from East Devon and New York . For the last few days, the VGS’s social medial has been re-posting pieces on Climate Week – all… Read More »The news from Climate Week

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

“The dramatically falling costs of renewables are now a political, a media, and conversational cliché.” . There are several questions around wind energy. One is… Read More »The questions around wind energy

“The best thing to look for if you want to spot tuna is a feeding frenzy.” . In the last couple of weeks, there have… Read More »The return of bluefin tuna to Lyme Bay

“A solid economic case for sheep farmers to instead grow forests and become carbon offsetters.” “Our sheep farmers are managing one of our most precious… Read More »Sheep and trees

Lamb and beef produced on an environmentally-friendly small scale. “By supporting your local farms you can do your bit for the environment and for local… Read More »Livestock farming in Devon

“Interventions in public space don’t need to be ample and expensive.” “The lack of resources is no longer an excuse not to act. The idea… Read More »Urban Acupuncture

“During lockdown millions started WFH – and most of us don’t want to go back. In just a few months the landscape of work, family… Read More »“The genie of WFH is out of the bottle” – a Devon perspective

“The Chancellor’s emergency measures to protect the coronavirus-hit economy have been welcomed as good news for the South West and its vital hospitality industry.” MPs… Read More »South West “hit hardest by Covid job losses”

“The Local Electricity Bill’s wide appeal is no surprise, given that it will create benefits to our local economies whilst boosting clean energy generation across… Read More »The community energy revolution: further progress

“Ultimately, devolution will only progress—assuming change is not centrally imposed—if there is a collaborative mindset.” “Downing Street denied that they wanted to abolish two-thirds of… Read More »Devolution and levelling-up in the South West

Competing proposals brings further doubts and delays. . The Futures Forum blog has charted the demise of East Devon’s eco-town: Futures Forum: Cranbrook: an ‘eco-town’… Read More »Cranbrook: the town without a town centre

“This level of increase is simply not a credible prediction and much less so a credible policy response when it comes to planning for housing… Read More »Calculating Devon’s housing need by algorithm

“Two rare Devon trees have been found growing in Sidmouth, and they are going to be joined by more of their kind.” . The new… Read More »The Devon Whitebeam and the Sid Valley

“We now have a once in a generation opportunity to re-think how we put the economy back together again.” . If we are going to… Read More »Build back better: a green recovery