The Devon Climate Emergency social media pages are full of positivity! Welcome to the art of Furoshiki – zero waste and paperless way of wrapping gifts with beautiful fabrics instead of wrapping paper! No more worrying if it can be recycled and you can use any fabric you may have in the house or have… Read More »Good news: Devon getting proactive!
It’s a challenge, but many local government authorities are managing to follow up their earlier pronouncements to get to net zero. Thing are moving in Berkshire: Reading Borough Council said there had been a 51% drop in carbon emissions in the town since 2005. The council said there was still work to do to achieve… Read More »Good news: Councils getting to net zero
There’s a lot of hard-hitting, rather depressing news about the climate: The United States has published its “gold standard” climate report – a major assessment on the climate crisis, required by law, which comes around every five years or so. It involves hundreds of scientists and experts, resulting in a clear – and alarming – insight into… Read More »Good news: “Don’t let grim headlines obscure the progress on climate change.”
The Rest is Politics interview podcast “Leading” from Rory Stewart and Alistair Campbell has the two talking to the former Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney on the climate: …… I think it is important to underscore just how much progress is being made ……………….. 7-8 years ago in Paris, the world was… Read More »Good news: “The progress that’s being made is much faster than people expected.”
‘GREEN DRINKS’ AS A REGULAR MEET-UP An issue raised in the recent survey by some respondents was that it would be good to meet informally to talk about environmental issues. To this end, the Climate Awareness Partnership Sidmouth is arranging a Green Drinks session on the second Thursday of each month. Starting on November 9th… Read More »First Green Drinks! Thursday 9th November!
Not to be confused with the monthly CAPS newsletter: Newsletters – Climate Awareness Partnership Sidmouth The BBC has just launched its own weekly climate newsletter: The Future Earth newsletter – written by BBC News Correspondent Carl Nasman – will bring you the essential climate news and impactful developments every Tuesday. Our changing planet is one… Read More »The Future Earth newsletter
Most farms in the Sid Valley would be classified as ‘small’ – with a couple of examples from higher up the valley: A New Spring at Plyford Farm, – Sid Valley Biodiversity Group Small farms in Shropshire and Devon – Farmers Weekly Other combes support small and family farms: Roncombe valley © David Smith… Read More »decarbonising farming
The CAPS project is all about ‘climate awareness’ – but what exactly is this? A FEW EXAMPLES: There are several fields where this can be raised – for example, in sport: Gimson and Burnet took to the Irish Sea on Tuesday with the aim of raising awareness of the climate crisis and the problems of… Read More »What do we mean by ‘climate awareness’?
There are several engaging events at this year’s Sidmouth Sci Fest looking at some aspect of the climate or other – including: FULLY BOOKED: Visit to Energy from Waste Plant, including a talk on history of waste | Sidmouth Science Festival Cafe Scientifique: Floating Offshore Wind Farms | Sidmouth Science Festival Severe thunderstorm warnings: with… Read More »Climate change @ Sidmouth Science Festival
Back in spring 2020, the Science Festival put on several seminars (going online) looking at ‘Green Growth’: The Clean Growth project from the Science Festival – Vision Group for Sidmouth Prof Evan Parker presented a proposal to transform Sidmouth – focussing on local transport, food production and distribution, and the high street : New Thinking… Read More »An ambitious ‘green growth’ project for Sidmouth?