Sussex Roots is a society based at Sussex University. It evolved from a student led campaign to create a platform that would promote practical solutions for living sustainably. The society aims to engage and educate Students and Staff in aspects of living in cooperation with the earth, helping create an increasingly harmonious, connected and joyous relationship with the natural world around and within.
In this time of global environmental crisis, Sussex Roots looks to help raise awareness and stimulate holistic discussion, exploring ways that humanity may change the hugely destructive and misguided systems that are in place. Universities are integral to these systems and therefore require a huge amount of re-evaluation and conscious redesign, ensuring that future of the planet and its inhabitants shall exist in truly sustainable and abundant states.
Education is a key part of human experience; But those involved with all aspects of the modern Education system must seriously question whether what they are learning has our long term biological interests as a species and ecosystem at heart. There are many valuable aspects to the activity at Universities; The sharing of ideas, the devolpment of knowledge systems.
The overgrown allotment site in July of 2007