnival Collective, Sharon Lewis, Sparrow, Zora and the Tatsmiths and Cate Ferris   

David Bellamy on Biodiversity + Xmas & New Year Review of 2010 Features

Including Seed Bombing, Renewable Energy with the Koru Foundation & One Planet Learning at the Friends Centre

On The Environment Show from 28 December 2010 - Hear a short interview with celebrity ecologist; David Bellamy, from when he came to the Pavillion Gardens just before Christmas to help with the Big Nature native tree giveaway scheme - and also on the show 

Hear Josie Jeffry from Seed Freedom talking about Seed Bombing. A short part of a longer interview originally broadcast on Tuesday 9 March 2010.  Josie tells us about  seed bombs and how we can use these to green our city

And hear Keith Tyrell from the Koru Foundation, a local charity (now called Renewable World) helping to develop renewable energy in poorer countries around the world. This feature is a short part of a longer interview originally broadcast on 6 April 2010 Environment Show

Also, hear Amy Cox from the Friends Centre adult learning centre in Brighton talking about One Planet Learning; their One Planet Living courses. A short part of a longer interview originally broadcast on 16 March 2010 Environment Show

Plus environment news for Brighton and Hove

And with music from our city and beyond, including: The Santa Belles, Jamie Finlayson, Dan Ormsby and Spalien Acecraft

55 minutes in length

 - On The Environment Show - Tuesday at 5pm & with repeats at 11pm on 21 December 2010 and 6am on 22 December 2010:

Hear Colin Higgins from the South East Regional Office of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds talking about feeding birds in the winter and how we can help them generally

Also hear Fran Saunders and Niel Cantwell from the Seedy Sunday community group talking about their annual community seed swap - Seedy Sunday - the first Sunday in February (6th) every year at the Hove Centre on Norton Road, Hove

Plus More Environews for Brighton & Hove

And with great local music including: The Carnival Collective, The Santa Belles, Bert and Stan Atkinson and Katherine Atkinson, Pollito Boogaloo & Spalien Acecraft

55 minutes in length

On The Environment Show - Tuesday at 5pm & with repeats at 11pm on 30 November 2010 and 6am on 1 December 2010:

Hear Paul Stones, a local resident, talking about being a member of the City Car Club, a local car sharing scheme 

Plus Environment News for Brighton and Hove

And great local music including: Carnival Collective, Jude and Tom Edwin Scott, Pollito Boogalloo and Sparrow

55 minutes in length

Harvest Brighton & Hove: Local Food Project Update

Hear Jess Crocker talking about progress on the Harvest project, to encourage and help more people to eat and grow local food. And bringing you news of upcoming events and activities plus details of their projects, tips, recipies and more

Green Streets plan for Edward Street

Hear Nicola Thomas from Arch-angels architects and the Green Seas project talking about their Green Streets plans for Edward Street in Brighton, and about a pulbic Workshop about this on 24th November 2010. Local residents, people who work or shop in this area of Brighton are invited to give their views about how the area could be made more green and people friendly

Plus environment news for Brighton and Hove and beyonnd with great local live music including Chukin, The Half Sisters, Mike the Mic and Beat Express

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