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SSH July 2021: Going from A to B more Sustainably
We're proudly part of the Sustainable South Hams (SSH) group of groups - and had one of the regular meetings today. Alastair Mumford from came and told us about the wonderfully named ORCS - on street residential chargepoint scheme, with potential funding for parish...
Pledge for Nature
Pledge for Nature Please join us and make a Pledge for Nature, and be part of a growing movement in the UK, to save our threatened wildlife, bees, insects and plants. We are all aware of the shocking statistics showing the decline of biodiversity that threatens our...
We are Nature – Press Launch Version
Here is a short, 10 minute, press release version of Melanie Challenger's "We Are Nature" film.Melanie is a natural philosopher (and author, I recommend her books). Jane Goodall makes a contribution too. They make the case that our relationship with Nature is one of...
What happened/happens in this old green lane?
Join Valerie Belsey, author of books on Devonshire’s green lanes, and take a slow walk up and down one of the longest lanes in the South Hams. Sailors, millers, woodsmen, paper makers, nuns came here and many more. There are buzzards, ravens, dippers here, some rare...
Family Wildlife Explorers at Sharpham
Join Sharpham's wildlife leaders on a friendly nature stroll looking for butterflies, crickets, grasshoppers and more. Suitable for age 5 – 12 years with an accompanying adult. Advance booking is essential as numbers are strictly limited. The event is a free Heritage...
Fridays Good News – 16.04.21
Hundreds of tiny forests Akira Miyawaki is a Japanese botanist who pioneered the Miyawaki method of planting micro forests in cities. They usually cover an area no bigger than a tennis court and entail doing a really dense planting of native trees, usually around...
A Pond with a View
If you have a pond then here's a brilliant, inventive and lovely idea that Ben Cazzola (my cousin) came up with. It's great fun to do with the kids, fascinating for adults, and easy to do with things found lying around your home. This lets you see the life in your...
Fridays Good News Feb 5th
Here is John's Friday Good News roundup....enjoy: - - Afternoon all, There have been some very positive things happening this week but I’d like to start with my favourite which is that scientists from Oxford University have developed a cost-effective way of producing...
SusDit Good News Roundup
John's Good News Roundup Biden's Clean Sweep The thing that brought me most joy recently was seeing Joe Biden sworn in as President of the United States and immediately sign 17 executive orders to start undoing some of the damage done by Trump. They included...
Hugh Warwick: How to help our Hedgehogs?
If there's someone you'd call "The Hedgehog person" in the UK, it's Hugh Warwick, and we're lucky enough to have him join us to help answer the seemingly simple question: "What can we do in our gardens, our land, and our interactions with councils and other bodies, to...
24 Hours of Reality
24 Hours of Reality: "Earthrise" by Amanda Gorman, Youth Poet Laureate of the United States "It is a hope that implores us at an uncompromising core to keep rising up for an Earth more than worth fighting for." http://climaterealityproject.org
A Good News Round Up!
A seasonal roundup from John Nightingale... On account of it being the end of the year I've let myself dip back into some of the many environmental successes that have happened over the last 12 months and here is a random selection: Britain’s first electric car...
Oak Tree Fundraiser
Creating Habitat and raising funds for Sustainable Dittisham We have some fine bare root oak trees, most around 1m tall available. Trees provide valuable habitat, retain soil and water and store CO2. You could be planting them on your land for a minimum donation of...
Give the gift of a tree this Christmas
Make Christmas 2020 special by giving tree dedications to your friends and family. Individual trees are only £15 or you can give a group of 5 trees for £50 or a small copse of 20 trees for £100. Moor Trees, a local charity, is on a mission to restore native woodland...
July Parish Magazine
The latest Ashprington / Cornworthy / Dittisham parish magazine is out. You can view it here
Blooming Blackawton
Here's what seems a recipe for successful, doable, and positive local action, which makes the best of any available space that we have. Collaboration between the Blackawton's Sustainability group, the Parish Council, and with a referendum carried out by the community...