Do you know if your PV system is performing as well as it
should? Do you know if your system is performing as well as other
local PV systems? Are you interested in comparing the performance
of your system with others in the UK.
Well it is relatively simple to answer all of these
questions.
When y ... |
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Plough & Share Credit Union is setting up
a service point in Crediton run by trained
volunteers supported by Sustainable Credition.
If you have any admin experience, or are willing to learn new
skills and are generally keen to support this
project, then please contact us.
Some of the ... |
List of places in Crediton to ask/put posters up.
(Handy tip: Take with you Blue tack and drawing pins). Some may
ask if you are a charity as they charge if not. I tell them we are
a not for profit voluntary group and they have taken our posters
before with no charge and that should be OK. W ... |
We have an exciting new project. The WEN allotment we looked
after a few years ago held some very popular open days - where
people enjoyed doing a bit of digging, sowing seeds, and cooking up
a bit of soup. We have another opportunity for people to dig and
get their hands dirty! WEN have been ... |
In 2011
we used eight billion carrier bags. That equals 254 bags handed out
per second. This number is increasing each year.
This is a tremendous waste of valuable resources that often
results in litter, and can be lethal to wildlife on land and at
sea.
The Campaign to Protect Rural En ... |
1.Efficiency of Wind Turbines
It is sometimes alleged that wind turbines are inefficient and
'only work 30% of the time'. This figure is based on the 'load
factor' for onshore wind farms, but is erroneously used to imply
wind power is inefficient. This is wrong - load factor and
efficiency are not ... |
Plans for Plough & Share's new access point in the town,
coordinated by Sustainable Crediton, are right on track following
our public meeting on 12 July.
Over a dozen people have now volunteered to help actively with the
project - and there are plenty of other supporters. Seven people
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VIVE ROBIN DES BOIS!
On 1 August 2012 France proved that Governments can say yes.
Yes to asking the financial sector to pay its fair share. And yes
to giving money to help those who need it most.
The tiny tax of 0.2% will raise hundreds of millions a
year from the financial sector and ... |
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People who live in and near Crediton and need short-term credit
will have a real alternative to expensive loans from door-step and
internet lenders from 15 September, when Plough and Share Credit Union's access point
opens, run by Sustainable Crediton volunteers.
A £500 loan at Plough & ... |
Move your Money UK campaign:
Half a Million People Have Already Moved
their Money. Join them.
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Save money and be healthier by finding out more about all forms
of sustainable travel. Professional travel advisors will be
offering FREE support and advice in Crediton Town Square from 10am
to 1pm, including:
Practical help and advice on walking, cycling, bus and rail
travel, car sharing ... |
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We already have some of the most expensive train fares in the
world, and every January we are faced with astronomical fare hikes.
It's outrageous - and a growing number of us are refusing to put up
with it.
Sign up here to join the thousands of
people calling for Fair Fares
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As a requirement of our public liability insurance policy,
Sustainable Crediton has developed a simple
Health & Safety Policy based on a Health
and Safety Executive model. The Health and Safety Policy must be
reviewed before each event organised by Sustainable Crediton and
where necessar ... |
Bill McKibben, co-founder of the global campaigning organisation
350.org, has written an uncomfortable article in Rolling Stone. The
article explores some current statistics on global warming and
demonstrates how the major fossil fuel companies are winning the
battle over the environmental mov ... |
One of our Core Group members, Georgi Bellingham, has just
resigned as she and her family are moving away from Crediton. This
leaves a vacancy within the Core Group which we are keen to
fill.
The Core Group's role is to create an outline strategy,
communicate with and support all the Action ... |
On a bright sunny 28th July Sustainable Crediton's Waste Action
Group (WAG) ably supported by the 1st Crediton Boy Scouts organised
another waste plastic collection day at the public recycling point
in Morrison's car park.
Over the three hours of the collection 37 huge builders dumpy
bags w ... |
Solar PV Project
We have had at least two supporters who have had problems with
their inverters and who did not realise their PV production was
abnormal. Please take a look at this article on how to
monitor your system's performance. Solarsense have now fixed
the problems.
The Feed-in Tariff has ... |
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George Osborne is holding the coalition's green credentials to
ransom.
And the Lib Dems are letting him get away with it.
Treasury arm-twisting has forced the Lib Dem Energy Secretary,
Ed Davey, to open the door to new gas-fired power stations.
So while Mr Davey may be claiming a victory for ... |
The first installation year of the PV Project has been completed
and the first 15% rebates are due. Members of the Project who had
installations completed in June 2011 can expect a cheque from
Solarsense by the end of June. Thereafter 15 % rebate cheques will
be issued at the end of each month for ... |
Sustainable Crediton and Solarsense have agreed a new deal for
the second installation year of the Solar Project. The discount and
rebate table used for the first year has been replaced for new
installations in Year 2 by a straight 10% discount on the invoiced
cost, received immediately.
The Energ ... |
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The Independent Panel on Forestry, set up to advise the
Government on the future of England's forests and woodlands, has
just published its final report to Government.
The 42,000 responses to their 'Call for Views' covered the
different aspects of forestry and showed how much people value
t ... |
We are currently negotiating with BT about offering them a
couple of trees for their site in Belle Parade, as MDDC were not
interested in requiring the new flats adjacent to this to have any
green planting.
As we have been campaigning for some time to have some kind of
green planting in the ... |
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... if so then spare a couple of minutes to fill in this survey to help Devon Wildlife
Trust with their Glow-worm Campaign.
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