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Totally nuts

Those Totnesians, eh viewers? They’re full of ideas. Their latest ‘initiative’ is winningly titled Totnes, The Nut Tree Capital Of Britain, and is launched tomorrow with the planting of two walnut and five almond trees in the centre of Totnes.

Proposed by Transition Town Totnes, in association with the Dartington-based Agroforestry Research Trust, the project aims

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In the Picture

Citizens of the People’s Republic will probably want to check out a new web-based video channel which boasts over 340 clips of global experts in climate change - and Annie Lennox! ANNIE LENNOX!!

What more do you need to know?! Flip over to D+CFilm for the whole enchilada (whatever the hell that is). 

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Playing fair

The Big Lottery Fund announced last week that Teignbridge District Council and Torbay Council are among the first of 32 local authority areas from across England to benefit from the £124 million Children’s Play programme.

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Heat treatment

After looking at the prickly problem of climate change, those clever chaps at Schumacher College in Totnes have agreed to, like, totally save the planet.

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Resting on your laurels

Oscars (registered trademark) eat your heart out. We here at the People’s Republic of South Devon are up for a prize at the Plymouth Media Partnership innovation awards for our Melting Pot sessions in association with AEON and Trilogy – have a listen on the downloads page, they’re good.

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And the winner is…

If you’ve got a hankering for some Oscar (registered trademark) action, you don’t need to stay up watching those movie types swagger down the red carpet. You can get involved by just popping along to ‘a cinema near you’ to watch some of the nominations in action. Find out where, and even see the trailers

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Bad sports

A funding crisis for charities and other groups in the People’s Republic is predicted if the National Lottery’s funds for good causes are ‘raided’ to meet any overspend on the 2012 Olympics.

The lovely chaps at South West Forum, who big-up the region’s voluntary and community groups, estimate that the South West could lose over £20

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Future shocking

What can you get from a fella with a fiddle and a handful of film? Find out in the D+CFilm review of Futureshock at the CCANW.

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Tour de force

Citizens of the People’s Republic will probably want to check out a new online guide launched by South West Tourism which helps identify eco-friendly holidays in the region – and offers a hefty dose of leftist-smuggery into the bargain.

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Small films, big issues

Animated Exeter is getting a bit of a rep for increasing involvement and understanding in that stop/start art of errr… animation, so it was no surprise that the gang behind it decided to push the animated envelope and get a star-studded cast to talk about the Big Small People project and whether creativity can affect

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The Environmental Truth, part 2

So you’re sitting out there wanting to be a bit more environmentally savvy, and not knowing how to go about it? Well, the People’s Republic of South Devon in conjunction with those wise old heads at Bovey Climate Action are bringing you the real environmental answers. Today, it’s part 2 of the solar panel conundrum.

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Melting Pot podcast #8

Welcome all to the wonderful world of the Melting Pot podcast, featuring the Madrips, Bosshole, Atrio and Leon Fazy.

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