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The ECO HUB Sidmouth launched its fortnightly sessions this month – with a focus on saving energy and keeping warm, one specific project offering locals the chance to sign up for the CAPS/Town Council’s free thermal imaging survey. And other practical help was on offer at the Eco Hub. At the session at the Library on Saturday 25th, Harry Bonnell… Read More »Exeter Community Energy @ the ECO HUB Sidmouth: offering free advice on keeping cosy

Saturday 25th January sees the second outing of the ECO HUB Sidmouth fortnightly sessions – taking place 11am to 1pm at the Library. All welcome – and with a focus on saving energy in our homes. Meanwhile tomorrow, Friday 24th January sees the second reading of the Climate and Nature Bill – taking place in the Commons.… Read More »The South West voting for the Climate and Nature Bill

The first ECO HUB Sidmouth launched its first fortnightly sessions on Saturday – and it went very well, with residents interested in the Exeter Community Energy’s offer of help in retrofitting their homes for more energy efficiency.  Several also signed up for the CAPS/Town Council’s free thermal imaging surveys – whereby we can see how efficient a building is in… Read More »Sign up for the CAPS/Town Council’s free thermal imaging survey!

A message of cheer for the New Year from the organisers of the Eco Hub Sidmouth: You may have noticed in articles in the Sidmouth Herald, in postings on the CAPS website and on social media, and in the CAPS newsletter mention of an Eco Hub being trialled in Sidmouth.  Following the Pop-up in the… Read More »ECO HUB Sidmouth launches fortnightly sessions!

In their final edition of the year today, the BBC Radio 4 series Rare Earth gave us several “reasons to be cheerful“, where they asked if 2025 could be a year of progress on climate change and the nature crisis. And however tricky it might be to make predictions, the answer from everyone in the studio was… Read More »Reasons to be cheerful in 2025!

This week’s Imagine newsletter from The Conversation gives a ‘festive countdown’ looking at twelve stories. Here we look at their stories in short – and add equivalents from both the CAPS archive and the goings on in the Sid Valley and beyond from the last twelve months: 1. Conservation works. Often, it really works. After analysing 665 trials… Read More »Thinking globally and acting locally over the last twelve months…

The UK has gone through the wettest 18 months on record, as climate change brings more extreme weather. It might seem counter-intuitive, then, that the world is running out of water. In fact, three-quarters of Earth’s land became permanently drier in the last three decades, according to findings released this week in a new report by the UN Convention to… Read More »“Regenerating land is a win-win, for humans and their ecosystems.”

What exactly is an ‘eco-hub’? Well, schools are doing it as many feel Eco Hubs are the future and many councils see them as ‘pop-up’ places to talk climate change and biodiversity. So, would an eco-hub for Sidmouth make sense? Exmouth has got it’s Community space at Sideshore – but, at least initially, it’s being… Read More »ECO-HUB Sidmouth launches!

How do we get from climate awareness… to climate action? If we are all reaching out on climate issues, we need some bold and practical ways forward, because a lot of people are not happy that “Keir Starmer’s climate advisers say we will need to change diets and fly less – especially after the PM insisted climate… Read More »Changing communication about climate change: from a story about science to a story about people.

The Prime Minister has just officially launched the UK-led Global Clean Power Alliance which aims to meet COP28 commitments to triple renewable energy.  Meanwhile, at the COP29, China, Trump and the EU, each go their own way, over green vs. stranded fossil assets. Here’s an excerpt from that piece, chosen by a CAPS observer: China,… Read More »‘China, the EU, UK and Brazil will stand out as global climate leaders.’