The Sustainable Sidmouth Champions Awards are looking to highlight both ongoing and new projects which tick several boxes. Under the general rubric of ‘sustainability’ and ‘resilience’, they are about recognising initiatives, “whether it’s saving energy or saving food from getting wasted, whether it’s grow-your-own or do-it-yourself – these are all positive, practical ways to help… Read More »Green projects
Tom Heap’s Radio 4 series “39 Ways to Save the Planet” has not only been inspiring but have won a lot of praise for the positive look at practical ways to reduce our carbon footprint: BBC Radio 4 – 39 Ways to Save the Planet He’s worked on the series with the Royal Geographic Society’s Dr Tamsin… Read More »39 Ways to Save the Planet @ Sidmouth Science Festival
It’s not just individuals and households who can try and reduce their carbon footprint. The District Council has been sharing its latest investments on social media: electric powered bin lorry As part of our ‘Driving towards Net Zero’ project, we recently trialled an electric powered bin lorry on some of our rounds. This is an… Read More »Decarbonising the council’s recycling fleet
From the Vision Group for Sidmouth news pages: How effective are green home improvements? “On average green homes sold for more than comparable homes without green technology.” Is it worthwhile investing in green energy technologies on your home? Today’s Mail looks at the issues, following on from an experiment run by bank NatWest: How it… Read More »Is it worthwhile investing in green energy technologies on your home?
From the Town Council’s news pages: How much heat is your house losing? With energy prices at their current levels everyone is interested in ways to reduce gas and electricity consumption. Every house loses some heat but there are ways to reduce this if you know where to look. An infrared, or thermal imaging, camera… Read More »“How much heat is your house losing?”