Sustainable Crediton Newsletter Issue 106
It's high summer, and one of the warmest on record. Great for
holidays and the beach, somewhat worrying otherwise, and the warm
weather is interspersed with heavy rain, storms and floods. As
predicted.
We also have in Andrea Leadsom a new Secretary of State for
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Included in this
portfolio is responsibility for tackling climate change. Is is to
be hoped that she will recognise the business and industrial
development opportunities inherent in making the transition to non
carbon energy generation and to a carbon neutral economy.
Lets watch this space and keep lobbying in the meantime.
Best wishes,
John Craythorne, on behalf of Sustainable Crediton
| Dates for your Diary |
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| 8th August | | | 22nd August | | | 2nd September | | | 12th September | | | 30th November | |
| In case you missed it... |
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| 25th July | |
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| News Highlights |
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Women's menstrual issues are not often talked about, one of
those taboo subjects. For those wishing to use less plastic or who
would like reusable products, there are alternative products out
there which reduce the immense volume of these products impacting
on our waste disposal systems.
Environme ... | |
It's time to start thinking about saving seeds for use next year
- bring some to the Sustainable Crediton Seed Share in the next
Spring.
Saving seed is easier than you think! The advice here applies to
most seed-saving, but different vegetables require different
treatment, and knowing their quirks ... | |
Since Mid Devon District Council gave
us the go-ahead to transform the neglected ex-rose bed on Belle
Parade into a pollinators' paradise, we've been hard at work. A
hardy band of labourers turned out in mid-September in rather warm
weather, to dig over the entire plot and weed it, ready for
planti ... | |
In recent weeks Crediton Town Council, Mid Devon District
Council and Devon County Council have all declared climate
emergencies. Crediton has set 2030 as the year it will become
carbon neutral as has Mid Devon. Devon County have set themselves a
less ambitious target in line with the National Gove ... | |
Why does saving water
matter?
The water industry is surprisingly energy intensive, using 2-3%
of all the electricity purchased in the UK and is responsible for
0.5% of all greenhouse gas emissions. (as of 2007).
Even though water doesn't appear in short supply in the UK,
using less water actuall ... | |
Leaving Exeter that morning on the 6.15 bus, I was representing
the WI, and was joined by Woodland Trust, National Trust and RSPB
members from Devon. We were forming part of the biggest ever
environmental mass lobby to gather along the Thames, across Lambeth
Bridge (where Central Devon was located) ... | |
Summer Vegetable Ragout [4 -
6 portions]
Ingredients
2 tablespoons organic rapeseed or olive oil;
1 large onion, finely chopped;
2 cloves garlic - crushed;
4 sticks celery, (8oz) 200g carrots, (8oz) 200g mushrooms, 1
red, 1 green pepper, cut into bite sized chunks;
1 400g tin chopped tomatoe ... |
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“The line between failure and success is so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it. How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience, would have achieved success.”
Elbert Hubbard