“The G-7 is heading to Cornwall, home to one of the UK’s most innovative and sustainable spaces.” . Cornwall folk are looking forward to showing… Read More »Cornwall’s potential for green energy

“Exmouth tenants now have to pay 6.3 per cent more than a year ago to live by the sea.” . The Working-from-Home revolution has the… Read More »Moving to the country: how WFH is putting up the rent

… raising livestock and growing trees . Interest is growing in a ‘mixed’ type of farming: Agroforestry: farming in 3D – Vision Group for Sidmouth… Read More »Silvopasture

“The lesson here is that in the climate of today, cities cannot just prepare for one extreme or the other — they must be prepared… Read More »2021: “The real-life Mad Max will be about water”

Ten golden rules for reforestation to optimize carbon sequestration, biodiversity recovery and livelihood benefits . There are many reasons to plant trees – but it… Read More »Right trees, right place

Key workers and Covid:  “We’ve carried on working, but we’ve also got loved ones that we want to go home to, and we wash our… Read More »Valuing our bin collectors

Councils across England are facing having to make unprecedented cuts to services in the coming years, after coronavirus left them with multimillion-pound black holes in their funding. . At the… Read More »Local government finances: running out of cash

“Using the historic environment as an asset, and giving it new life, has been one of the cornerstones of the economic and social revival of… Read More »The importance of heritage to the local economy

“The UK can demonstrate the importance of implementing the best management standards, collaboration across national and international borders and long-term holistic environmental management.” . The UK… Read More »Ensuring the sustainability of UK fish populations

Focusing exclusively on cutting CO2 emissions will only address part of the problem. “We need a more comprehensive approach for assessing and guiding humanity’s environmental… Read More »Planetary boundaries – safe operating spaces for humanity

“It is absolutely true that some British fishermen have faced barriers at the present time owing to complications over form-filling…” . Every evening this month,… Read More »Dismay from South West fishing communities

“A massive shift is needed to take us from the post-WW2 cheaper-food-at-all-costs production model to something more sustainable.” . The two ends of England have… Read More »Modern farming: “productively brilliant” but “ecologically disastrous”

… the latest trends in the job market . It is very possible that Sidmouth might do well out of a rise in digital work-at-home… Read More »Human skills in the digital future of work

East Devon District Council are consulting the public. “Residents wanting to have their say on how many homes are built and where are being urged… Read More »Starting on a new East Devon Local Plan

“To collect more hard evidence regarding the impact of Covid-19 and what support businesses need for their future survival and growth after Lockdown.” . Business… Read More »Coronavirus Business Impact Survey