Sustainable Crediton Newsletter Issue 77
As the end of 2016 is approaching rapidly, our thoughts
naturally turn to seasonal celebrations. Don't forget the Crediton Christmas Tree
Festival starting this Thursday 1st December and running 'til
Sunday at Crediton Parish Church. We have a tree decorated by the
Food Group this year. It has a unique design, but you will have to
go to find out what it is !
Thinking about Christmas shopping, please support our local
small businesses in Crediton including Crediton Community Bookshop
and your local village shops.
The Sustainable Crediton Core Group would like to wish everyone
reading this a wonderful festive season.
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| 7th November |
Perfect autumn day, cold bright
and sunny. The lane being closed near to the turn off for the farm
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Notes from
the Meeting
1)
Apologies
Charles
2) Follow
up from Give and Take event
Fina ... | | 14th November |
Thanks to Ashton's Coffee Lounge for hosting the Pig Club's
first AGM in November. Members reported ... | | 28th November |
Chill easterly wind with the sun breaking through on occasion.
Not much laying done but much thinni ... |
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Sign up now for Crediton Pig Club in 2019
Supported by Sustainable Crediton, Crediton Pig Club has been
running successfully since 2016. The Club aims to support native
pig breeds and to ensure excellent welfare through close liaison
with local smallholders. We are now seeking potential smallholde ... |
Devon County Council are consulting on two subjects in relation
to Waste Management over the next few weeks and would like your
comments on their proposals. Please go to consultation website "Have Your Say" to read
more.
Please make your responses via Have Your Say or email
waste@devon.gov.uk by 2 ... |
The Devon New Economy Working group
A conference was held in April
this year to look at new economic thinking and programmes in
Devon. A wealth of different projects and programmes were described
and it was clear that Devon is at the forefront of new thinking as
far as economic ideas are concerned ... | |
Greenpeace have ranked tinned Tuna brands according to their
sustainable fishing methods which catch just tuna,
as well as a wider range of issues such as tuna which is
socially just- caught by workers treated humanely
in supply chains free from human rights abuses.
How does your tin of tuna stack ... | |
The government needs to listen to the people.
Support for fracking in the UK is at an all-time low. Despite
the government backing fracking wherever it is proposed,
people and communities object to it.
After the ratification of the Paris climate agreement the UK
government needs to take action an ... | |
Take me for a ride in your electric car car 2
So last time we'd got as far as deciding to take
the plunge and buy an electric car. Before we went ahead, though,
there were a few choices to make which I should probably explain to
other potential purchasers. The first was whether to lease or buy
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Ticks can transmit
bacteria that cause diseases such as Lyme disease. Although not all
tick bites result in disease, it is important you know how to avoid
tick bites and to take action if you or your family get bitten.
These two factsheets
provides important health advice and some basic precaution ... |
Ecotricity was founded in 1995 as the world's first green energy
company and now supplies almost 200,000 customers across Britain
from a growing fleet of wind and sun parks. Ecotricity is a
'not-for-dividend' enterprise that, on average over the last eleven
years, has invested more per customer in ... |
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“Was the Earth made to preserve a few covetous, proud men to live at ease, and for them to bag and barn up the treasures of the Earth from others, that these may beg or starve in a fruitful land; or was it made to preserve all her children?”
Gerrard Winstanley 1609-76