“They are something everyone has had to get used to wearing.” . There have been great efforts made locally to look after locals and visitors… Read More »Strategies to open up: wearing face masks in public
‘Build, Build, Build’ Proposed changes to Britain’s seven-decades old planning system . We are being promised a ‘planning revolution’: PM: Build, Build, Build – GOV.UK… Read More »Of newts and planning
Achieving the highest standards of beach management and water quality. . Last summer, Sidmouth didn’t manage to get a ‘blue flag’ for its beaches: Sidmouth… Read More »A blue flag for Sidmouth
“The need to go from retail to services as providing the future vitality of the town centre.” “Green space has never been more valued and… Read More »Build back better – but locally
We can still find wildflowers if we look, but they need our help. The Biodiversity Group will be working on plans to increase the space… Read More »Promoting wildflowers in the Sid Valley
“Achieving the UK’s climate goals and rebuilding the economy fit naturally together. Each makes the other possible. Success demands that we do both. The actions… Read More »A green new deal for the UK?
“Initial low-cost projects include tree planting and re-wilding. However, in order to achieve a substantial change in emissions, changes will be required to both housing… Read More »District Council pushes climate change projects
“Welcome back” . Businesses are opening up, as reported on Nub News: Jurassic Paddle Sports returns to Sidmouth beach | sidmouth.nub.news Staff at The Filling… Read More »Sidmouth slowly reopens
£100m of new funding to support the development of Direct Air Capture (DAC) emissions reduction technologies. . We need to be getting our carbon emissions… Read More »Climate change: and carbon capture
There are also special features on COVID-19, the Benyon Review of Highly Protected Marine Areas, Smart Ports, 5 litre Challenge, and finding plastic via satellites.… Read More »Devon Maritime Forum – June/July newsletter
A new language, a lexicon of blue that includes terms like blue economy, blue new deal, blue co-ops, blue carbon and blue biotech. . The… Read More »A blue new deal…
A traffic management scheme for Sidmouth? A round table would discuss ‘all the issues’. . Over the past weeks, schemes have been put into effect… Read More »A traffic management scheme for Ottery
– a Music crowdfunding project in Sidmouth by The Sidmouth Folk Festival . In April, the biggest event of the year had to be cancelled:… Read More »Be A Sidmouth Folk Festival Champion!
Finding a model to ensure food security and reasonable prices, while striving to increase sustainability and reduce global warming. . Last month, the MP for… Read More »The Agriculture Bill and the future for England’s farmers
Free Webinars from the Devon Maritime Forum . From the latest newsletter: . DMF/LNP Summer Seminars 2020 . Organised and hosted by the DMF in… Read More »A Blue Recovery: “a healthier, cleaner, greener marine”