“94% of businesses are struggling to recruit personnel” . The front page of today’s WMN looks at the dire situation for the tourist industry: Staff… Read More »Predicted growth in hospitality could be stifled by serious staff shortages
Bristol’s latest “low-carbon and eco-friendly proposals” on brownfield sites. How to create “new homes alongside employment, cultural and public spaces that respond to the climate… Read More »New models of carbon neutral and sustainable development
Modular housing company ilke Homes comes to Exeter: “Thanks to precision-engineering techniques, the homes being delivered at Exmouth Junction will be some of the UK’s… Read More »“The return of PRE-FAB homes”
“Unplugging things that for most of the time are doing nothing but consuming electricity.” . It seems that you really can save quite a lot… Read More »Saving energy: switching off standby
“Levelling up is too urban-focused, and does not account for disadvantages in rural economies.” “Levelling up approach risks worsening rural-urban divides.” . Rural areas are… Read More »Levelling up rural
Do grazing livestock have a role in a world of climate change? . Can farm animals be raised in a sustainable way in these parts?… Read More »Sustainable livestock
“Draw a two-mile radius around your home, and stop using the car for trips within this area.” “Make massive savings: make a difference to your… Read More »Cycling, the cost of living crisis and climate change
Appreciating bees as pollinators. Moving away from sugar-feeding and intensively farming bees for their honey. . Earlier this month, Charles Sinclair of the Sid Valley… Read More »Shifting towards sustainable beekeeping
‘Special meeting’ at 7.30pm on Thursday 23rd June . Tomorrow evening sees a change at the top, with a new chair for the Vision Group… Read More »New chair, new direction at the VGS
“Modern recycling was designed to deflect responsibility from the largest producers of waste.” . In 2018, a freedom of information request was submitted to the… Read More »Does recycling work?
The climate crisis has been described by more than 200 health journals, in an unprecedented joint editorial last year, as risking “catastrophic harm to health… Read More »“Climate change is a health emergency”
From failures on “Net Zero Exeter 2030” goal to issues on traffic . The Exeter Observer is an excellent example of investigative journalism – and… Read More »Exeter not doing very well on transport…
“The Government’s plan to reach net zero relies on burning the equivalent of the New Forest every five months.” . Will a techno-fix get us… Read More »Is bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (Beccs) just ‘a castle built on sand’?
“Securing Levelling-up funds is especially important after the challenges of Brexit and Covid-19.” HOWEVER: “We have this secretive bid proposal riddled with issues and muddled… Read More »More questions about expanding Brixham’s Fish Quay
Reaching out across virtual space to share experience and information. Working with children “about keeping our community clean, saving the environment, ocean pollution, climate change… Read More »“The importance of being a good Digital Citizen”