Light footed

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How does Exeter City Council get its power, that’s what we’d like to know here at the PRSD.

Now, unless you get the wrong impression about what we’re about to say, let us just tell you that we are pro-Christmas – a fella in red giving stuff away can’t be bad.

But

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Foodeaze is reheated

Posted by Cptn

Rising again like some organic souffle, Foodeaze is back open for business. Offering a refreshingly ethical alternative to your normal food shopping experience – with a focus on local and ethical and exotic – Foodeaze stumbled earlier in the year in the face of competition from the chain restaurants on the newly

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Pension petition

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South West  MEP, and leader of all the Lib Dems in Europe, Graham Watson will be battling the inequality of UK pensions in Europe this week.

The Plymouth Senior Citizens’ Forum submitted a petition about pensions to him and good ole Graham will raise the issue at the meeting of European Parliament’s

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Global Warming Innit (video)

Here’s a short little skit from the WasProject – a group of filmmakers who will be taking part in The View From Here: a celebration of film in South Devon.

Catch the buzzing ident on D+CFilm.

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On message

Posted by Cptn

You got a message you wanna send to the USA about climate change?

Youth leaders and environmental campaigners are set to descend on the US capital Washington today to lobby their congress on climate change. These guys are full of hope and reckon a strong show of support (as well as rational

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The LunchBox #5

Posted by freeluncher @ Talking Liberties Remembrance Sunday is once again fast approaching, and the British Legion are encouraging us all to support the Poppy Appeal by buying a Red Poppy and wearing it ‘with pride’. Now, I know I have written about this before, but I feel the need to do so again, if only to put some flesh on the bones

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Open Studios

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It’s the last day of Exeter Open Studios. Heaps of artists around the city have been Hoovering to make their homes acceptable to those hoards who are set to tramp through the halls.

If you fancy finding out what it is that your paint or pottery splattered neighbour is up to, pop

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In the picture #5

Who shall have the fishy?

That’s the question Eddie Dyke was asking at Brixham this week. No-one answered, so he took a picture when the boat came in.

Got views? Send em in.

Birds, Orphans and Fools #4

A darkly brooding show this week from David and Tom, but that doesn’t make it any less chillingly chilled out and perfect for a laid back November weekend. And as these guys are strong proponents of the Exeter arts scene, there’s just time to tell you about the Exeter Open Studios event. Pop around the

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The Two Degrees

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Climate change expert Mark Lynas (author of Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet) will be chatting about the predicament that is global warming at the Exeter Picturehouse on November 13 at 12.15pm for an hour.

Called Two Degrees: a ticking timebomb, there will be a book signing and buffet lunch

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Look to the soil

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In the environmental debate about carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the amount of C02 coming from soil erosion has been under scrutiny (yes, you know how that subject rages).

CO2 from soil erosion? We hear you cry. Yup, quite literally a carbon footprint (tee not very hee).

Research from Exeter University –

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