Sustainable Crediton Newsletter Issue 37
Welcome to the August Sustainable Crediton Newsletter. Whilst
August is usually a quiet month for our activities as our groups
tend to have a well earned rest, this month we have several events.
Our Meditation Group is starting a new course on the Seven Chakras from the 7th August. On
the 10th August from 10am we have another Community Market with the
Energy Group hosting the Sustainable Crediton stall. Please
complete our renewable energy survey and take away a free shower
saver or TV standby powerdown. On the 21st August the Transport Group's bike bus leaves St
Lawrence Green at 7pm, picking up cyclists at 7:05 at Town Square
and 7:15 at 26 Old Tiverton Road. Cycle to the Beer Engine and
return by bike or catch the train home at 21:07.
Please put 7pm on 25th September at the Boniface Centre in
your diaries for our talks on
Cutting your heating bills this winter. Satish Kumar's son,
Mukti Mitchell will be speaking about his round Britain sailing
trip in his low carbon micro-yacht and how to go about insulating
your home for the winter. Also on the bill will be draught buster
Brian Harper explaining how to draught proof your home.
Dates for your Diary |
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10th August | | 21st August | | 21st August | | 27th August | | 2nd September | | 7th September | | 9th September | | 14th September | | 25th September | | 12th October | | 2nd November | | 11th January | | 25th January | |
In case you missed it... |
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1st July |
Present: Paula, Charles, Anne, Esther, Carolyn
Apologies: Jill
1.Review of
Recycling a ... | 7th July |
Thanks to all of you who turned out on such a
blisteringly hot Sunday morning!
We collect ... | 10th July |
A safe cycle route from Crediton to Exeter was the main talking
point at a meeting of Sustainable ... | 15th July | |
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News Highlights |
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A reminder about something which costs nothing and you can enjoy
at the same time!
We are taking part in a charity biscuit wrapper
recycling scheme. Each wrapper attracts points and the
more points collected, the more money is raised, which is
being donated to the Crediton Food Bank. The sc ... |
The Seven Chakras are the energy
centres of the human body.They connect our physical bodies to our
energetic selves. They lie along the spine and each one is
associated with particular human characteristics and also a
particular colour. The chakras are energy wheels and when they are
blocked ... |
It would be hard to make this stuff up. Australia's legendarily
irresponsible mining industry has a new plan:while the planet faces
catastrophic climate change, build the world's largest coal mining
complex, and then build a shipping lane to that port straight
through the greatest ecological t ... |
This
website shows you two possible futures.
The first, fossil-fuelled future is the one we're heading for if
we carry on down our current energy path. This is the future that
current government policies and business practices will take us to,
according to mainstream energy experts. This is ... |
Plastic may be traded rather differently in the
future. Plastic banks dubbed as "social plastic" may help to
reduce poverty by harvesting the plastic.
To read more about this project click on the link to Harvesting Waste Plastic
... |
The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) is the government scheme to
encourage the shift to low carbon and renewable heat technologies.
It commences in spring 2014. The final details of the scheme were announced on
the 12th July. "Householders could get paid hundreds of pounds a
year for heat generated b ... |
Four members of the Firewood from Hedgerows Group are being
trained and assessed in chainsaw use and maintenance this month.
Funding for the training comes mainly from an Awards for All (A4A)
grant, but each trainee is also making a contribution towards the
cost. Once the chainsaw "tickets" are obt ... |
Hedgerow Harvest
Can you identify the different types of berry and the
butterflies feeding on them? (Hover over them to see their
names)
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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. ”
Albert Einstein