Sustainable Crediton Newsletter Issue 8
Hello Everyone,
I seem to say this every month but yet again we have a packed
edition of the Newsletter. It is very heartening to see the
number of activities Sustainable Crediton supporters are getting
involved with such as the new spinning group (detailed below)
that is getting underway. It shows that individuals and
community groups such as ours can and do make a real
difference.
We are also delighted that our efforts were acknowledged by the
Devon Community
Foundation in October. They awarded us a very welcome
grant (see more below). We came 2nd out of 38 applicants based
on our work over the past 4 years. So congratulations to everyone
for playing a part in this very real achievement. Lets
continue making a difference.
Paula, Editor
PS: The PDF version of this newsletter is available here.
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| In case you missed it... |
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| 9th October |
We had our largest Seasonal Supper to date.
It was a real celebration of our local harvest with m ... | | 15th October |
5 members of the group recently made a trip to Punchbowl
Recycling Centre near Crediton to find o ... |
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| News Highlights |
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Garden Share and Vegetable Gardening for Beginners
Do you want to start growing your own vegetables and fruit but
don't know where to begin? We are hoping to run a session for
beginners in February. If you are interested contact me.
We are still looking for gardeners to take on growing som ... |
Do you want to visit local renewable energy sites and talk to
their owners about their experiences?
After our successful Sustainable Living Weekend
where several homes with renewable energy systems were open to the
general public, we are please to announce that some of the owners
are willing to fi ... |
Mel Stride meeting
Gerald Conyngham and Charles Mossman had a meeting with Mel
Stride, our local MP, on the 9th October.
Although we only had less than 15 minutes with Mel we managed to
cover a number of topics briefly. Our first subject was to
request that green measures were included in ... |
Paula Mossman and Laura Conyngham recently gave a talk on Peak
Oil, Climate Change and the work of Sustainable Crediton to
the Yr 8 politics class at QE taught by Vicki Geatches. Laura
arrived up the steep hill to Lower School on her bike to
discover no other bikes parked in the school bike sh ... |
Now's the time to choose cheap local motoring. We already have
ten people who want to join Co-Cars either because they don't have a car,
or would like to be able to save the cost of owning one, and
the hassle of maintaining and parking it too. If we can just
double that number, we should be ab ... |
In July we decided to enter the Small Green Steps Award
competition. All we had to do was to write to the DCF telling
them what steps we had taken over the last 24 months to save energy
and tackle climate change, including the positive results
we've achieved from these actions. As we had enter ... |
Is anyone considering purchasing PV panels in the near
future?
A group of Sandford residents, including some Sustainable
Crediton supporters, are considering their options in Sandford
with Linda Lever. One option which could be considered is
obtaining a group discount from a reputable installer. I ... | |
Our 22 panel 3.96 KWp PV system was commissioned on the 20th
April 2010 and at the time of writing has been generating
electricity for a little over 6 months, through a beautiful summer
and a reasonably sunny autumn. We are delighted with the
performance so far. The output has exceeded our expectat ... | |
The UK Government has cancelled the proposed sale of our
state owned forests thanks to a massive public outcry.
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“Each uneventful day that passes reinforces the steadily growing false sense of confidence that everything is alright. That I, we, my group, must be OK, because the way we did things today resulted in no adverse consequences.”
Scott Snook, senior lecturer in the Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School. Quoted by Laurie Taylor on 'Thinking Allowed' on Radio 4