Sustainable Crediton Newsletter Issue 85
Welcome to our September newsletter. There are several events
this month. The first is on the 3rd September when Naomi Wright
will be leading a blackberry picking forage from Shobrooke
Church at 2pm. Next up on the 6th September is a meeting in
Exeter organised by Gerald Conyngham to explore the idea of a
Devon wide organisation to promote different ways of organising our
economy. Sustainable Crediton like many other Transition Towns is
struggling at the moment to maintain the momentum we had in our
early years. On the 23rd September there is
a workshop in Exeter where we can connect with other Transition
Groups to determine whether a regional network of groups might be
helpful to promote a sustainable resilient society in this region.
Anyone interested in attending should contact Charles Mossman.
Finally on the 30th September at 12:30pm at the Boniface Centre, we have
Grub's Up. This is a chance to enjoy a free meal, made
from using surplus food donated by local shops, cafes and
supermarkets, with other Sustainable Crediton members.
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| 31st July |
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Apologies
Chris and
Anne. Anne reported that she cannot be part of WAGS for the time
being.
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| News Highlights |
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Sustainable Crediton's Core Group, the volunteers who manage the
organisation, has currently only five members. Two of those
members have some health issues and are taking some time out, at
least until the New Year. Sadly the Core Group has decided that as
a committee we will go into a "dormant" ph ... |
Sustainable Crediton Seed Share is looking for volunteers to
help organise the next seed share for early 2018, probably around
half term.
We need your help to put the seed share on as some previous
volunteers have moved on. This will be the 8th year for
this popular event and we would like to see ... |
Some of you may have seen the 3 houses being built up Jockey
Hill, Crediton with their claim to be zero carbon. I was intrigued
and spoke to Mr Jenner of Jenner Homes who are building them. They
are being fitted with solar thermal, PV, triple glazing, a charging
system to minimise the heating requi ... |
The
attached link is to an article about the two important books
Linda Lever just read.
The books are Doughnut Economics - Seven Ways to Think Like a
21st-Century Economist by Kate Raworth and No is Not
Enough - Defeating the New Shock Politics by Naomi Klein.
Linda has copies to borrow or they ... | |
The Waste Action Group are in action again with yet another new
venture.
They are holding a food sharing lunch called "Grubs Up" which is
a free community meal using surplus food donated by local shops,
cafes and businesses.
It will take place on Saturday 30th September at 12.30 in the
Boniface C ... | |
The UK government has banned
ocean-polluting microbeads!
Microbeads are tiny pieces of plastic that are found in
products ranging from toothpastes to face scrubs. They go down the
plughole and end up in our oceans and waterways, where
they can be mistaken for food by fish.
When this campai ... |
Work is going on to explore the idea of a Devon wide
organisation to promote different ways of organising our
economy. Gerald Conyngham from Sustainable Crediton has been
convening this group which includes the previous Director of the
New Economics Foundation Stewart Wallis who now lives in
Devon ... |
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