Sustainable Crediton Newsletter Issue 79
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| In case you missed it... |
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| 16th January |
A good turnout on an overcast but mild day. We continued to
coppice in the woods at Moor Farm.
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1)
Apologies
Polly
2) Matters
Arising
WAGs
articles for the SC website have still not been ... | | 23rd January |
Seven of us turned out on a bitter cold misty morning. However
the mist soon lifted into a clear bl ... | | 23rd January | |
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| News Highlights |
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A couple of our members have recently reported that they haven't
received their monthly newsletter from us ... yet we have
definitely sent it to them.
The problem is that most email services now-a-days have
automated systems for determining what is 'spam' or 'junk' email
and may hide or not delive ... |
The smart grid revolution is coming, whether you like it or not.
With smart meters due in every home by 2020 some of us may be
wondering why all this data needed, who will benefit and what risks
come with it? We've tried to answer some of these kinds of
questions in this blog on the YouGen website. ... |
Low-lying Bangladesh is one of the countries most vulnerable to
climate change, but its people are not helpless victims. Via
traditional wisdom and pragmatic innovation, they are literally
holding back the sea, writes Joseph Hanlon, and adapting to climate
change.
Sometimes I think that the media ... | |
Blueberries are an amazing fruit, both in terms of flavour and
their incredible nutritional profile. They're jam packed with
antioxidants - polyphenols, catechins, flavonols - along with lots
of essential vitamins and nutrients.
To continue reading please go to this link
Another article on growin ... |
Right now a climate change denier is getting comfy
behind the grand desk in the Oval Office - with cash to
spend and a pen poised to sign new laws. Across the world people
who he has threatened will watch him being applauded and empowered
on their TVs. But he is one man - and there are millions of
... | |
EXPOSED by GREENPEACE:
An investigation has just uncovered that drinks giant Coca Cola is lobbying
against deposit return schemes in the
UK.
In the UK alone we use 35 million plastic bottles every day and as
many as 16 million of these go unrecycled - ending up on our
beaches, in landfill a ... |
NORTH TAWTON RECYCLING PROJECT - Reducing landfill and promoting
recycling
Our household plastic waste collection is held in the public car
park, The Square, North Tawton, on the third Saturday of every
month, 10am to 12 noon.
We have seven volunteers plus members of the Environmental
Group, who ... |
Local residents are being urged to have their say on the
future of the Tarka Line rail services, to help with planning
the future development of the line. As well as current users
organisers are keen to hear from those who rarely if ever use the
train.
The survey is online, or paper copies are
ava ... |
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“As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. ”
H.L.Mencken writing for the Baltimore Evening Sun on 26 July 1920