“New Thinking on Clean Growth – Transforming Sidmouth”
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The Vision Group for Sidmouth
Back in 2006, a year after it was founded, the VGS produced its first report, “A Vision for Sidmouth”:
The original Vision Group report
Perhaps it is time to revisit and update the report…
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A sustainable Sidmouth
At the end of March 2020, Prof Evan Parker gave a talk at the Science Festival’s virtual Café Scientifique where he looked at “New Thinking on Clean Growth – Transforming Sidmouth”:
ONLINE: talk on clean growth in Sidmouth
He outlined a proposal to help create a more sustainable Sidmouth – focussing on local transport, food production and distribution, and the high street :
New Thinking on Clean Growth – Transforming Sidmouth – Prof Evan Parker – Café Sci – 31mar20
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Collaboration on new projects:
The coordination team of the VGS subsequently looked at these proposals – together with some key members of the community:
With a follow-up draft scoping document including proposed actions:
A vision for Sidmouth – scoping doc – v3 – 9apr20
And at the same time, the Science Festival’s Biodiversity & Horticulture working group is looking at these key issues:
The Clean Growth project from the Science Festival
All of which fits into the bigger picture of preparing for life after the coronavirus:
Clean Growth for Sidmouth 2020
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The VGS is currently exploring the viability of Prof Parker’s ideas: get in touch if you’d like to be involved.
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