Looking after our butterflies
This year’s State of Nature report is startling: Extinction Britain: State of Nature report 2019 . The latest newsletter from Butterfly Conservation shows how a… Read More »Looking after our butterflies
This year’s State of Nature report is startling: Extinction Britain: State of Nature report 2019 . The latest newsletter from Butterfly Conservation shows how a… Read More »Looking after our butterflies
The construction industry carries a lot of responsibilities when it comes to climate change: Futures Forum: Climate change: and concrete: “the massive CO2 emitter” Futures… Read More »The construction industry consumes 75% of the earth’s natural resources
We might be willing to get onto our bikes if it didn’t feel so dangerous out there… Here’s the latest information sent out today on… Read More »Speed kills! Slow down!
The County, District (and Town) Councils have declared ‘climate emergencies’: Devon Climate Emergency | devon.gov ‘Climate Emergency’ declared – but shouts of ‘shame on you’… Read More »From climate declaration to climate action plan: a guide for councils
Things have been looking very uncertain over the District Council’s relocation policy: Knowle relocation project: BREAKING: PegasusLife merger . There have been new Freedom of… Read More »Knowle relocation project: costs and profits
Adam Rutherford of Radio 4’s Inside Science will be at the Science Festival on Sunday: The Book of Humans – by Dr Adam Rutherford .… Read More »Devon going carbon neutral
The Town Council, together with the Chamber of Commerce, has rebranded the town: . The Tourism and Economy Committee presented its Interim Branding report to… Read More »Sidmouth: ‘A not so hidden national treasure’
Yesterday, the Science Festival’s Café Scientifique held a session on energy: Cafe Scientifique: Wave and Tidal Power: Combating Climate Change . This evening’s Costing the Earth… Read More »Orkney: a model for renewable energy
Planting trees is clearly a good thing – at many levels: Plant lots of trees to tackle climate change Café Scientifique: Trees for Multiple Benefits… Read More »A flagship forest for Devon?
It is possible to produce good quality social housing – which also ticks all the green boxes – as featured on these news pages: The… Read More »The energy-saving, social housing revolution > Passivhaus wins architecture prize
Climate Activists have been very much in evidence today: Extinction Rebellion: Arrests at Sydney and Amsterdam protests And not everyone is enamoured of its tactics:… Read More »How easy is it to live ‘off-grid’?
Last week, the Town Council’s new environment committee met up for the second time, and agreed to its new guiding policy: Sidmouth Environment Policy .… Read More »Councils need more power and funding to meet national climate targets
There won’t be a Judicial Review of the decision to grant planning permission – but other options are being considered by campaigners: Sidford Business Park:… Read More »Sidford Business Park: Update 36: public meeting Tues 15th October
Radio 4 Extra has been replaying Richard Mabey’s programme on the ash tree: Yew, Sycamore And Ash—Series 2 . It is a beautiful tree: Under… Read More »Tackling ash-dieback in Devon
One of the most popular reads in academia is Garrett Hardin’s ‘The Tragedy of the Commons’: The tragedy of the commons is a situation in a shared-resource… Read More »Governing the Commons: how communities can look after their environment