Sustainable Crediton Newsletter Issue 41

Hello everyone, 

As the end of 2013 is approaching rapidly, our thoughts naturally turn to seasonal celebrations and the Sustainable Crediton Core Group would like to wish everyone reading this a wonderful festive season.

There are a couple of spaces still available on our Hedge Laying Course taking place on the 8th December. Please contact Charles if you'd like to come along.

Our next newsletter will come out early in the New Year but we already have some excellent events lined up for next year including, on the 11th January, another of our successful plastics collection days at Peck & Strong, Lords Meadow, and on Saturday 25th January a chance to meet up with friends or like-minded people from Sustainable Crediton when we're going to celebrate our achievements so far, think about the future, and have a good meal together at our Sustainable Crediton: Back to the Future event. Please put this date in your diary.

The New Year is a time for resolutions. Do you fancy learning much more about climate change, then Exeter University has just the course for you, its free of charge and starts in January!

 

Charles Mossman


Dates for your Diary
30th November

1980s Retro Xmas at the Museum

2nd December

Waste Action Group meeting

2nd December

Food Group Planning Meeting

4th December

December Energy Group Meeting

5th December

Crediton Christmas Tree Festival

8th December

Hedge Laying Course

11th December

Seasonal ‘Reboot’ – Winter ~ restoring, reflection and celebration

16th December

Firewood from Hedgerows Work Party 8

11th January

Waste Plastic Collection

24th January

New Year ‘Reboot’ ~ get balanced using food

25th January

Sustainable Crediton: Back to the Future

1st February

Journey into Spring- Awakening

22nd February

Crediton Seed Share

Regular Events
In case you missed it...
2nd November

Review of Bring and Share Seasonal Meal

On Saturday 2nd November Food Group members enjoyed a shared meal at Christine's house in Credito ...

4th November

Review of Joint jam and chutney making

On Monday 4th November, Food Group stalwarts gathered at El's home in Stockleigh English to make ...

7th November

Feedback from the Core Values Meeting

11th November

Review of The Future of the Waste Action Group

 Brainstorming of ideas for Waste Action during 2014  SUMMARY OF DECISIONS: ...

27th November

Review of Boniface Trail Meeting

Present: Laura Conyngham, Kath Porter, Mark Bowen, John Downes, Bob Lunnon, Roger Clements. W ...

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News Highlights

Tell us your WWI story ...

The Great War 1914-1919 As part of next year's national events to commemorate the anniversary of the outbreak of World War One, local history groups are planning an exhibition to be displayed at Crediton Museum. The Crediton Area Museum and History Society particularly need to know how l ...

Tell Tesco, Carrefour and Aldi and to make sure their greenhouses recycle or safely dispose of their waste.

A sperm whale that washed up in Spain died after swallowing almost 60 different pieces of plastic dumped by the greenhouses that supply Tesco, Carrefour and Aldi. This 4.5 tonne whale was defeated by 17 kg of plastic waste, including two dozen sections of the transparent sheeting used to co ...

Junkmail Issue 13

Read the latest edition of junkmail, the Devon Composting and Recycling Network Newsletter. This issue we highlight the 'sharing economy' and reuse and repair, and give examples of how resources and items can be shared, loaned, hired, or mended to reduce waste and save money. Contents ...

Future of the Waste Action Group

The ideas were flowing for future projects in a brainstorming session of the Waste Action Group. Over a delicious lunch on 11th November ideas were discussed and debated. We ended up with a long list of possible ideas generated, which were then grouped under the headings of "REDUCE, REUSE and ...

Firewood Group One Year Old!

On the 24th November 2012, 21 people met at the Crown & Sceptre pub in Newton St Cyres amidst all the floods to take part in the Energy Group's Woodfuel from Hedgerows demonstration event. The event inspite of the rain and floods was successful and we watched a demonstration of hedge laying by ...


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Dietrich Bonhoeffer