A look at the government’s green policies
“It is imperative we build back both better and greener from the coronavirus pandemic – with a renewed and enhanced focus on protecting the environment,… Read More »A look at the government’s green policies
“It is imperative we build back both better and greener from the coronavirus pandemic – with a renewed and enhanced focus on protecting the environment,… Read More »A look at the government’s green policies
resources/opportunities . The latest from the Transition Town network: . We hope you are all doing okay in these times of crisis, the following are… Read More »Transition Network: October news
“It is an example of the sort of thing we will increasingly experience if we don’t start tackling our relationship with the planet.” Emerging diseases… Read More »Covid and ecology
Government commits to protect countryside for nature Wildlife Trusts launch national nature recovery campaign . The District Council is determined to help improve biodiversity: Creating… Read More »Creating a nature recovery network for East Devon and the UK
Helping to ‘stitch back together Britain’s tattered natural fabric of wild land’. . The chair of the Environmental Audit Committee writes today in Parliament’s online… Read More »Creating a nature recovery network for East Devon
“Analysis of the government’s ‘Planning for the Future’ has revealed that the proposed reforms will increase the threat to nature in England and do little… Read More »Rewilding the planning system
“Are the government’s plans for ‘garden communities’ as environmentally-friendly as they sound?” “How could developers be encouraged to build in a way which incorporates nature?”… Read More »Build back better: build back greener
“Rewilding is inspiring conservationists with its vision of restoring the lost abundance of nature. That same vision should apply to our homes and gardens, especially… Read More »Rewilding at home
Unless farmers, food companies and retailers can make a profit switching to more sustainable production methods and consumers can afford sustainably produced products, the food… Read More »How to create a sustainable food system
“After years of uncertainty, England’s first wild breeding population of beavers for 400 years has been given the permanent right to remain in their East… Read More »On the River Otter: beavers here to stay
“a mission to establish an exciting environmental education project to enhance the Byes” . The Byes Environmental Education project was set up some ten years… Read More »Friends of the Byes: ten years on
And yet: “planning remains a good thing. Mostly, we only realise that when it is not applied.” . To reiterate what’s been said before: The… Read More »New housing to get ‘automatic’ permission
“If we want a better, greener future, we have to hold governments of any stripe to account.” . Central government would like to build, build,… Read More »Making your voice heard on building projects
“Taking further planning powers away from communities and councils will only deprive them of the ability to define the area they live in and know… Read More »Keeping planning local
Bringing together landowners who could offer environmental services with developers who need to offset carbon costs . There’s a lot of uncertainty facing farmers: The… Read More »Farming carbon