Eastbourne Climate Emergency Strategy
Food
The council supports and endorses Eastbourne Food Partnership's goals and aims in bringing people together to tackle food insecurity, encourage local food production and increase access to affordable healthy food. Find out more about food and climate change.
Eastbourne Food Partnership
Eastbourne Food Partnership brings together communities, individuals and organisations that are committed to creating a more equitable, sustainable, and diverse food system in Eastbourne.
The National Trust: Food
Europe's largest conservation charity, looking after nature, beauty and history for the nation to enjoy. Sustainably produced, local and seasonal food is better for the environment.
Friends of the Earth: Food production and sustainable farming
Part of an international community dedicated to protecting the natural world and the wellbeing of everyone in it.
Friends of the Earth - Food Production and Sustainable Farming
Sustain: Sustainable food
An alliance of organisations and communities working together for a better system of food, farming and fishing, and cultivating the movement for change.
Sustainable Web - Sustainable Food
BBC Bitesize: Food security - a global concern
The BBC's educational website, with reference to increasing food sustainability.
BBC Bitesize - Increasing Food Sustainability
BBC: How cutting your food waste can help the climate
All food generates greenhouse gases to reach our plates, but when nearly a third of it is thrown away or wasted.
BBC - How Cutting Food Waste Can Help The Climate
Diet and climate change
WWF - What we eat matters to our own health and to our Planet's health
BBC climate change food calculator
Find out your diet's carbon footprint.
BBC climate change food calculator
Community Growing
The Council is keen to support community growing initiatives and this guidance aims to ensure applications are robust, well thought through and appropriate for any given site.
Homes First Community Growing Spaces - Guidance and Application Process (PDF, 212 KB)