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Will this bring a welcome renaissance in shopping locally? . The supermarkets are unable to provide further deliveries: Online supermarket deliveries of essential goods could… Read More »Shop local!
Will this bring a welcome renaissance in shopping locally? . The supermarkets are unable to provide further deliveries: Online supermarket deliveries of essential goods could… Read More »Shop local!
Lower investments in clean energy … banning wildlife trade … massive moves to telecommuting … . There are concerns that the current crisis will end… Read More »Mixed signals for sustainability
… a little ray of positivity and hope as Spring arrives in our back gardens … . What are the first sightings of butterflies this… Read More »Spotting butterflies
How to combine productive agriculture with wildlife and environmental improvements . Six ways to make environmental improvements on a farm . Six ways to… Read More »Farming and biodiversity
“The simplest way to make sure no one goes to work and spreads the virus when they should be self-isolating is to introduce that most… Read More »Universal Basic Income
Citizens and neighbourhoods offering to help out . The Devon and Cornwall Neighbourhood Watch is encouraging as many groups as possible to make plans to… Read More »Volunteer spirit in Sidmouth
Will our conceptions of value and cost be redefined? . We are already seeing dramatic changes to the way the economy works, as covered in… Read More »The slowdown of the economy
Support your local shops and eateries: they are offering to deliver. The Sidmouth Nub News website provides a list of businesses still operating a… Read More »Sidmouth businesses providing more services
The Foodbank aims to ensure that those in need of food during this time receive essentials, including school lunch replacement . Schools will be closing… Read More »Volunteers needed for Foodbank deliveries
The Chamber is “urging specific measures to address the problems that local businesses face”. . The Sidmouth economy is heavily reliant on its tourist industry:… Read More »Concern for the Sidmouth tourist industry
Conservation measures may not be failing; it’s just too early to see the progress that’s being made. . Nature is facing huge pressures: Species shift:… Read More »The need for ‘smarter’ biodiversity targets
A large share of China’s emissions is from the production of goods consumed in rich countries. Meanwhile: “Emissions in China are down because the economy… Read More »Carbon emissions are really tricky to measure precisely
All new developments will need to deliver a minimum of a 10% uplift in the value of biodiversity. The government is keen to increase… Read More »Biodiversity Net Gain
More and more companies and financial institutions understand the risk of high-carbon assets. . Exeter University is taking its money out of oil: Half UK… Read More »Divesting from oil
More Dorset than East Devon… Last October, there was quite a buzz about the creation of a new National Park in these parts: Dorset/East… Read More »A national park for East Devon and Dorset?