“Draw a two-mile radius around your home, and stop using the car for trips within this area.” “Make massive savings: make a difference to your… Read More »Cycling, the cost of living crisis and climate change
Appreciating bees as pollinators. Moving away from sugar-feeding and intensively farming bees for their honey. . Earlier this month, Charles Sinclair of the Sid Valley… Read More »Shifting towards sustainable beekeeping
‘Special meeting’ at 7.30pm on Thursday 23rd June . Tomorrow evening sees a change at the top, with a new chair for the Vision Group… Read More »New chair, new direction at the VGS
“Modern recycling was designed to deflect responsibility from the largest producers of waste.” . In 2018, a freedom of information request was submitted to the… Read More »Does recycling work?
The climate crisis has been described by more than 200 health journals, in an unprecedented joint editorial last year, as risking “catastrophic harm to health… Read More »“Climate change is a health emergency”
From failures on “Net Zero Exeter 2030” goal to issues on traffic . The Exeter Observer is an excellent example of investigative journalism – and… Read More »Exeter not doing very well on transport…
“The Government’s plan to reach net zero relies on burning the equivalent of the New Forest every five months.” . Will a techno-fix get us… Read More »Is bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (Beccs) just ‘a castle built on sand’?
“Securing Levelling-up funds is especially important after the challenges of Brexit and Covid-19.” HOWEVER: “We have this secretive bid proposal riddled with issues and muddled… Read More »More questions about expanding Brixham’s Fish Quay
Reaching out across virtual space to share experience and information. Working with children “about keeping our community clean, saving the environment, ocean pollution, climate change… Read More »“The importance of being a good Digital Citizen”
“Whether it’s to save on a water bill or help the environment, reusing water is a great idea. In fact, reusing “greywater” can reduce water… Read More »Greywater: reducing the amount of water we waste
“An extra burden of nearly £2,000 per year.” “The risk of a mass exodus of essential workers.” “Of course, investments could always be made in… Read More »The rising cost of getting around rural areas
… through efficiencies and potential cost savings . The incentive to ‘go green’ has become more urgent – not only because of the climate change… Read More »How to make your home more eco-friendly
Henry Dimbleby’s proposals for a National Food Strategy were published in two parts in July 2020 and July 2021 – but now the government rejects… Read More »A new food strategy for Britain?
Practical tips on how to get ahead of the competition with unique selling points that other businesses lack. “To be truly successful in business, you… Read More »How to make sustainability a priority for your small business
Some ideas on how to grow our own food. . Why should we ‘grow our own’? Well, there are so many reasons for having a… Read More »Why shouldn’t we grow our own?