“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

“York plans to build Britain’s biggest zero-carbon housing project, boasting 600 homes in car-free cycling paradises full of fruit trees and allotments. When will the… Read More »The green home revolution: rethinking our neighbourhoods

“Hopefully it will be a catalyst to further the regeneration of this underused area.” . Sidmouth has a new bridge: The replacement Alma Bidge in… Read More »The new Alma Bridge opens

Commitments made under ‘the new administration’s policy of openness and transparency’. . This Tuesday, the BMP steering group met up for the first time in… Read More »Beach Management Plan: latest meeting report

Digital need in rural areas is often high “There are productivity and sustainability benefits associated with the adoption of internet-of-things based precision agricultural technologies.” .… Read More »Better broadband down on the farm

… setting the standard for low-carbon retirement developments… . There are ‘retirement villages’ springing up everywhere in the Sid Valley: Sidford retirement development > third… Read More »A net-zero carbon retirement village

Break the cycle by resisting both the social media-driven “attention economy” and the “unforgiving landscape of productivity.” . In a recent newsletter from the Baffler… Read More »An antidote to ‘doomscrolling’: Do Nothing

Engaging with patients’ voices: drop-in session and survey. Sid Valley Practice are exploring the option of extending the Beacon Medical Centre and moving the centre… Read More »Sidmouth Primary Care Improvement Project

“A range of options around personal dietary change was far more prominent in the media discussion of solutions than government policies, reforming agricultural practices or… Read More »Meat in the media

“… the meaning latent in the junk we collect” . We need to re-think the future of our high street and to go beyond ‘retail’:… Read More »A short history of buying stuff

“Could be a huge economic and environmental boost for the South West.” . The PM has committed to offshore wind: New plans to make UK… Read More »“Building back greener with clean wind energy”

“There is still no evidence that continuing rise in covid-19 cases linked to Exeter University has spread to the rest of the city.” Scientists warn… Read More »Exeter, the University and the spread of the coronavirus

Using council tax premiums on second homes to build affordable housing. But tax loopholes, shortage of council land and Airbnb are issues. . The well-to-do… Read More »Second homes and affordable housing

Steering Group to meet Tuesday 6th October. New research on erosion at Sidmouth: “When considering the future it is always helpful to have a view of… Read More »Beach Managment Plan: meeting and updates

“Somehow society is going to have to find a way (in a very short time) to encourage people to produce food and offer land-based enterprises… Read More »Decarbonising in Wales