West Sussex County Council: West Sussex Sustainability Forum

Links to Sections

• Introduction
• Time for Action
• Quality of Life Indicators

The West Sussex Sustainability Forum is an independent strategic partnership of public, private and voluntary organisations was brought together in 1994 by West Sussex County Council in response to the Agenda 21 declaration which came from the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. The Forum is managed by a Steering Group drawn from its members

The Forum aims to encourage individuals, organisations and communities in West Sussex to play their part in creating a better quality of life for current and future generations by living and working in a sustainable way.

In March 2005 they launched Time for Action a West Sussex Sustainability Strategy to provide an overarching guide for achieving sustainable development in West Sussex.

The Forum meets three times a year to increase understanding of, and help attendees to develop actions which address specific issues outlined in Time for Action. Topics have included the visitor economy, communicating sustainability and climate change. After each meeting a newsletter is produced which summarises the information presented and discussions on the day.

Newsletters can be downloaded from the links below:

• Local Produce in PDF format [1845kb]
• Communicating Sustainability in PDF format [670kb]
• April 2006 Newsletter in PDF format [175kb]
• The Visitor Economy in PDF format [1801kb]

If you would like to know more about the Forum, be sent a copy of any of our publications, or be added to our mailing list for information, please contact the Forum secretariat at: WSSF@westsussex.gov.uk