Zoom talks from local experts: Tuesday 16th June . Biodiversity has become the focus for a lot of thinking and activity of late: Biodiversity Net… Read More »How can the Sid Valley enhance its biodiversity over the next decade?

“As the projects develop, we hope that other coastal areas facing similar issues will be able to learn from the work we have done and… Read More »Lower Otter Restoration Project to recieve £8.5m funding

The million-mile battery – but at what cost to the environment? . There are several issues around alternative technologies: Where do the raw materials come… Read More »New lithium battery technology

… if we take into account the food intake needed to cycle, or drive, or walk. . Many of us have been doing a lot… Read More »Cycling or car-sharing better than walking to work

… by sharing infrastructure. . There have been lots of issues around bad broadband: Problems around rural broadband continue… – Vision Group for Sidmouth Broadband… Read More »Aiming for “gigabit-capable” broadband networks to every home

While the rhetoric in Britain proclaims a cafe-style urban renaissance in towns and cities, policy is fast heading in the opposite direction under the guise… Read More »“The town square is more than a marketplace.”

The Sidmouth Arboretum conducts a hedge survey – and looks to “action points that need to be addressed if future generations are going to enjoy… Read More »The Sid Valley Hedgescape

And help secure a bright future of the festival for future generations. Look forward to a Virtual 66th Sidmouth Folk Festival in the first week… Read More »Be a Sidmouth Champion

This is a chance for each of us to play a part in enhancing our wonderful environment and sharing in its richness. . Earlier in… Read More »Launch of Sid Valley Biodiversity Group

“It’s important that we do everything we can to help kick start the local economy and to welcome visitors back to our unique town with… Read More »Part-pedestrianisation for Sidmouth town centre

And the launch of the Joanna Toole Foundation . Today has been a big day for the seas: World Oceans Day World Oceans Day –… Read More »World Oceans Day

The idea of a Basic Universal Income paid to all citizens is rapidly gaining new traction. In Scotland, employers are being encouraged to introduce flexible… Read More »Getting the economy going with new ideas

Temporary licences to support local businesses. . As the Herald reported last month, the VGS/STC questionnaire on life under coronavirus brought up some interesting proposals:… Read More »Street café culture for Sidmouth?

A celebration of the contribution millions of people make across the UK through volunteering. . Volunteers have been incredibly important these last weeks in the… Read More »Volunteers’ Week