John Varley, OBE TD, Estate Director at Clinton Devon Estates, writes in the International Journal of Agricultural Management about the factors in farming shaping its… Read More »Agricultural break point: the future of farming

In an open letter to The Lancet Planetary Health journal on Wednesday, a group of scientists declared that “Countries should be looking for peak livestock within… Read More »Peak meat?

There has been a shake-up in the company that wants to redevelop the Knowle: Knowle relocation project: BREAKING: PegasusLife merger . Meanwhile, the District Council… Read More »Knowle relocation project: BREAKING: developer fails to pay

We have friendly ways to get rid of our stuff – otherwise known as recycling – especially helpful at this time of year: Here’s to… Read More »Of repair cafés and making things

A couple of weeks ago, we were all able to celebrate trees a little: Sidmouth Arboretum’s Celebration of Trees . Here’s a report from the… Read More »Sidmouth Arboretum’s Celebration of Trees – Trees for a Climate Emergency

The Sid Valley economy relies on low-wage tourism: Low wage seaside We need to update that image perhaps: The secret behind Scarborough’s success > “the… Read More »The future of work and leisure

A new film has been put together charting the ‘story of plastic’ – much of which has already been told, but much of which hasn’t.… Read More »“The Story of Plastic” – a new documentary

Microplastics are increasingly an issue: Futures Forum: Microplastics in our food As outlined in Sidmouth early last year: Futures Forum: Plastics Week in Sidmouth >… Read More »Microplastics everywhere

The District Council has come up with a handy, friendly list of how to keep our Christmas fun and waste-free: . Our top tips for… Read More »Here’s to a green Christmas!

Concrete is responsible for a lot of global warming:: Futures Forum: Climate change: and concrete: “the massive CO2 emitter” Futures Forum: How sustainable is the… Read More »How sustainable is the construction industry? How resilient is our infrastructure?

And commiserations to Claire Wright. Simon (Conservative) and Claire (Independent) were the two candidates who took by far the bulk of the votes in East… Read More »Congratulations to Simon Jupp

Councils are getting serious about climate change: A councillor’s workbook on acting on climate change From climate declaration to climate action plan: a guide for… Read More »Devon aims to be carbon neutral by 2030

Here are some guides on how to vote today in Sidmouth: East Devon candidates on transport, education and broadband East Devon candidates on health and… Read More »General Election in Sidmouth: VOTE!

We need to be doing something about coal: How the fossil fuel industry is driving the climate emergency . This piece was spotted by a… Read More »Building coal plants worldwide

There was quite a flurry on-line following the hustings in Sidmouth: General Election Hustings in Sidmouth: first reports . The chair of the hustings has… Read More »General Election Hustings in Sidmouth: further reports