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The theme of Drawing from Nature @ Sidmouth Eco Hub this month takes a creative tilt at the natural world – as reported by Bernie Davis: Drawing from Nature The June topic for Eco Hub Sidmouth is ‘Drawing from Nature’ to extend the focus on nature and biodiversity experienced at the Sid Valley Nature Festival… Read More »Drawing from Nature @ Sidmouth Eco Hub – ‘looking at the natural world’ with local artists

According to James Dyke, Associate Professor in Earth System Science at the University of Exeter, society needs a systems update to cope with climate crisis – and his new film explains why: The climate and ecological crisis is one of the greatest challenges humanity has ever faced. If the world fails to address it, and over the… Read More »A new inspiring climate film: “System Update | Rebooting Our Future” – and an inspiring climate event

Net Zero Week will soon be upon us: UK’s official national awareness week and the biggest net zero conference. There’s quite a programme – and quite a commitment from all sorts of players. One strand will be Net Zero Week in Parliament: Net Zero Week, the UK’s official national awareness week back by government and industry, is celebrating… Read More »Net Zero Week: free online conference: 8-10 July

New month, new theme at the Sidmouth Eco Hub – meeting tomorrow, Saturday 14th June, at the Tourist Information Centre. And here, Bernie Davis, the project leader, looks at what’s in store – with more coverage coming over the next fortnight: Drawing from Nature The June topic for Eco Hub Sidmouth is ‘Drawing from Nature’… Read More »Drawing from Nature @ Sidmouth Eco Hub

A philosophy book on climate change sounds doubly heavy going, but the Quakers’ site ‘The Friend’ does indeed give a friendly guide to The Ethics of the Climate Crisis, by Robin Attfield: Here is the book you have been waiting for. It is a very readable account of the science involved, together with estimates of climatic… Read More »The Ethics of the Climate Crisis – a friendly guide

Following on from Eco Hub Sidmouth’s first outing at the Radway Cinema in March, where we watched ‘Six Inches of Soil’ and were treated to an interactive session with a panel of local farming experts… As promised, the Eco Hub Sidmouth is putting on its next film-plus-panel – the documentary ‘Wilding’: https://www.wildingmovie.com/ – happening Sunday… Read More »‘Wilding’: documentary and panel of local experts at Radway Cinema: Sunday 9th June

Drawing from Nature By Cllr Bernie Davis The June topic for Eco Hub Sidmouth will be ‘Drawing from Nature’ to extend the focus on nature and biodiversity experienced at the Sid Valley Nature Festival on 7th June. The final Eco HUb sessions before the summer break will take place on 14th June at Tourist Information… Read More »Biodiversity @ Sidmouth Eco Hub

This month, we are tackling Plastic Pollution @ Sidmouth Eco Hub – with the Plastic Warriors and the Naked Larder. This coming Saturdayat 11am at the Library, they’ll be joined by local author Jo Earlam reading her story about Tuamor the Turtle, as covered by the Virtual Nature Table | If you’re looking for something to do with… Read More »Jo Earlam and Tuamor the Turtle @ Sidmouth Eco Hub

The Sidmouth Plastic Warriors and colleagues will be down at the Library for the next session of Tackling Plastic Pollution @ Sidmouth Eco Hub on Saturday 24th May. Meanwhile, this coming Saturday 17th, the Plastic Warriors will be down at the Sidmouth Sea Fest from the Sidmouth Coastal Community Hub taking place at Connaught Gardens.… Read More »Tackling Plastic Pollution @ Sidmouth Sea Fest

Plastic is a problem – and was the theme for this month’s Eco Hub. Bernie Davis reports from the first session on Saturday 10th May – and looks forward to the next on Saturday 24th: The Plastic Pollution Problem – Eliminating Plastic Packaging The May topic for Eco Hub Sidmouth is ‘The Plastic Pollution Problem’… Read More »Tackling Plastic Pollution @ Sidmouth Eco Hub