Concrete is responsible for a lot of global warming:: Futures Forum: Climate change: and concrete: “the massive CO2 emitter” Futures Forum: How sustainable is the… Read More »How sustainable is the construction industry? How resilient is our infrastructure?

And commiserations to Claire Wright. Simon (Conservative) and Claire (Independent) were the two candidates who took by far the bulk of the votes in East… Read More »Congratulations to Simon Jupp

Councils are getting serious about climate change: A councillor’s workbook on acting on climate change From climate declaration to climate action plan: a guide for… Read More »Devon aims to be carbon neutral by 2030

Here are some guides on how to vote today in Sidmouth: East Devon candidates on transport, education and broadband East Devon candidates on health and… Read More »General Election in Sidmouth: VOTE!

We need to be doing something about coal: How the fossil fuel industry is driving the climate emergency . This piece was spotted by a… Read More »Building coal plants worldwide

There was quite a flurry on-line following the hustings in Sidmouth: General Election Hustings in Sidmouth: first reports . The chair of the hustings has… Read More »General Election Hustings in Sidmouth: further reports

We need to be thinking about how to plan for our later years – and there are some clever projects out there, including ‘dementia villages’… Read More »A solution to our housing problems: a cooperative for seniors

Sidmouth has an ageing population: Sidmouth is singled out as one of the towns facing the biggest increase in the elderly But it needs homes… Read More »A solution to our housing problems: co-living and co-existence

Last night saw the final parliamentary hustings taking place in East Devon: General Election Hustings in Sidmouth: Friday 6th December – – the candidates –… Read More »General Election Hustings in Sidmouth: first reports

Last month, we heard news of a new kind of shop coming to Sidmouth: Plastic-free shop opening in Sidmouth Which followed on from the success… Read More »Fillfull: plastic-free shopping in Sidmouth

The candidates are coming to town tomorrow evening: General Election Hustings in Sidmouth: Friday 6th December: five out of six candidates to attend . Here’s… Read More »General Election Hustings in Sidmouth: Friday 6th December – – the candidates –

In the most recent edition of Radio 4’s In Business, ” David Baker speaks to the National Grid, to major electricity suppliers, and to smaller,… Read More »Community energy: planning now for the future

Ross Clarke writing in the Spectator is telling us to keep things balanced when it comes to understanding climate change: “The world is getting warmer,… Read More »‘Extreme weather’ and climate change

Radio 4’s Costing the Earth looked at the parties’ policies on the environment: Election 2019 | BBC Radio 4 . Here’s the perspective from Surfers… Read More »#VoteForTheOcean – where do the parties stand on the ocean?

Last week, the Devon Maritime Forum held its conference on coastal change and climate emergency in Plymouth: South West coastal change: challenges for Sidmouth .… Read More »Managing our Coast in a Changing Climate – from the SW Coastal Change Conference