Sustainable Crediton Newsletter 162, December 2024

Tis the season to be jolly and we hope you are.  You may be dismayed by the recent weather though - if so do read the Cop29 article.  Then cheer yourself up with the rest of the newsletter! The annual Christmas Tree festival in the Parish Church is not to be missed and Sustainable Crediton's tree highlights the problem of fast fashion, whilst looking fabulous!  There are some lovely events coming up in 2025 such as the Clothes Swap and Seed Share. 

We hope you will be able to join us at the free pre-Christmas events on Saturday mornings at the Sustainabubble in the Square. See dates for your diary for details. 

In the meantime, we wish you a peaceful and restful Christmas and thank you for your interest in our work. 

Best wishes from Lesley Thomas and John Craythorne, joint newsletter editors. 


Dates for your Diary
2nd December

Woodland Management Group working party

5th December

Christmas Tree Festival 2024

7th December

Christmas Prep at The Sustainabubble

16th December

Woodland Management Group working party

21st December

Solstice at the Sustainabubble

18th January

Clothes Swap

25th January

Repair Cafe

22nd February

Annual Seed Share

Seed Share - We are looking forward to seeing you on 22nd February, 11 am until 2 pm at the Boniface Centre, Crediton. Seeds, displays, information, lunch, cakes, music - what's not to love! A seed swap works by people bringing seeds they have saved and taking away other people's seeds to use. We ...

8th May

Swifts and Urban Diversity

Following from a successful talk in 2024 by Edward Jackson, Edward Mayer, founder of Swift Conservation, will be speaking on 'Swifts and Urban Diversity'. Come along and find out more about these amazing birds; so few of which appeared in the sky above Crediton in 2024. ...

Regular Events
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News Highlights

Was Cop29 a Cop Out

The 29th United Nations Climate Change 'Conference of the Parties' has just ended in Baku, Azerbaijan with what seem to be mixed outcomes. After days of bitter recriminations 'richer countries' in the north agreed to pay 'poorer countries' in the south £I trillion per year to transfer to low carbo ...

Would you Nominate Sustainable Crediton for £1000 funding?

We have an opportunity for Sustainable Crediton to receive £1000 of funding via The Naturesave Trust. Naturesave is part of The Benefact Group. The Benefact Group gives all available profits to charity and good causes through their year-round Movement for Good programme. In December, the Movemen ...

Tree Spotting Walk #1

I was glad to join with Councillor Giles Fawssett and about 20 others for a morning stroll on Sunday 17th November 2024. The intention was to observe local trees on a path in Crediton. With the help of Crediton Town Council this walk was publicised as part of the development of a tree warden networ ...

Christmas Tree Festival 2024

Crediton's Christmas Tree Festival will be held from Thursday 5 - Sunday 8 December in the Parish Church (Holy Cross). Take a look at the Events page for full details of Sustainable Crediton's wonderful tree - highlighting the carbon footprint of the fast fashion industry. ...

Are you in a village in the Crediton Area?

An Invitation to get together and share our Green initiatives Are you part of a Village near Crediton that works on Green Initiatives? Would you like to share your experiences and hear about what other villages in the area are doing? Sustainable Crediton would love to know if you would like to ...

An Adventure into Nature Restoration

You may wish to watch the new 'Sea, Land and City' film, which highlights incredible projects and people restoring nature. From coastlines to urban spaces, it explores the work being done to protect our natural environments and connect nature with our own wellbeing. You can watch it for free on th ...

Repair Cafe

Please note there will be no Repair Cafe held in December. The next one is 25 January 2025 at the Elephant on the Green ...

A big thank you to Create Storage

For some years now, Create Storage of Mill Street, Crediton have very generously and free of charge provided Sustainable Crediton with storage space for our ever growing amount of kit. Without their support, it would be very difficult for us to stage events such as the Green Fair and the Seed Shar ...

Seasonal Crumble Topping

This works well with many fruits, especially apple cooked with a little brown sugar and a clove. For the crumble topping you will need: 100g (4 oz) wholemeal flour 2oz (50g) spelt flakes 2oz (50g) rolled oats 1 oz (25g)wheat germ ground cinnamon and freshly grated nutmeg to taste 2oz (50g ...