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We’ve had several East Devon Carbon Action Fund champions who have been awarded generous grants by the district council to go green with their energy – including in Sidmouth, with the Scouts, the Rugby club and the Hospice. And now there is the opportunity to meet the Scouts at the ‘We Are All People of Power’ event on Thursday 16th… Read More »‘We Are All People of Power’ – meet the winners at the event on Thursday 16th April!

Next month, at the event “We Are All People of Power”, Sidmouth people will be sharing their energy-saving stories.  That is, at Kennaway House on the evening of Thursday 16th April, we will not only have the exhibition and film from Devon artist Polly Meyrick on “We Are All People of Power!”, but we will also be… Read More »‘We Are All People of Power’ – meet the Scouts at the event on Thursday 16th April!

Next month, on 16th April, we will be taking the  “We Are All People of Power!” exhibition, now at the Library, to Kennaway House. And along with the stunning portraits and film of Devon people doing what they can to reduce their energy, we will hear about several of our local Sidmouth energy champions –… Read More »We Are All People of Power – Sidmouth people sharing their energy-saving stories

CAPS is very pleased to have Nick Hall, publisher of Our Local Expert joining our team – and Nick is very happy to share tips on house and home technologies which will save us energy and save us some money. We’ll be posting regular pieces which Nick has to share with us – as we… Read More »New @ CAPS! Tips from OurLocalExpert

The “We Are All People of Power” exhibition comes to Sidmouth Library on Wednesday 4th March with artist Polly Meyrick’s series of portraits of Devon people “celebrating the human stories behind the energy transition and its far-reaching impact on communities”. As covered in the latest Herald, this Sidmouth exhibition is to display the renewable energy transition, featuring “stories of… Read More »You are invited to… “We Are All People of Power!”

At the beginning of the month, we ran a guest piece looking at how to shrink your digital carbon footprint. Written by entrepreneur Lisa Matteo, it’s full of inspiring ideas and practical information. Lisa has sent us a further piece, looking at what we can do in our part of the world to ‘boost local… Read More »How Sidmouth residents can take simple steps to boost local sustainability

Last November, COP30 came to Devon, with the ‘We Are All People of Power’ film and talk arriving in Honiton. This month, the We Are All People of Power exhibition and film has come to Exmouth. And next month, we will have the chance to see this in Sidmouth. FREE EXHIBITION: 4TH MARCH – 16TH APRIL Kicking things… Read More »“We Are All People of Power” exhibition comes to Sidmouth Library: 4th March

STOP PRESS: From the Café Sci team: “Unfortunately our speaker tomorrow is ill There will NOT be a talk tomorrow” The new-look CAPS February 2026 Newsletter has very much taken its look from the excellent Newsletters of the Devon Climate Emergency – ‘excellent’ because they are local and positive and show how reaching out to… Read More »What’s the ‘Devon Climate Emergency’? Café Scientifique : Tuesday 17th February: CANCELLED!

The CAPS February 2026 Newsletter is now upon us – looking to the excellent example of the Newsletters from fhe Devon Climate Emergency when it comes to highlighting the local and the positive that’s happening. And for more (generally positive!) news, there are the social media pages of the Climate Awareness Partnership Sidmouth (CAPS) and… Read More »February CAPS newsletter: February Devon Climate Emergency newsletter and talk

There’s a lot of advice online about how to start up a business or how to deal with technology. One which stands out as a little more vibrant and actually quite useful is the BIZ HELP ZONE – The right zone for business newbies. Set up by Lisa Matteo, the website and blog focus on “sharing her… Read More »How to shrink your digital carbon footprint