“East Devon residents’ top priorities as part of the Local Plan review include small scale developments infilling current towns and villages.” . The District Council… Read More »East Devon Local Plan consultation: homes

Sidmouth has “one of the highest vaccination rates in the country”. “But the fact is immunization doesn’t eliminate all cases.” “We do not yet have… Read More »Sidmouth, Covid and care homes

“However, to encourage Town Councils to take responsibility for finding sites, they could be asked to submit an Energy Descent Plan, as developed by the Transition… Read More »East Devon Local Plan consultation: renewable energy

“Rural areas are poised to play a key role in building back better if the Government adopts an approach that sees “parity of investment in… Read More »Revitalising rural

“The fact that substantial amounts of food are produced but not eaten by humans has substantial negative impacts: environmentally, socially and economically.” . We have… Read More »Good reasons to cut food waste

We are running out of sand Sand is “perceived as cheap, available and infinite and that is partly because the environmental and social costs are… Read More »Beach Management Plan: “an unsustainable reliance on material for recharging the beach”

The UK’s zero-carbon ‘paradigm shift’ in large-scale, affordable housing “Passivhaus is really not complicated, and it doesn’t have to cost more than conventional construction.” .… Read More »Exeter the ‘accidental pioneer’ in eco-housing

… innovation and opportunities … . The idea of the ‘circular economy’ is gaining traction: The circular economy as a solution to plastic waste –… Read More »Transitioning from the linear to the circular economy

“The emphasis was on benefits from beavers to the rural economy and ecotourism, and in providing nature-based solutions to flooding, but not on biodiversity loss… Read More »The environmental impact of beaver reintroductions

“All in all, though a carbon tax in the UK is likely to be ineffective at best and economically disastrous for marginalized communities at worst,… Read More »To carbon tax or not to carbon tax?

March newsletter . The Joanna Toole Foundation was set up last year: To continue the global work of campaigner Joanna Toole in advancing the welfare… Read More »The work of the Joanna Toole Foundation

Solar panels and bumblebees in an expanding ‘business park’ Or building an eco-home and working the land . There’s a nice ‘business park’ just outside… Read More »‘Net-zero development’ in Mid Devon

“We’re Solarpunks because the only other options are denial or despair.” “The heartbeat of Solarpunk is looking to the future with optimism.” “The choice to… Read More »Solarpunk is alive and well in the Sid Valley!

“Local authorities need to be the captains of change and engage in this agenda.” . As suggested by the Guardian’s architecture correspondent, Oliver Wainwright: As… Read More »Reimagining the high street: creating green spaces

Agreeing to a 6-month ‘pause’ in the process to reassess the options . Thursday saw the first time the BMP’s Steering Group (now its Advisory… Read More »Beach Management Plan: Febuary meeting: further reports