Sustainable Crediton Newsletter Issue 4

Photograph of Linda Lever at the Sustainable Crediton stall at the Food Festival

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to the July Edition of our newsletter which contains reports of several events that took place in June involving Sustainable Crediton.

As the summer holidays are fast approaching many of our groups are taking a well earned break, but there are lots of plans for a flourish of new activity in the autumn.

Whether you are a new subscriber or have been reading this newsletter for some time, this autumn would be a good time to get involved with some of these activities. All our action groups are composed of very friendly people who would be delighted to welcome new members. We are all volunteers and busy people and the amount of activity we can undertake is directly related to how many people just like you and me, get involved. Our aim is to have lots of people doing a little!

If you would like to be more involved but are unsure what might be for you, please contact us. We can give you more details on any of our groups and how to get in touch with them.

Have a great summer.

Paula Mossman, Editor

PS: A PDF of the original newsletter can be downloaded here.


Dates for your Diary
3rd July

Summer Supper

5th July

Core Group Meeting

9th July

Quest Festival

17th July

Creating Transition through Intuition Workshop

19th July

Energy Group Meeting

24th July

Morchard Bishop Community Allotments Open Weekend

6th September

Food & Farming Group Planning Meeting

8th September

Core Group Meeting

9th October

Autumn Supper

In case you missed it...
14th June

Review of Transition Network Conference

This was the first transition towns conference I have been to. It was run along transition princi ...

20th June

Review of Bike Ride from Tesco to Town Square

There was a great atmosphere as several young families joined in Crediton's Bike Week 2010 event ...

27th June

Review of Sustainable Living Weekend

The Food and Energy Groups were pleased with the public response to the Sustainable Living Weekend. ...

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News Highlights

News from the Food & Farming Group

Crediton Local Produce Website This brand new website was launched at the Food Festival. It contains details of many local food producers and suppliers and is expanding all the time as more and more suppliers, large and small, join. Why not look at the website now and sign up to receive ...

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Transition Communities in Devon; We are growing, see which communities are part of the Network.

I am sure you will be heartened to discover the growing list of Transition Communities such as ours that are springing up in Devon. If you have friends or relatives living in or near any of these communities who you think might be interested in knowing more about the Transition movement, ...

The US Oil Spill - Was it preventable?

The waste and environmental pollution caused by this mammoth BP oil spill is uncalculable as I am sure you know. Could it have been prevented? Some well researched and fascinating information, much of which might surprise you! ...

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Email our MP for more local action to cut CO2 emissions

FOE are calling for every local council to have a local carbon budget to cap CO2 emissions in every council area. It would make it easier for councils to lead and plan the local action needed - like clean energy, green travel and home insulation. And it would mean local people like us have ...

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Ask Eric Pickles to support the Local Carbon Frameworks

The Local Carbon Frameworks was launched in January 2010 to explore how councils can cut CO2 emissions in their area. Early signs were promising and more councils were keen to join the scheme. Now the new Government wants to cut the project's funding. Ask the new Secretary of State ...

A brief update on Biodiesel

"I have just read the June Sustainable Crediton newsletter article regarding problems with running a Citroen HDi on 100% biodiesel. I Drive a Peugeot HDi and I am reasonably sure it has the same engine as the Citroen. B30 is the maximum mix recommended for my car and is likely to be the same f ...

Shop bags' 7p levy set for 2011 says Welsh minister

We applaud the Welsh Government for passing a law to bring in a plastic carrier bag tax of 7p a bag across Wales shortly. When the Irish Government did a similar thing 3 years ago plastic carrier use dropped by 95%. Good on the Welsh and the Irish!! ...

Solar PV panels offered Free of Charge

Free solar panels, free electricity for your home - surely there must be a catch? ...