“Most of East Devon’s future housing growth will have to be built on sites outside of existing town centres.” . The East Devon Local Plan… Read More »What is the housing quota for the Sid Valley?

With almost 26.5 million households in England, Wales, and Scotland, it would take around 250 years to reach the point where all homes had some… Read More »The slow uptake of small-scale renewable energy in housing

“We wish people would think more about deforestation before buying and consuming forest-risk commodities.” “Obtaining net forest gains domestically, but expanding non-domestic deforestation footprints in… Read More »What is our ‘deforestation footprint’?

“Politicians and developers ruthlessly building motorways, new towns and suburbia, scattering the population and eating up the countryside around our cities.” “This is why the… Read More »The true costs of subsidised infrastructure

“I think all the evidence is out there to show that actually Zoom has done more… [and] has been instrumental in getting people involved.” .… Read More »Should councils be allowed to continue doing virtual meetings?

“Where healthy eating, healthy living and enjoying life are central to the community.” . For the last year we have been appreciating how to go… Read More »Slowfood and Cittaslow and keeping things slow…

“What does a really healthy hourly labor market look like in the twenty-first century?” “This gig-work market wouldn’t be run for profit but to facilitate… Read More »An open-source future for the sharing economy

“Farming thrives when it works with local ecosystems.” “The transition to agroecology has wide and significant benefits, for farmers, soils, nutrition and nature.” “From box schemes… Read More »Agroecology: a science, a movement, an agricultural practice.

The alternatives to turbines. . There are a lot of issues around wind turbines: The questions around wind energy – Vision Group for Sidmouth Not… Read More »Bladeless wind turbines

“A boom in demand for rural living and the rise of working from home propelled house prices in the South West to grow at the… Read More »Rural relocation

“We have no choice. Our resources are waning. Some materials just won’t last forever.” . One way to green-up the construction industry is to source… Read More »Urban mining: recycling buildings

How we – and the natural world – have been changed by the pandemic. . A year ago, there was a lot of talk about the… Read More »How has a year of lockdown changed our environment?

Reducing distances. promoting local materials.     The ‘slow movement’ has been around for some time now, starting with food: Futures Forum: Slow Food: “Pleasure, hedonism,… Read More »Zero km architecture

“Most developers tend to be slightly smarter than sending in the bulldozers; they say to the council, ‘This is a derelict site that needs to… Read More »“Planning officers need to be wise to these tricks.”

“What Can We Do To Solve the Problem of Ocean Trash” . Following on from this posting on doing things with plastic pollution: Turning plastic… Read More »A guide on trash in our oceans