“Turning the least productive fifth of our farmland towards nature recovery would lead to a less than 3 per cent reduction in food production.” .… Read More »Landscape Recovery: “rewilding landscapes”

Community gardens, agroforestry, physic gardens and no-dig gardening . Recently, these pages published excerpts from a very up-to-date piece on food forests from a very… Read More »Food forests and forest gardens

“We need tourism in Cornwall — there are not many other industries down here. But currently, we’re a little out of balance and the tourism… Read More »AirBnb and homelessness in the South-West

“Amid the zeal to recycle, there’s no small irony in the fact the main sources of renewable energy cannot themselves be renewed when they reach… Read More »The hidden costs of alternative energy technologies

“All birds are brilliant, but Swifts are something else.” . They are an iconic part of our summer skies: Can you tell the difference between… Read More »How will you welcome swifts back this summer?

Plus: the Telegraph’s ‘Clean Rivers Campaign’ . SWW has been doing a bit of PR, promising ‘investment’ for Sidmouth and that “investigations into storm overflows… Read More »FT’s ‘damning report’ on South West Water

“… for the benefit of biodiversity, our communities, and our landscape.” . The East Devon AONB held its annual bash for its Ambassadors earlier in… Read More »East Devon AONB’s annual event – ‘making connections’

URBAN SPRAWL NEWS: Car dependency: or, Where is the sustainable transport? . Wonderful news from Cranbrook today: E-bikes installed at Cranbrook and Honiton stations |… Read More »Cranbrook as “cowpat” development

At the Sidmouth Seafest 2022: “Getting everyone – all ages involved and creative and engaged with thinking and acting positively to protect our seas.” Giant… Read More »Kelp our Oceans

“In scapegoating remote work, companies may be disguising the real scourge of creativity right now: too much work.” . The increase in Working From Home… Read More »Working from home: getting the work-life balance right

“Arguing for less preconceived assumptions about alleged effects of animal source foods on the health of the planet and the humans and animals involved.” .… Read More »Will meat-free save the planet?

The onset of the pandemic triggered the biggest cycling uptake in post-war history. . The VGS looked into an e-bike/trike network during the early days… Read More »How the e-bike can help decarbonise transport

Understanding electric vehicles and their safety ratings . Following on from the recent piece on EVs: Measuring carbon footprints: old bangers vs new electric cars… Read More »Rating the safety of electric cars

“First zero carbon house by a major housebuilder to substantially surpass the Future Homes Standard.” . The District Council is keen to promote ‘carbon-neutral’ homes… Read More »The zero carbon home of the future

“Frightened they are going to run out of cash if they don’t receive their funding from the Government, (which let’s face it is not going… Read More »Charging at Sidmouth’s car parks