Questions on: traffic, cycling, money, home working, deliveries of essential goods, supermarkets, shopping habits, business and virtual communication. . Respondents to the VGS questionnaire are… Read More »How are things in lockdown in Sidmouth?
We need to connect, we need to use hi-tech; but not every piece of development has to look like Gotham city. . How should we… Read More »smart cities : green cities :
Where do you feel we should be going – considering where we are now? . Back in 2006, a year after it was founded, the… Read More »Beyond the coronavirus: a new vision for Sidmouth
Supporting the community with a meal delivery service and a phone buddy service. . The Sidmouth Voluntary Services offer a lunch and other services at… Read More »Help at hand: Sidmouth Voluntary Services
A questionnaire asking: How are things in lockdown? And how might we manage in the future? . The VGS has just sent out a newsletter… Read More »Covid-19 in Sidmouth: What’s your experience?
“We need to take a holistic approach as we begin to reimagine and remake our own futures.” “We have to care about climate, health, and… Read More »‘Doughnut’ model can mend post-coronavirus economy
serving the community . There is of course quite a lot of print and on-line media serving Sidmouth, East Devon and the West Country –… Read More »Help at hand: Sid Valley Radio
“Everyone with a fake job gets to stay home and gets paid; everyone with a real job has to be a frontline pandemic worker or… Read More »Bulls**t jobs vs key worker jobs
… tree cities … … arboretum towns … . Yesterday, we had a day celebrating trees: Happy Arbor Day! . Earlier in the week, Radio… Read More »Urban forestry
‘We need to listen to the experts’: coronavirus has proven the dependence society has on scientific data. . Wednesday saw the 50th anniversary of the… Read More »Our society is not sustainable
“The real question is what happens in the recovery phase. Do we just go back to business as usual?” . A month ago, the images… Read More »Have coronavirus concerns shut down talk of climate change?
Looking forward to a future that is greener, healthier and more beautiful. . An American festival – but we can all celebrate: . ARBOR DAY… Read More »Happy Arbor Day!
“Although no one knows for sure how long the current lock down will last, we would encourage you to rearrange your event to a later… Read More »Festival Town Sidmouth: on hold
Farmers and farmworkers should be paid more for their efforts. But both producers and consumers should value the ‘true costs’ of food production. . We… Read More »Making working on a farm more attractive
In Which Pooh Learns to Think the Unthinkable. . At the beginning of the year, a writing competition was launched: Science Festival launches Green Growth… Read More »Science Festival writing competition: the winners