Net Zero Home School: webinar series
… aims to empower Generation Net Zero with a deeper understanding of what Net Zero means, and what it will take to achieve it, both… Read More »Net Zero Home School: webinar series
… aims to empower Generation Net Zero with a deeper understanding of what Net Zero means, and what it will take to achieve it, both… Read More »Net Zero Home School: webinar series
The million-mile battery – but at what cost to the environment? . There are several issues around alternative technologies: Where do the raw materials come… Read More »New lithium battery technology
And help secure a bright future of the festival for future generations. Look forward to a Virtual 66th Sidmouth Folk Festival in the first week… Read More »Be a Sidmouth Champion
“It’s important that we do everything we can to help kick start the local economy and to welcome visitors back to our unique town with… Read More »Part-pedestrianisation for Sidmouth town centre
Temporary licences to support local businesses. . As the Herald reported last month, the VGS/STC questionnaire on life under coronavirus brought up some interesting proposals:… Read More »Street café culture for Sidmouth?
“It is not possible to build food security in a few weeks’ time”. “The Transition movement begs to differ.” The past 12 years of the… Read More »Food, the transition movement and life after the coronavirus
The priority is to protect locals and visitors: as the town centre begins to open up cautiously and carefully, independent food and essential shops continue… Read More »Easing lockdown in Sidmouth
‘right tree, right place’ . Is planting loads of trees a good thing? . Here’s a way forward from the Suffolk Wildlife Trust: . Woodland… Read More »Natural regeneration and nurturing existing woodlands
“While the pandemic has dealt travel a severe blow, some hope it can be an opportunity to introduce slower, fairer, more sustainable holidays.” . Tourism… Read More »Can the tourist industry be green?
Temporary relaxation of rules will allow local authorities to give more space to cyclists and pedestrians during pandemic. . There is a lot of government… Read More »Redesigning our spaces during and after the coronavirus: closing roads
To maintain social distancing in Sidmouth town centre, painted social distancing markers, a one-way pavement system and the possible closure of narrow streets is to… Read More »Strategies to open up Sidmouth: new safeguards
From the Historic England Bulletin May 2020: . Traffic Management Act 2004: Network Management in Response to Covid-19 •The government has issued guidance https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reallocating-road-space-in-response-to-covid-19-statutory-guidance-for-local-authorities/traffic-management-act-2004-network-management-in-response-to-covid-19 setting… Read More »Covid-19 related legislation
“In the coming weeks and months, clear guidance from the government on using transport safely and efforts to build the infrastructure for walkers, runners and… Read More »Redesigning our spaces after the coronavirus: government guidance
“What we can do to make our town safer than anywhere else.” . Things are progressing to open up the Sid Valley – and in… Read More »Strategies to open up Sidmouth: making people feel safe
Protecting peat bogs. How you can make sure you aren’t accidentally harming this precious habitat with your gardening choices. . Gardeners can’t get their hands… Read More »Using peat-free compost