Last month was Tree Week in the UK – and Sidmouth: Café Scientifique: Trees for Multiple Benefits Trees for climate change – Illustrated talk by… Read More »Trees to combat climate change

How much of our ‘recycled’ plastic is ending up in Malaysia? Earlier this week, BBC One followed the rubbish our councils collect: War on Plastic… Read More »What happens to the District Council’s plastic waste…?

Our local butcher’s keeps winning prizes: Haymans wins at National Craft Butchers awards   https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:6_Church_Street_-_Sidmouth_Devon_2010.JPG   They’ve done it again:   Hayman’s bring home the… Read More »Haymans wins Taste of the West awards

The Herald has interviewed the new mayor of Ottery:   Cycle pathway top of wish list for Ottery’s mayor A cycling path through Ottery and… Read More »Pushing for the Sidmouth-Ottery-Feniton cycle path

The Sid Valley has a lot of impressive trees: Sidmouth Arboretum: tree list . Would you like to nominate one? Tree of the year 2019… Read More »Nominate Tree of the Year

The image of the ‘green man’ has been around a long time: The Enigma of the Green Man – History, Theories and Pictures   With… Read More »Ottery declares climate emergency > going carbon-free by 2030

The arguments around whether or not there should be an industrial estate on the outskirts of Sidford are revolving around traffic: Sidford Business Park >… Read More »Sidford Business Park > Campaign Update 29

The Passivhaus is all about designing somewhere to live (and work and shop) that doesn’t eat up energy: Passivhaus | Wikipedia   And a block… Read More »Exeter affordable Passivhaus homes win award

Sidmouth is a very safe place: Futures Forum: CCTV and crime in Sidmouth It is also demographically an ageing place: Futures Forum: Sidmouth’s ageing population:… Read More »Surveillance Sidmouth

A real problem for the seas is the plastic pollution from ‘ghost gear’:   LOST & ABANDONED FISHING GEAR Ghost gear refers to any fishing… Read More »Remembering Joanna Toole – of Exmouth and the Global Ghost Gear Initiative

Last weekend’s Countryfile on BBC One looked at how the high cost of land is affecting farmers and would-be house buyers: This week the team… Read More »High land values in the Sid Valley

The new District Council’s cabinet met on Wednesday: Cabinet – Wednesday, 5th June, 2019 5.30 pm     This is from the notes of the… Read More »Central government plans to introduce consistent waste collections threaten East Devon’s recycling system

Like every town, Sidmouth needs to look after its shops: More shops to close on Sidmouth’s high street Who will be filling the empty shops… Read More »The social role of our shops

The hearing into the appeal to build an industrial estate on the edge of Sidford will be heard next month: Sidford Business Park: public hearing:… Read More »Sidford Business Park > it’s all about the traffic

The Herald has just broken the news:   Could autumn referendum be on the cards for neighbourhood plan? The Sid Valley Neighbourhood Plan has taken… Read More »Sid Valley Neighbourhood Plan passed by examiner