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There’s a lot that isn’t right about ‘green energy’: What do we do with old wind-turbine blades? – Vision Group for Sidmouth  There are alternatives, though: Wind power: the future – Vision Group for Sidmouth Besides, we need to be realistic: “It’s more realistic, say experts, to accept that we will never have a source of energy… Read More »“Unless people change their behaviors, we won’t hit 2050 net zero emissions targets.”

There was big news this week on the climate: Our overheating world is likely to break a key temperature limit for the first time over the next few years, scientists predict. Global warming set to break key 1.5C limit for first time – BBC News Global warming likely to exceed 1.5C within five years, says weather… Read More »What exceeding 1.5c could mean

Groups are being asked to give some feedback to the local ‘climate adaptation strategy’. Should Sidmouth be doing so? “The Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (DCIoS) Climate Adaptation Strategy will help communities and organisations across the Southwest better understand the risks their area might face in the future, as climate change increasingly affects the… Read More »Helping to shape a climate-resilient Devon

It’s a fact of modern life that we live in a throwaway society, so much of what we buy is designed to be disposed of immediately after use. From the moment they’re born many babies are put into disposable nappies, and according to the book The Human Footprint before they’re toilet trained each child on… Read More »How to dispose of disposables?

Why do we need to be chasing the extremely expensive and as yet unproven ‘new technologies’ of CCS  The promises of Carbon Capture & Storage – Vision Group for Sidmouth … when we already have a whole array of current technologies which would do the trick? “The good news is that we have almost all… Read More »No miracles needed: making use of our current technologies

Climate Awareness Partnership Sidmouth is asking people to consider what they can do to reduce their carbon footprint – so how about members of CAPS themselves, who are they and what are they doing? Dave Bramley, chairman of Sidmouth Science Festival and CAPS lead, outlines the overall concept: “I feel the point about the CAPS… Read More »How members of CAPS try to make a difference

Sidmouth Town Council is seeking the views of Sid Valley residents on climate change and is offering entry into a £100 prize draw for anyone who completes their online survey. Thermal images from the town council’s infrared camera Read more about your chance to win £100 here on the CAPS news page. The link to the survey… Read More »Your chance to win £100! Fill in the Climate Awareness Partnership Sidmouth survey!

The churches are very much involved in the issue of climate change – as the magnificent exhibition at Exeter Cathedral last month demonstrated – and which was reviewed on these pages in an excellent piece by local writer and journalist Jo Earlam: Gazing at Gaia – Climate Awareness Partnership Sidmouth There was a magnificent turn-out for… Read More »“Change for Good”: Sidmouth churches take the lead

There’s much talk about the footprints we individually and collectively leave on the planet as humans, but how often, asks Jo Earlam, can we step back and consider the bigger picture of our impact on Earth? An installation of artwork ‘Gaia’, the name for the Greek goddess of Earth, on display at Exeter Cathedral gives… Read More »Gazing at Gaia

If there’s one issue to excite folk, then that’s the issue of ‘roads’ – whether it’s potholes or bypasses or new roads. Exmouth’s going to have a new road: Multi-million pound investment secured to Level Up Exmouth | The Devon Daily The problem is that new roads generally mean more traffic which means more pollution… Read More »Roads, roads, roads