Reframing the BMP question: February 2020
. Submitted to the Beach Management Plan steering group’s Sidmouth representatives February 2020: If you would like to download the pdf you can do so… Read More »Reframing the BMP question: February 2020
. Submitted to the Beach Management Plan steering group’s Sidmouth representatives February 2020: If you would like to download the pdf you can do so… Read More »Reframing the BMP question: February 2020
Last week, the Town Council’s new Environment Committee met up for the third time: Town Council Environment Committee It’s already created its own policy document:… Read More »Town Council Environment Committee’s new working group
Germaine Greer has lost the piece of rainforest in Queensland, Australia she helped to restore – and asks how it might have been saved: .… Read More »Climate change: fighting fire with fire
The CEO at the District Council thinks that by going ‘carbon neutral’ by 2025, “you will be refusing all planning permissions”: Unsustainable over-development in East… Read More »Sustainable development: what if new buildings had to be resused or built with materials already available?
The Neighbourhood Plan is made: Sidmouth (made) … together with the excellent Place Analysis which goes deeper into the layout and design of the Valley’s… Read More »Resilient responses to reverse the effects of urban flooding
The Telegraph points out that the huge amount of e-waste we create can actually be recycled and earn a bit of money: . Got a… Read More »Turning e-waste into opportunities
“80% of the buildings that will exist in 2050 have already been built. The most effective form of sustainability may, therefore, be saving energy by… Read More »Adapting buildings to climate change
There’s always the question of which level of local government should be responsible for what – and it gets rather confusing, especially as one authority… Read More »District Council giving responsibilities to Town Council: assets or liabilities?
Here’s a very welcome website: . “The home of easy, every day sustainabilty for the #imperfectlygreen!” “If you want to find your tribe of fellow… Read More »How to live sustainably(ish)
What sort of ‘development’ do we want in East Devon? . The CEO of the District Council famously said that if we went ‘carbon neutral’… Read More »Unsustainable over-development in East Devon
There are several projects, plans and ideas on how to encourage and maintain the health of the local economy: . Preston: Local Procurement: Preston’s experiment… Read More »Local Economic Resilience
Viscount Ridley is a bit of a contrarian: Matt Ridley – Net Zero Lords debate 26 June 2019 | YouTube . But we need contrarians… Read More »Have we just had ‘the best decade in human history’?
Following on from the general election, commentators have been looking at how we can create stronger local economies: The hope has to be that …… Read More »Building a resilient local economy in 2020
We have friendly ways to get rid of our stuff – otherwise known as recycling – especially helpful at this time of year: Here’s to… Read More »Of repair cafés and making things
Flooding has become a huge issue: Historic flooding highlights Venice’s vulnerability | Washington Post ‘Alarm’ over winter flood prospects in England | BBC News .… Read More »Flooding issues in Sidmouth