The role of the office has changed dramatically. Both employers and employees are finding large-scale remote working is effective. Already, people are spending more money… Read More »Most office workers would like to continue working from home
“The case for addressing the climate and nature emergencies together.” . Earlier in the summer a report came out addressing two key issues: . Let… Read More »Restoring natural habitats to absorb carbon emissions
Conversion of Sidmouth’s Barclays to residential apartments . High streets are losing their retail and banking services: Our changing shopping habits – Vision Group for… Read More »Turning high street banks into housing
“A lot of the emissions associated with food are actually transport based – so the aim of using local and not wasting food will have… Read More »Climate-smart agriculture
“with the highest quality local producers and traders showcasing the best our area has to offer” to be hosted outside in the grounds of Kennaway… Read More »Sidmouth Farmers’ Market to return
“There is a lot of work to do if we are to rebuild a food system that delivers safe, healthy, affordable food to everyone; that… Read More »How to create a sustainable food system: an analysis
“It’s hard to believe that Autumn is almost upon us, and although the Big Butterfly Count has ended, it doesn’t mean you have to stop… Read More »Butterflies in autumn
5 September – 18 October: Surfers Against Sewage: “The Generation Sea: Plastic Protest” Coronavirus hits, and the take-up of single-use plastic around the world increases… Read More »Coronavirus and plastic pollution: ‘the fight goes on’
“They want us to go back to normal life without acknowledging that six months of distance from normal life has made us realise that normal… Read More »WFH vs the fizz of the office and the daily commute
“The Government’s proposed changes to planning rules mean that over two thirds of rural communities in England are unlikely to benefit in future from new… Read More »Highlighting the rural housing crisis
“We have arrived at a new juncture of disease and architecture, where fear of contamination controls what kinds of spaces we want to be in.”… Read More »How the Coronavirus is reshaping how we design our spaces
“Solving our housing problem … requires confrontation with vested interests.” . Locally, the politicking over house-building is becoming increasingly fraught: The Greater Exeter Strategic Plan… Read More »“Revolutionising the fraught local politics of planning”
“Now we move on to develop our new Local Plan as urgently as possible – and you can be sure that this time we will… Read More »The Greater Exeter Strategic Plan “is dead”: long live the East Devon Local Plan!
These are important indicators of the state of the environment . The Sid Valley Biodiversity Group now has its own website: sidvalleybiodiversity.org.uk It includes the… Read More »Grasshoppers in the Sid Valley
Advice to East Devon: “Just produce a sloppy, stupid, back of the envelope plan showing housing in the worst possible places. You will get masses of… Read More »Planning and local democracy: of zoning laws and revolt: part 2