Search Results for: biodiversity

“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

1: Choose a place to spot butterflies and moths. 2: Watch for 15 minutes. 3: Then record which species you see. . It starts tomorrow:… Read More »Big Butterfly Count: Friday 17 July to Sunday 9 August

“Pardon the weeds, we’re feeding the bees” . Yesterday’s Café Scientifique looked at biodiversity projects in the Sid Valley: online: Biodiversity Special – Vision Group… Read More »Letting grass verges grow

The principles for building a resilient recovery: Low-carbon retrofits and buildings that are fit for the future. Infrastructure to make it easy for people to… Read More »Green housing

… and a Beautiful Demoiselle damselfly comes to visit . One of the most helpful ways to improve biodiversity in your back yard is to… Read More »Building a garden pond to help us cope

Digging and scrubbing around helps to create landscapes that attract all manner of wildlife. . The ideas and practice of ‘rewilding’ are gaining ground: Wild… Read More »A guide to rewilding your backyard

“The need to go from retail to services as providing the future vitality of the town centre.” “Green space has never been more valued and… Read More »Build back better – but locally

We can still find wildflowers if we look, but they need our help. The Biodiversity Group will be working on plans to increase the space… Read More »Promoting wildflowers in the Sid Valley

“Achieving the UK’s climate goals and rebuilding the economy fit naturally together. Each makes the other possible. Success demands that we do both. The actions… Read More »A green new deal for the UK?

A new language, a lexicon of blue that includes terms like blue economy, blue new deal, blue co-ops, blue carbon and blue biotech. . The… Read More »A blue new deal…

Free Webinars from the Devon Maritime Forum . From the latest newsletter: . DMF/LNP Summer Seminars 2020 . Organised and hosted by the DMF in… Read More »A Blue Recovery: “a healthier, cleaner, greener marine”

“If people find our beach covered in rubbish they won’t come back. If they experience antisocial behaviour until late in the night, they won’t come… Read More »“We need to show Sidmouth in its best light.”

– a resurgence in interest in ‘local food’. . Over the past few weeks, there have a couple of developments focussing on the issues around… Read More »Community Supported Agriculture in East Devon

“Most of our garden is quite a wild garden.” . One of the key ideas of the new Sid Valley Biodiversity Group is to focus… Read More »Sidford @ Gardeners’ World