Greetings everyone.

This month we are turning our thoughts to how we rebuild our economy and society in response to the Covid pandemic.To this end, the government is activating Project Birch. It is reported that some of the main recipients of government - in other words taxpayers' - support will be aviation, car manufacturing and the energy sector.

Simultaneously, the Build Back Better movement is campaigning for investment which will prioritise support for those sectors which have been in our hearts and minds in recent months, and to build towards a carbon neutral future.

The International Energy Agency of which the UK is a founding member, has published a Sustainable Recovery Plan to boost economic growth, create millions of new jobs worldwide and put global greenhouse gas emissions into structural decline.

We cannot afford to pass up this opportunity for change for the better. In the words of Ben Okri, poet and author: "What we need now is a new hunger for life. Imagine if the leaders of the world chose this moment to put policies in place that would reverse climate change, bring health and education to all the worlds people and kill off the virus of poverty that has spread untold misery"

More on the above in the near future.

We are also pleased to publish a new and powerful poem from Matt Harvey.

We are relaunching our market place, for those wanting to promote businesses and services which align with our objectives.

Time for new beginnings.

Best wishes,

John Craythorne, newsltter editor, on behalf of Sustainable Crediton