“Live long and prosper” . Last week’s Sid Vale Association talk from Dr Peter Fung was a very entertaining look at why Sidmouth is such… Read More »“The secret to long life in Sidmouth”

“Famous people are often lauded for using their public image to raise awareness of environmental issues and causes.” “Would it help East Devon’s efforts to… Read More »Celebrity endorsement of green issues: does it work?

Within five years, the world’s longest undersea cable will link Devon to a vast territory of solar panels in the Sahara Desert, supplying electricity directly… Read More »Solar from the Sahara

How can we ‘Invest In Our Planet’? . Questions for Earth Day: Earth Day 2022: What is Earth Day, what is the theme, when do… Read More »Questions for Earth Day

“Making efficient use of land for production of resources such as food and timber, while conserving biodiversity and safeguarding the environment for future generations.” .… Read More »Farming with trees

“I am increasing concerned about the overplaying of ‘climate change is going to kill us all’.” “How do you raise a generation to look towards… Read More »Confronting eco-anxiety

Herefordshire Citizens’ Climate Assembly . Some four years ago, there was a lot of talk about ‘refreshing’ our approaches to democracy: What if we replaced… Read More »Of sortion, participatory democracy and engaging people in the political process

The late Kurokawa Kisho, was the original capsule architect. . Is the prefab pod the way forward for housing? An iconic building has just been… Read More »The many environmental advantages to prefabs

“This energy security and price crisis is another prompt to do this.” . Maybe we need to be taking drastic action to reduce our energy… Read More »A guide to cutting both our energy bills and our carbon footprint

More than 3,000 workers at 60 companies across Britain will trial a four-day working week, in what is thought to be the biggest pilot scheme… Read More »Moving to a shorter working week

Carbon concrete is four times stronger and lighter. . Concrete is not exactly environmentally-friendly: Futures Forum: Climate change: and concrete: “the massive CO2 emitter” There… Read More »Alternatives to reinforced concrete

INSULATION … and the‘whole building approach’. . We need to be looking at the energy efficiency of traditional buildings: Understanding how any traditional building was designed to work rather… Read More »How to improve the energy efficiency of historic buildings

“Buildings that are non-designated heritage assets can be of considerable local architectural and historic significance.” Sidmouth’s Grade III and local heritage lists . Some might… Read More »Should we protect local heritage not nationally listed?

The Friends of the Commons newsletter: habitat management, Lower Otter Restoration Project, guided walks, Pebblebed Heaths National Nature Reserve news… . . .As winter turns… Read More »East Devon Pebblebed Heaths – April update

“I cannot recall the last time that so many rural councils voiced their anger at specific service funding allocations.” Cornwall was “leading the way in… Read More »Funding rural bus services