Last month, the Sid Valley voted for its Neighbourhood Plan: . . Sid Valley Neighbourhood Plan: overwhelming support Sid Valley Neighbourhood Plan: passed with 90%… Read More »Sid Valley Neighbourhood Plan: formally ‘made’
The notion of a new national park has been gaining ground: New National Park planned for East Devon Dorset/East Devon AONBs ‘strong candidates’ for new… Read More »District Council to debate East Devon National Park
There are a lot of minerals in your mobile – and you might not want to know where they’ve come from: Futures Forum: Conflict minerals… Read More »E-waste: recover, recycle, redistribute and reuse
The vegan diet has become mainstream – and of great interest to business, with Radio 4’s The Bottom Line looking at ‘plant-based foods’: How can business benefit… Read More »Vegan events in Exeter this autumn
Is eating meat bad for the environment? . . Cow Grazing | The environmental contribution of cows to climate change… | Flickr . It’s certainly… Read More »UK agricultural methane is not contributing to global warming
How do we work out the impact of our food shopping? Is organic best? . . ORGANIC food. Buy Organic – short tips |… Read More »100% organic could mean 70 % increase in food emissions
Is ‘green growth’ possible? Not according to a piece in the Financial Times by Simon Kuper: . The myth of green growth Unfortunately, green growth… Read More »Green Growth
While XR are drawing our attention by calling for government action other, long standing, groups are talking about what is possible. This group used to… Read More »Look to the Possible!
Last week’s BBC Spotlight South-West looked at a rewilding project in Mamhead Park, just south of Exeter – which is also a sculpture park: devonsculpturepark.org/tag/rewilding/… Read More »Rewilding in Devon
There’s been quite a furore over the future of a very popular and much-loved local business: Petition to save Sidmouth’s Jurassic Paddle Sports reaches over… Read More »What would the cost be to the council of the lifeguard service provided by Jurassic Paddle Sports?
Tomorrow, Saturday 25th October, sees the Repair Café enter its second year: Sidmouth Repair Café Sidmouth Repair Cafe | Facebook . As covered in the… Read More »Sidmouth Repair Café celebrates its first birthday
Tomorrow’s scheduled beach clean will be happening tomorrow: here’s a note from the Sidmouth Plastic Warriors: Dear Warriors Our beach clean was scheduled for tomorrow… Read More »Sidmouth beach clean: postponed to Sunday 26th Oct
The Sid Vale Association and its sister the Otter Valley Association have been pushing for the listing of local heritage assets which are not protected… Read More »SVA join workshop to protect local heritage assets
How do we use our land? The VGS news pages have looked at the issues: Our land is a valuable resource A solution to our… Read More »Campaign for land reform
There is a lot of speculation going on about where Lidl would relocate in Sidmouth: Supermarkets on industrial estates: Would Lidl moving to Alexandria take… Read More »Supermarkets on industrial estates: Could Lidl move to Sidford?