Crediton Climate Action and Sustainable Villages ( a transition initiative centred on Halberton and Sampford Peverall) combined to create a stall for the Mid Devon Show. Our theme was Mid Devon in Transition. We were rewarded amidst all the wet weather this July with a lovely sunny day on the day of the show. 

Our stall within a 3 metre market stall space comprised three display panels with text and photos showing what we were doing locally to transition to a low carbon lifestyle, a panel on how to recycle plastics, two panels showing how the UK could bring about an 80 percent cut in CO2 emissions by the year 2050, and a two panel chart comparing local people's carbon footprints with the national average footprints of the USA, UK, China, India and the UK's 2050 target.

We measured people's carbon footprints using the carbon footprint calculator. Whilst the majority of the footprints measured were below the national average of 11.5 tonnes CO2 per annum we did find several people with much larger emissions. We also had a quiz which had a prize on the day of a wind up/solar powered radio - we'll give the answers out in the next newsletter. Ken Orchard the chief executive of Mid Devon Community Recycling helped man the stall for much of the day and answered many questions received on recycling.

We had a massive surprise during the morning when the Show judges arrived with a certificate and rosette to tell us we had won second prize in the 7 metre frontage or less stall category. As most stalls at the show were in this category we were delighted to have done so well. According to the judges our stall was judged on uniqueness, quality and interest of the content.

Thanks to Charles & Linda from CCA and Gill, Sally and Peter from SV for producing the stall and several others who also helped on the day (Tom, Mike, Ken and Paula).