Climate and environment news

See what resources and top tips are available to help you to save water, protect the environment, and save money on your water and energy bills during Water Saving Week 2025.

Kinder Living CIC have teamed up with us here at Horsham District Council to support local businesses in their efforts to become more sustainable.

We have launched an exciting new Arun Valley Trainline podcast series, promoting sustainable travel and the local economy.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.