Tue 16th Apr
WANTED: VOLUNTEER HELPERS - SOUTH DOWNS GREEN FAIR 12th MAY!
http://www.southdownsgreenfair.org/
Enjoy free entry & a free drink! Please join us on Sunday 12th May. We need stewards and helpers throughout the day (2 hour rota... read more
Tue 16th Apr
The South Downs Green Fair At The Sustainability Centre
Sunday May 12th
Bicycle power promises all the fun of the fair at The South Downs Green Fair, on Sunday May 12th. The Sustainability Centre near Clanfield are teamin... read more
Fri 1st Mar
Tuesday 5th March - The Sustainability Centre are hosting this event as part of Climate Week and invite you to book a low carbon lunch in The Beech Cafe, followed by a viewing of the film 'The Growing Edge' in the Conference room and a talk... read more
Fri 1st Mar
Tuesday 5th March - The Sustainability Centre are hosting this event as part of Climate Week and invite you to book a low carbon lunch in The Beech Cafe, followed by a viewing of the film 'The Growing Edge' in the Conference room and a talk... read more
Wed 9th Jan
An exciting collaboration between The Sustainability Centre and Joy to Create has resulted in a new course entitled "Learn to Sew". Set in The Sustainability Centre's facilities in East Meon near Petersfield, Hampshire. The new course start... read more
In November 2012 we were extremely happy to hear from Weston Park Junior School from Southampton, who told us they had sponsorship from the company Lawtech, enabling them to bring their year 4 pupils for two day trips to the Sustainability ... read more
Wed 21st Nov
Igloo music's songwriting festival was a great success; the course took place at the Sustainability Centre near East Meon last Sunday, November 18th, where a diverse group of songwriters all came together to share a passion for writing, a p... read more
Wed 21st Nov
Willow for sale at competitive prices! For planting, craft or decor. Email Rachael: volunteering@sustainability-centre.org. Or call: 01730823166
All grown and freshly coppiced here at The Sustainability Centre as part of our WET ... read more
Fri 16th Nov
Accommodation & Events Manager (37.5 hours per week)
We are seeking a capable all-rounder to head our busy Accommodation Team who runs our hostel, campsite and facilities. You will need to have experience in the hospitality industry... read more
Wed 31st Oct
Looking for something special as a gift for Christmas. We now have gift vouchers to buy that can be used against any course in 2013. Just call on 01730 823166 or email courses@sustainability-centre.org to place your order!
Keep loo... read more
Fri 26th Oct
Explore and discover who we are and what we do.
Sunday 28th October 2012 10am to 4pm
Find out more about Forest School; Bushcraft; The South Downs Experince; Adult Learning; Children's Workshops; Permaculture; School programme... read more
Thu 20th Sep
One balmy Wednesday evening in early September I found myself pulling into the car park of the Sustainability Centre at East Meon for three hours of a wild food walk in the South Downs National Park. This was a new venture for our membershi... read more
Tue 24th Jul
The Sustainability Centre is starting an exciting new playgroup this September! For ages 3-4, every Wednesday morning with Ali and TuSC the Bear. These play sessions have an environmental theme, following TuSC to the rain forest and to the ... read more
Fri 15th Jun
One of the world's leading permaculture teachers and practitioners, Geoff Lawton, is in Britain and teaching at The Sustainability Centre, Hampshire in July. Read on for details on how to take part in an unmissable opportunity to meet a tru... read more
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Thu 7th Jun
Wondering what the children can do all Summer? We have an exciting Summer School at the centre on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 31st July to 30th August. With a variety of hands on activities and learning within History, Science and Technolog... read more
Tue 15th May
The South Downs Green Fair at the Sustainability Centre this May was a huge success. Thank you to all those that helped make it a wonderful day! Highlights included the children's parade with the theme of One Green Planet- with a huge plane... read more
Tue 24th Apr
As part of our Explore your Creativity Workshops and Courses Dielle from Igloo Music running a series of workshops at the Sustainability Centre. The second will be 'Creating and Understanding Melody' on Tuesday 24th April at 7.30pm. No pre... read more
Oaklands Catholic School in Waterlooville came for a day visit to the centre with 60 students age 13-16 from three different year groups and 3 different countries. Students from Italy and Holland were on a week's visit to the school, stayin... read more
Fri 23rd Mar
Do you have too many seeds/tubers/ bulbs?
Are you thinning out?
Have you brought on too many edible plants this year?
If you'd like to donate some of your excess, The Sustainability Centre would love to hear from you. E... read more
Fri 23rd Mar
Enjoy free entry & a free drink! Please join us on Sunday 13th May. We need stewards and helpers throughout the day (2 hour rotas). Contact: rachael@sustainability-centre.org
Beforehand we need help creating papier-mache props a... read more
Wed 14th Mar
Christine Seaward CEO of the Sustainability Centre will be giving a presentation in the Woodland Classroom which will offer something for those interested in Permaculture, Bushcraft, Low Impact Living and Positive Lifestyles. It will take p... read more
Mon 12th Mar
The Sustainbility Centre's Climate Week Challenge Team have chosen to undertake an unknown task on Monday 12th March. Our team of 6 will receive the challenge at 9am and will have an intensive hour to complete and submit the results. To fin... read more
Mon 20th Feb
John Rhyder from the Woodcraft School will be hosting an interactive evening talk on Monday 20th February from 6 to 9pm and it's FREE! 'Connecting with our Ancestors' we plan to explore the relationship these people had with nature and how ... read more
Local small business www.walkandcycle.co.uk have kindly produced three walking and cycling trails for you to enjoy, you can use our site as a base for walking and cycling in the South Downs:
3 cycle rides:
htt... read more
Mon 22nd Aug
The Sustainability Centre has replaced the original brick Naval sewage works with a Wetland Ecosystem Treatment System to treat and purify all the waste water and sewage from the site. It was installed in May 2011 by Biologic Design and pro... read more
Mon 25th Jul
Watch our new film made by Stories4change filmaker on our Youtube page:
http://www.youtube.com/user/sustainabilitycentr?feature=mhee#p/a/u/0/ZKG9b4T0jbE read more
Tue 12th Jul
On Tuesday 12th July the Elizabeth Fitzroy group who are based at the Centre had their official launch.
The Charity's trustees and funders, along with carers and family members were invited to attend the event to give them the opport... read more
I've just had the distinct pleasure of being a course delegate on the inaugural eco-film making training course at the Sustainability Centre, delivered by Undercurrents co-founder Paul O'Connor.
I first heard about the course taking ... read more
Tue 5th Apr
A new website for our South Downs Green Fair on the 8th May 2011 has been launched:
The website has all the information about what's on, how to fin... read more
Volunteer Centre Assistant (learning opportunity)
This is a great opportunity for someone to gain work experience at the
Sustainability Centre and to train in sustainability related subjects free of
charge f... read more
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Tue 25th Jan
The Sustainability Centre is looking for enthusiastic volunteers with the time and skills to become Trustees. We currently have two specialist vacancies on our Board of Directors:
Finance - including practical accountancy skills to s... read more
Tue 11th Jan
"At the end of January we will launch 7 new themed days for Primary Schools making the schools section even more exciting and offering teachers a greater choice of programmes to choose from. Topics for the days range from water in "Watery W... read more
Tue 21st Sep
A stunning sunfilled autumn day saw the opening of the Woodland Classroom and the launch of the Roundwood Timber Framing book and DVD. The chestnut shingles shone in the sunshine and the building seems to glow in its clearing in the beech w... read more
Fri 18th Jun
Thanks to Sura Detox, Paul Barney at Edulis Nursery and a local customer of Paul's, Doug Smith, we have over 20 new plant species in our forest garden. As they grow they will add much needed variety and interest to the beds at the entrance ... read more
Sun 9th May
Hampshire Green Fair at the Sustainability Centre
Sunday 9th May 2010, Adults £4 Children £2 (under 5s free)
The Hampshire Green Fair is set to expect record attendance this year, placing itself as the local gree... read more
Sun 9th May
The Hampshire Green Fair relies on a huge volunteer effort to run smoothly. We are looking for willing hands to help manage the event on Sunday 9th May, and especially to help set up and take down the Centre in the days before and after.... read more
Thu 11th Mar
We are pleased to announce that The Sustainability Centre has been granted £46,000 from RDPE (Rural Development Plan England) by the Winchester and East Hants Fieldfare Local Action Group.
We will use this to buy a minibus run o... read more
Mon 1st Feb
A big thank you goes to the Mamie Mollan Trust for funding our new website. It gives a fresh, exciting new look for The Sustainability Centre and for 2010. We are now able to accept credit card payments and bookings via the website and by t... read more
Fri 1st Jan
The Sustainability Centre has recently received a generous grant from the Mamie Mollan Trust in order to improve our facilities for education. With this funding we plan to build a Woodland Classroom, which will improve our capacity to educa... read more
If you come to our site any day from Thursday to Sunday the first thing that will strike you as you approach is a sandwich board perched at the entrance next to the South Downs Way. Under the name of 'The Beech Cafe' it promises fair-trade,... read more
Tue 27th Oct
Climate change is urgent, it is an issue for this generation and we need to act now.
This message was delivered by none other than Jonathon Porritt of Forum for the Future at The Sustainability Centre in October 2009. Eighty people, ... read more
