Viscount Ridley is a bit of a contrarian: Matt Ridley – Net Zero Lords debate 26 June 2019 | YouTube . But we need contrarians… Read More »Have we just had ‘the best decade in human history’?

Peter Pomerantsev’s latest book, ‘This is not propaganda’ looks at how negative and fake news has become normalised: This Is Not Propaganda | Adventures in… Read More »‘Constructive News’ for 2020: communicating positive, solution-oriented news

Following on from the general election, commentators have been looking at how we can create stronger local economies: The hope has to be that …… Read More »Building a resilient local economy in 2020

  Good news from the Possible blog:   Climate action 2019 – What to feel good about. A round up of positive news that you… Read More »Climate action 2019: positive news!

Johan Rockström, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, wrote in the Telegraph earlier this year on how we can meet the ‘climate… Read More »Three steps to meet the climate and nature emergency in 2020

A Christmas message from a clever company: . HAPPY CHRISTMAS This year we decided to ‘recycle’ a Mailer we created as Carbon Visuals five years… Read More »Have a tree-mendous Christmas!

This time of the year, the Salvation Army is particularly busy – and particularly welcome, as reported earlier by the Herald: Buy an extra present… Read More »The Salvation Army’s good works in Sidmouth and East Devon

Back in April, Age Concern opened a branch in Sidmouth: Age Concern opens in Sidmouth It promised to provide a much-needed service: Age Concern ‘to… Read More »Age Concern in Sidmouth ‘permanently closed’

The UK government wants to become ‘carbon neutral’ by 2050: Climate change: technology, leadership and lifestyle Devon County Council wants to Get Net-Zero Done rather… Read More »Get Net-Zero Done

A highlight of the tree year in Sidmouth is its annual celebration of trees – and this year’s was a mix of interesting talks and… Read More »Sidmouth Arboretum’s Celebration of Trees – Japanese gardens and trees

The Knowle site is still under dispute: Knowle relocation project: more uncertainty and more questions And so we are not much further forward with the… Read More »Knowle relocation project: flooding attenuation

At the end of last month, members of the BMP steering group attended a conference in Plymouth put on by the Devon Maritime Forum: Managing… Read More »Beach Management Plan: funding latest

When the District Council abandoned its Sidmouth home of over forty years for an industrial estate on the edge of Honiton, it left quite a… Read More »Knowle relocation project: more uncertainty and more questions

John Varley, OBE TD, Estate Director at Clinton Devon Estates, writes in the International Journal of Agricultural Management about the factors in farming shaping its… Read More »Agricultural break point: the future of farming

In an open letter to The Lancet Planetary Health journal on Wednesday, a group of scientists declared that “Countries should be looking for peak livestock within… Read More »Peak meat?