“Whether it’s to save on a water bill or help the environment, reusing water is a great idea. In fact, reusing “greywater” can reduce water… Read More »Greywater: reducing the amount of water we waste

“An extra burden of nearly £2,000 per year.” “The risk of a mass exodus of essential workers.” “Of course, investments could always be made in… Read More »The rising cost of getting around rural areas

… through efficiencies and potential cost savings . The incentive to ‘go green’ has become more urgent – not only because of the climate change… Read More »How to make your home more eco-friendly

Henry Dimbleby’s proposals for a National Food Strategy were published in two parts in July 2020 and July 2021 – but now the government rejects… Read More »A new food strategy for Britain?

Practical tips on how to get ahead of the competition with unique selling points that other businesses lack. “To be truly successful in business, you… Read More »How to make sustainability a priority for your small business

Some ideas on how to grow our own food. . Why should we ‘grow our own’? Well, there are so many reasons for having a… Read More »Why shouldn’t we grow our own?

… “within existing spending plans” and ensuring a “one-for-one replacement” of each home sold.  … “baffling, unworkable and a dangerous gimmick.” . News and comment… Read More »Extending the right to buy to housing association tenants

“Few of us can make sense of the mishmash that’s currently under development.” “It won’t take too long to run out of land, curtailing landscape… Read More »The end of farm subsidies

Off the southwestern city of Plymouth, seagrass seeds were sown in March on a 2.5-acre (one hectare) patch of seabed owned by the Duchy of Cornwall, the… Read More »Seagrass in Plymouth Sound: ‘new milestone’

The question is what the potential impact on Sidmouth might be in the medium and long term – with the town preparing its Beach Management Plan,… Read More »Rising sea levels: an uncertain future for coastal communities

Exeter company declares: “All our inputs – calls, meetings, interviews, are up… quite simply everyone is doing more in less time.” . There’s been more… Read More »“The biggest four-day week pilot to take place anywhere in the world.”

“… the complex relationships we all have with the land“ . This morning’s Start the Week on Radio 4 takes us to the current urgent… Read More »“A revolution in food and farming”

#OnlyOneEarth . East Devon has been celebrating the environment this month: 30 May 2022 – Month-long event will celebrate East Devon volunteers – East Devon… Read More »World Environment Day today!

“a rural housing task force is joining forces to shine a light on the crisis” . The issue of homelessness in rural areas is not normally on… Read More »Rural homelessness

‘Climate Shock’: climate change is “almost uniquely global, uniquely long term, uniquely irreversible, and uniquely uncertain”. . Everyone’s jumping on the ‘net zero’ bandwagon –… Read More »“The profound level of uncertainty” around climate change