A ‘vacuum’ for cash services in rural areas? . Even before the pandemic, there were concerns about the ‘cashless society’: A cashless society, small businesses… Read More »The future of cash: share your experiences
“At the heart of that debate is how you see housing: Is it home? A human right? Or is it a commodity? Real estate investment?”… Read More »The debate over housing
“The combination of pandemic and technology has shot birding into the stratosphere.” “A new flock of amateur birders are feeding information back to researchers studying… Read More »A great time for birding
A more imaginative future for tourism, one that according to the tourism board’s vision, has “the needs, desires and lifestyle of the Faroese people as… Read More »Sustainable tourism and ‘voluntourism’
Can you make your own mini coastal documentary? . It’s National Marine Week (or two weeks, actually) as of today – with loads of activities… Read More »National Marine Week – activities, events, competitions, spotter guides
“We want world leaders to apply the same sense of urgency to the challenge of climate change as they have indeed done to dealing with… Read More »COP26: 100 days to go
“Water companies’ dirty secrets exposed” . Our river and coastal waters are not doing very well, as recently reported: EA report: in the South West,… Read More »“Raw sewage is being pumped into our waters and it’s an ongoing problem.”
“Fifty years after the 1972 Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, we need to revisit the ‘environmental policy’ paradigm because it … is meeting its… Read More »Do we really want to ‘go back to normal’? 3: the environment
What are attitudes to ‘heritage’? What about the status of natural World Heritage Sites? . WORLD HERITAGE: LIVERPOOL Today’s news from Liverpool has international significance:… Read More »What are the implications of stripping Liverpool of its World Heritage status?
On Aylesbeare Common, on the Pebblebed Heaths, at the Donkey Sanctuary . The AONB team have put on all sorts of nature-themed things to do… Read More »East Devon AONB – summer activities
… news from the repair community . The Sidmouth Repair Café is “keeping a close eye on the government guidelines and will be back in… Read More »Repair events cautiously resuming
STATE POWER IN A PANDEMIC: “To quarantine the people who are ill is not an interference with their rights; it is merely preventing them from… Read More »Public health vs personal choice
“Active coronavirus has been found in faeces, so sewage discharge into rivers where people swim, especially in these hot weather conditions, is potentially lethal.” .… Read More »Coronavirus in untreated sewage “can remain infectious”
“the creative, green, sustainable solutions required to make this a reality” . There are some great ideas for ‘greening’ our urban areas: Planting trees in… Read More »Growing Green Cities
“Reducing bottom-trawling efforts by 26% could result in protecting 70% of Europe’s Atlantic sea area with small impact on the fishing sector, while delivering huge… Read More »Bottom-trawling in Marine Protected Areas